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  • ...nder Senior-Constable Shoebridge, which had set out from Greta to look for the Kellys. ...lly would not shoot them, pleading that they could not be blamed for doing their honest duty.
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  • ...s the latter momentarily turned his head, Kelly fired and shot him through the heart. ...and led to a renewal of the determination of the authorities to stamp out the Kellys.
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  • == THE SEARCH FOR THE BODIES == ...rt of McIntyre, the body would be found quite close to the spot where that of Scanlan lay.
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  • ...never forget you as long as you are in my district for making such a fool of yourself as you did that night when you went out!" ...of Supt C H Nicolson to have bragged of "taking the flashness out of the Kellys.
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  • ...appened on Saturday at Stringybark Creek. After a few hours' rest both men and horses were refreshed. == ON THE RUN ==
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  • == A DECLARATION OF WAR == ...d information concerning them from the authorities. This was a declaration of war.
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  • == THE ROBBERY AT THE EUROA BANK == ...party’s cart, Steve Hart, and Beecroft, drove the hawker's wagon and Dan Kelly rode on horseback.
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  • ...attempting to murder him, a charge of which they are as truly innocent as the child unborn. ...ng, and the rest was sold to Baumgarten, who was a perfect stranger to me, and, I believe, an honest man.
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  • ...firearms and promised to leave the force, as it was the meanest billet in the world. ...stable Day, and King, the bootmaker, once tried to handcuff me at Benalla, and when they could not Fitzpatrick tried to choke me.
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  • ...life, if justice is given, but as the police are afraid or ashamed to wear their uniforms, therefore every man's life is in danger. ...the Police, for while an outlaw reigns their pocket swells, Tis double pay and country girls -
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  • == THE POLICE IN PURSUIT == ...Tuesday, 29/10/1878, he despatched Supt Sadleir to Mansfield, the scene of the tragedy.
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  • ...noiselessly upon the outlaws, and take them asleep in one of the houses in the vicinity. ...  I went to the various sub-officers and asked, ‘Where are your men?’ and I said, ‘Keep them together.’ That is how I occupied myself.” ([[Roya
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  • ...t.  Each of the three heads said he left the leadership of this fiasco to the other two. ...on Sherritt was, and that he (Aaron Sherritt) was likely to know all about the Kellys.
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  • '''THE SPY INDUSTRY''' ...three or four weeks in going over the correspondence that had gone through the office, so as to make himself thoroughly conversant with what had been done
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  • Question— “Were there any remarks about either of them besides watching?” Supt Hare: “I was not there; I know this was the substance of the complaint.”
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  • == Chivalry of the Police == ...and apparently they were sufficiently demoralised to attack her.  The age of chivalry, as far as this police party was concerned, had gone.
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  • ...extent that all of the four mates were first-class marksmen with any kind of firearm. ...Kellys declared that the authorities were outlaws, and the latter returned the compliment.
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  • They were held in gaol and treated as convicted criminals from January 2 to April 22, 1879, without an '''Kelly Sympathisers'''
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  • ...s that, and he hoped that His Worship would act according to the dictation of his science. ...not feel justified in granting a further remand.  I therefore discharged the accused.”
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  • ...s and swam their horses behind them.  The swim refreshed the horses after their long ride. ...ss, who also served the drinks, sang one of the Kellys’ songs and wished the Kellys ‘wherever they were’ good luck:
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  • '''ROBBING THE BANK AT JERILDERIE''' ...oyal Mail Hotel|Cox’s Royal Hotel]].  The bank and the hotel were under the same roof.
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  • ...d by their ready compliance with “orders,” Rankin was stood apart from the others to be shot. ...ewhat of a show of reluctance, Ned Kelly acceded to their request, and let the trembling Rankin off with a caution. 
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  • == The Welcome Home == ...ilderie.  He afterwards went to West Australia, and obtained the position of racecourse detective.  He remained in this position up to his death in 192
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  • '''THE SPIES''' ...ocking up the New South Wales police at Jerilderie and assuming control of the town.
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  • ...that could be.  Constable Barry saw Sherritt skinning sheep as he passed, and that was all.  What further inquiry could be made? ([[Royal Commission rep ...belong?—How could I specify to whom it belonged when it had been skinned and eaten? Whom could I have got information from?
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  • ...hile the Kellys entertained the Euroa bank manager and his wife and family and staff with tea at Faithful Creek homestead. ...ce Kirwan|Renwick]]” was the alias of another spy named Lawrence Kirwan, of Carbour, near Oxley, farmer, who on oath stated:—
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  • ...e spies proclaimed their great faith in Mr Nicolson’s ability to capture the outlaws. ...ld come in to give themselves up.  They were a happy family—Mr Nicolson and his spies.
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  • ...rative peace and security from the time of their return from Jerilderie to their destruction at Glenrowan. ...ir friend, and the Kellys knew it.  As the Outlawry Act had lapsed before the alleged offence was committed, she was discharged.
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  • ...man with a few baits in a bag, and told him to drop a bait here and there and let any animal that liked pick it up. ([[Royal Commission report day 7 page ...zzles on.  I have seen Mrs Skillion and Kate Kelly come into Benalla with their dogs muzzled.
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  • ...results of these quarrels increased the public contempt for the valour of the police. ...school children was “the Kellys and the police,” and it happened that the Kellys invariably won.
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  • '''JOINING THE BENEDICTS''' ...'Connor|O’Connor]] arrived at Benalla on March 8, 1879, and boarded with the other officers at Craven’s Commercial Hotel.
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  • ...nowledged himself badly defeated by the outlaws. His health began to fail, and he asked to be relieved. ...rly in July, 1879, and was given a free hand in controlling the pursuit of the Kellys.
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  • ...e security so that they may become reckless and venture out into the open, and be easily captured or destroyed. ...e movements of the police, and advised the outlaws if there was any danger of police invasion.
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  • '''THE ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' ...t the manager was secured behind a stout wall, which had a porthole in it, and through which he could shoot an intruder without exposing himself to view.
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  • ...e disembarked at Benalla, and that night the ammunition was handed over to the outlaws. ...ure to return, because they paid me £2 as a deposit on the further supply of rifle cartridges they want.”
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  • ...consequently time was more precious than the rifle; it was the essence of the “contract.” ...le Alex  [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] was transferred to the police depot, and from there he was sent to Lancefield, where he was under Senior-Constable [
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  • ...r the contractors saw four horsemen coming towards them from the direction of Benalla.  They rode up to where these two men were working. ...n into the dry lagoon and saw that the Kellys had fed their horses on oats and chaff, but principally raw oats. 
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  • They decided on the following programme:— ...idered that if they could put their case before the Governor, while he was their prisoner, he would be converted into a sympathiser.
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  • ...81, Sergeant Steele said, “I was under the impression that they had left the district altogether.” ...ithout exposing himself to the risk of being either wounded or captured by the Kellys. 
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  • ...weapon in aid of such apprehension whether its use be preceded by a demand of surrender or not to apprehend or take such outlaw alive or dead. ...s summons as so published shall in like manner be evidence of the truth of the several matters stated therein.
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  • ...nt cowardice.  Dan and Joe took up their position in the ranges close by, and remained there all day Saturday, [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|June 26, 1880]]. ...and stepping quickly into the room fired a second shot, and Sherritt fell and died without uttering a word.
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  • ...that; and he went round soon after that to look for bushes to set fire to the place.  ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 21|RC13395]]) ...but I remained where I was in fact, I do not think that I could get under the bed.
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  • ...oath said: “I remember going up to Sherritt’s door and asking the way the night Aaron Sherritt was shot.  ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 8|R ...herritt or Mrs Barry.  They came out and went in again.  I had no chance of escaping.
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  • ...nstable Armstrong’s resignation having been accepted—be dismissed from the service.” ([[Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 10 October 1881|RC]]) ...Kellys the evidence would have been considered sufficient for a conviction and a heavy sentence.
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  • ....  The train bringing Mr O’Connor, his wife and her sister and a number of press representatives arrived at Benalla about 1 o’clock on Monday mornin ...bered up.  He was in charge of the stationmaster’s wife and children at the gatehouse.
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  • ...bailed up there by the Kellys, he then called the men to let the horses go and follow him. ...n Kelly|Kelly]], Barry, Gascoigne, Phillips, Arthur, Inspector O’Connor, and five Queensland blacktrackers.
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  • ...aylight or moonlight.  It was sufficiently light to tell a man.  I heard the police call to Sergeant [[Steele|Steele]], saying, ‘Do not shoot her; you ...he time, but two months afterwards I saw him, and inquired as to his name, and found it was Constable Arthur.”
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  • ...ing in the house, and he would not wait; he rushed over to a tree close to the house, leaving his men to place themselves.  He did not place his own men ...Commission) — Who placed his men? — The senior constable took two, and the others went by themselves. ([[Royal Commission report day 28 page 9|RC11145
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  • ...e Hart for them, who came in a few minutes after himself.  When I went on the ground ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 8|RC7607]]) ...says, and he pointed to the contractor from Benalla, and said, ‘You take the spanner.’
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  • ...and went across two other men, and went through the sofa at the other end of it.  ...ked his rifle at my face, and I did not know what to do with the children, and I ran away up to where Mr Sadleir was.”
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  • ...e Hart left.  As the day wore on the fifty policemen continued to fire at the hotel. ...der to make sure that these youthful warriors should not outwit the police and escape.
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  • ...he Wangaratta side of the house were altering the direction of their fire, and we saw a very tall form in a yellowish-white long overcoat, somewhat like a ...d Phillips near the railway fence in his rear.  There was also someone at the upper side, but I do not know who it was.
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  • ...ringe.  Although nearly fifty years have passed away since the looting of the sash, it may yet be discovered in an English museum. ...oned in the interests of '''Law and Order''' was a percentage of dishonest and untruthful officials.
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  • ...under the impression that if any officer had been there to have commanded the men to make a rush they could have been taken easily? ...and a blank wall the other side.  The men could have come up to this side and rushed round simultaneously. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC100
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  • '''THE HERO OF GLENROWAN''' Very Rev Dean [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]] gave evidence on oath before the Royal Commission on June 28, 1881, as follows: -
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  • Question — Did they seem to have the appearance of being guided by orders? — I do not think they had.  I do not think reall Question — In point of fact, that there was a want of generalship? — Oh, that was evident.
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  • ...nger.  It was very hot, but still I saw I was not in any immediate danger of being caught. ...house, that was the nearest way then, and I called out to the police that the men were all dead inside.
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  • ...ject is going, of course, was to see to get those men time for repentance; and I would have preferred much to have seen them executed rather than to have ...hink they committed suicide? — I could not judge of anything except from the position in which they were lying. They lay so calm together, as if laid ou
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  • == THE CHARRED BODIES == ...was a party who had been bailed up with him who knew where he was and ran and took him out.”([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 5|RC12346]])
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  • ...of men, and then I sent Miss Kelly to go on now and ask if she might go to the house. ([[Royal Commission report day 36 page 1|RC12774]]) ...dleir, I never saw her; I saw Mrs Skillion approaching and turned her from the house.
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  • ...hen Mr Hare rushed up and the order was given to cease firing and surround the house; you mean after they knew that people were in it?—It was considerab ...st amongst them, I would say the guilty ought to be spared for the sake of the innocent.
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  • '''THE CHARRED BODIES''' ...over to his sister by Supt Sadleir, who wrote an official report, in which the following diabolical concoction appeared:—
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  • ...alla much relieved and well pleased with the discretion thus manifested by the authorities. They did not want another fight. ...claim that Dan Kelly escaped from Glenrowan, and which formed the subject of a despicable book under his name.
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  • == Ned Kelly’s Trial at Melbourne == ...d Kelly’s trial until next month. In support of the application, he read the following affidavit made by Mr David Gauson:—
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  • ...ele|Steele]] were called to prove the capture of Ned Kelly at the “Siege of Glenrowan.” ...y witness who could give any direct evidence in connection with the charge of murdering Constable Lonigan.
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  • ...o do at present, and he therefore requested them to keep these things from their minds. ...this solitary part of the country, when they fell in with this armed party of men.
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  • ...he afternoon, and, after half an hour’s absence, returned with a verdict of guilty. ...her he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, Ned Kelly said:
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  • ...passed the sentence of death, and concluded with the usual formula: “May the Lord have mercy on your soul.” Ned Kelly: Yes, I will meet you there!
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  • Story of the KellyGang - the The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and their Pursuers
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  • ...rangers from Wangaratta to the Warby Ranges, when the fresh tracks made by the Kellys were pointed out to him. ...Hare]] £800, although he left the field as soon as he received a wound on the left arm.
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  • ...e strength of the stations at Stanley, Yackandandah, Tallangatta, Eldorado and Beechworth. ...aptain Standish in his evidence before them were disproved by the evidence of other witnesses.
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  • ...the three latter—Constable Armstrong having resigned—be dismissed from the service. ...on recommend these members of the force to the favourable consideration of the Government for promotion.
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  • ...for the treatment of one of the blacktrackers who had received a wound in the head at Glenrowan.” ...id not sign the report because he had to give evidence as a witness before the Commission.
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  • == The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and their Pursuers Index JJ Kenneally == | [[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers|I]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (9)|see previous]] ...at Euroa yesterday morning, and has concentrated a number of the force in the district.
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  • == Importance of the Sydney Morning Herald == ..., Autum 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson , Spring 1879 Early 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kellys Trial , Royal Commission , ''
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  • The Herald ... part of the KellyGang story
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  • == Importance of the Wangaratta Despatch == ..., Autum 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson , Spring 1879 Early 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kellys Trial , Royal Commission , ''
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  • == The Royal Commission evidence for 7/4/1881 == ...d obtained and of the mode you intended to adopt?— Well, I thought so at the time, but I found out afterwards he was not—he was away searching about a
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  • == The Royal Commission evidence for 7/6/1881 == The Hon. F. LONGMORE, M.L.A., in the Chair;
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  • ...ommission-followup|Royal Commission]] decided to enquire into organisation of force | Hare publishes his book [[Last of the Bushrangers|The Last of the Bushrangers]]
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  • == Importance of Inspector Brooke Smith == ...m 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson , [[#6|Spring 1879 Early 1880]] , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kellys Trial , [[#9|Royal Commission
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  • == Importance of Joe Byrne == ...miners. Lots of people ask why an educated man like me should team up with the '''KellyGang'''.
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  • == Importance of Thomas Curnow == ...eacher who warned the police train at Glenrowan that led to the capture of the '''KellyGang'''.
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  • == Importance of Const Day == ...arly 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , [[#28/6/1880|Glenrowan Siege]] , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , '''Early service''' , Later service , Family ,
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  • === Meet the people of the KellyGang story === == Importance of Const Duross (2595) ==
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  • == Importance of William Henry Foster, PM == ...ritt , Glenrowan Siege , [[#26/6/1880|Aaron Sherritt's inquest]] ,[[#9|Ned Kelly's Trial]], [[#10|Royal Commission]] , Family ,
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  • == Importance of Mr Graves == ...Spring 1879 Early 1880]] , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , [[#9|Royal Commission]] , '''[[#10|Early service]]''' , Later ser
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  • == Importance of Superintendent Francis Augustus Hare == ...all of this the Royal Commission decided that I should be retired because of my problems with Nicolson.
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  • == Dick Hart was Steve Hart's brother and a sympathizer == ...th of Aaron Sherritt , [[#glf|Glenrowan Siege]] , [[#i|The Inquest]] , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission., Family ,
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  • == Steve Hart was a member of the KellyGang. == '''I died at the siege at Glenrowan; description''' - ([[Sydney Morning Herald (23)|SMH19/12
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  • == Importance of Mr Henry Betteley Jefferson == The post master and Telegraph operator at [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]]
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  • == Dan Kelly, Ned Kelly's younger brother and a member of the KellyGang == ...] , [[#as|Death of Aaron Sherritt]] , [[#28/6/1880|Glenrowan Siege]] , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family ,
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  • == Jim Kelly was a younger brother to Ned Kelly == ...]] 8/65, half sisters [[Ellen (Frost) Kelly|Ellen]] 70? and [[Alice (King) Kelly|Alice]]
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  • == Importance of SConst John Kelly, (1925) == ...80 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , [[#28/6/1880|Glenrowan Siege]] , [[#nkt|Ned Kelly's Trial]] , [[#krb|Reward Board]] , [[#9|Royal Commission]] , '''[[#10|Earl
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  • == Ned Kelly was the leader of the KellyGang. 'As game as Ned Kelly' is a common Australian saying == ...sherritt|Death of Aaron Sherritt]] , [[#glf|Glenrowan Siege]] , [[#nkt|Ned Kelly's Trial]] , [[#death|Execution]] , Royal Commission , Family ,
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  • == Importance of Jeremiah McCormack == ...hawker who went around with a horse and cart selling all sorts of goods to the settlers. ''''''
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  • == The people of the == == Importance of Inspecting Superintendent and honorary Assistant Commissioner Nicolson ==
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  • == Importance of John Sadleir == ...t. I was on duty right throughout the '''KellyGang''' outrage. '''Links to the KellyGang below'''
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  • == Importance of Tracker Corporal Sambo == One of the aboriginal police trackers from Queensland '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years , [[#vic|Arrival in Victoria]], Famil
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