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  • ...be stolen. This must be shown, and whatever the characters of the accused may be that did not alter the case. ...15/11/1872|Previous edition]] [[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 7/1/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...cause to an occasional night assassination or night y robbery is committed may we ? our police and every man be obliged to keep within his own bolted and ...ellyGang 26/10/1872|Previous edition]] [[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 15/2/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...ough understanding of the lie of the country, and of the water-power which may be made available." ...s at KellyGang 5/11/1872|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 10/02/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...water from the draining of a Chinaman's garden and such other material as may be carried down from the settlements up the creek. This is too horrible to ...yGang 24/5/1872 (2)|Previous edition]] [[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/5/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...children, stowed away in one of Cobb'[[Coaches|coaches]]-which coaches, I may remark, might be improved in regard to comfort and convenience They are far [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873 (2)|continued]]
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  • ...l as other products of the district more prominently before the public. We may say in passing. that the proprietors are men of energy and intelligence, an ...g 7/3/1873|Previous edition]] [[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 22/4/1873|Next edition]]
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  • '''FRIDAY ARIL 25 1873''' ...average number of witnesses in each case is about five, and their expenses may be estimated at about £4 10s. each if they come from Benalla, and £6 if t
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  • ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/5/1873 (2)|see next]]) ...d will be injected into the veins of Gobur, in the shape of tradesmen, who may see it their interest to come and started business. Competition is the life
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  • ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/5/1873|see previous]]) ...book, not much in use here, that there are some very valuable things which may be had "without money and without price;" but those don't compreh
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  • ...me of floods a great body of water is brought down. The cost of the bridge may be stated at £12,000. Two or three incomplete bridges of moderate dimensio [[The Argus at KellyGang 28/7/1873 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 28/7/1873 (2)|see previous]] ...a right to count upon. When the line has been opened to Benalla travellers may be well content to wait until November for the completion of the rest of th
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  • FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1873 ...g of a railway through any portion of a country. Some few wayside villages may suffer temporarily through the depreciation in value of roadside property a
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  • ...in portion of the building is in the form of a cross, with four wings, and may be of one or two stories. The building has a dome 50ft. high flanked with f ...a gilt ball and vane. As a matter of economy, this upper part of the dome may be dispensed with without impairing the design in any way. Mr Gray proposes
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  • ...these and a few other considerations are observed, the errors of the past may be avoided, and local shareholders and the public generally will reap a ric ...KellyGang 10/5/1873|Previous edition]] [[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 27/9/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...count of the prevalence of cattle diseases in England, and however much we may suffer from this prohibition for some time to come there can be no doubt th Among our more immediate local breeders we may mention Mr Nixon and Mr I. Hoskin, of Benalla, both of whom have for a long
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  • ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 27/9/1873 (2)|see next]]) ...e troubled with the ''cacoethes scribendi''--or, as your mature discretion may suggest, consign such productions to that oblivious, but very useful, recei
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  • It may be asked why is this thus? The answer is simple. We have had the misfortune ...KellyGang 27/9/1873|Previous edition]] [[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 8/11/1873|Next edition]]
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  • ...rowan|Glenrowan]], a distance of about 14 miles, the country is level, and may be said to present no engineering difficulties. Near Glenrowan the ground b [[The Argus at KellyGang 28/7/1873 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 28/10/1873|see previous]] ...xpired, the date fixed for the completion of the section being the 31st of May last. Owing, however, to unfavourable weather and to the difficulty experie
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 20/11/1873|see previous]] ...had to be supplied by the erection of additional bridges and culverts. It may not be uninteresting to mention that on the whole line there are 14,877 lin
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 20/11/1873 (3)|see previous]] ...72 ; from Longwood to Violet Town - a distance of 20¼ miles, on March 20, 1873; and from Violet Town to Benalla-a distance of 16½ miles-on August 18 of t
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  • ...ry thing must have a beginning, and there is no telling what grand results may arise from small beginnings. [[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 8/11/1873|Previous edition]]
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  • ...ved no reply, and he then wrote to the Lands department on the subject. In May last he wrote to Messrs Cowell and Spicer, warning them that he intended to [[The Argus at KellyGang 18/12/1873|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 23/2/1874|Next edition]]
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  • ...of a medium order, his complexion fresh, and his hair dark brown. In July, 1873, he received a sentence of one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, for ...eared on Sunday morning. Before proceeding with the narrative of events it may be as well to describe the position of the various house on the run. Approa
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  • ...preferred against me, arising out of the said special report or otherwise, may be allowed to stand over until my leave of absence shall have expired. I may point out that, with a view of recruiting my health, I have taken my passag
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  • ...once, and the man's widow and family enabled to obtain any sum to which he may have claim under the act. In the opinion of your commissioners immediate st
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  • ...ned the full age of 55 years, may be superannuated. The wording of the act may be taken either as declaratory or mandatory, although it would seem to be u ...hat in future constables should be furnished with a copy of any entry that may be made in their record sheets, within one month of the entry having been m
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  • ...arded as satisfactory, and was superseded by the Police Regulation Statute 1873. The amount standing to the credit of the Police Reward Fund at that time w ...eu of the present arrangement under clause 34 of the Police Regulation Act 1873 (No 476)
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  • .... Nicolson and myself. On Friday—that was the 28th of [[1864-1873 Events|May 1870]] Mr. Nicolson and I started away from Benalla. It was before the rail ...tructions we proceeded to Benalla and arrived there on Sunday, the 29th of May,” and so on, through several pages of foolscap, giving full particulars,
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  • ...d as a sub-inspector of the native police of Queensland on the 1st January 1873; my salary was, before I came here, £180 fixed pay. I emphasize that becau ...ecause our duties consist of both white police and native police duties. I may state that, a few months ago, when I was in Queensland , I saw the Acting C
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  • 14292 How long is that?— Since 1873. I think that is one of the greatest blots in our department —the want of [[Category:Royal Commission]] [[Category:May 1802]] [[Category:Royal Commission]] [[Category:Commisioner Standish]] [[Ca
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  • ...st, as a preliminary to that, state that I joined the police force in July 1873. I was left in charge at [[Mansfield|Mansfield]], and Kennedy, Scanlan, Lon [[Category:Royal Commission]] [[Category:May 1920]] [[Category:Royal Commission]] [[Category:Commisioner Standish]] [[Ca
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  • ...62|17662]]</span> It was the image of something that frightened you?— It may be an image, but it was something more substantial than an image, I can ass ...ble, and told me how I should salute him. I told him I was in the depot in 1873, and that I was in the ranges all the time since, and I saluted him to the
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  • That portion of the North-Eastern district known as the Kelly country may be said to embrace the triangular tract lying between the points formed by ...[[Horse and Cattle stealing|cattle stealing]] reported was 101; 1872, 108; 1873, 97; 1874, 80; 1875, 93; 1876, 130; 1877, 132; and 1878, 101. It is true th
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  • ...e that I, too, should prepare for a change. So it happened, in May, [[1864-1873 Events|1864]], that, seeing mention in the press of his trouble through som ...rtune, and led indirectly to some very serious results. The police service may be said to have been still in the making, and the withdrawal from actual du
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  • ...nd consequent to a re-arrangement of officers, in the early part of [[1864-1873 Events|1871]], it was my lot to be told off to take charge of the Kyneton s ...bank on the upper side to avoid disaster. I suppose even to this day there may be found, all over the unmade parts of the Yarra track, the wreckage of veh
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  • I left the police for about 12 months in 1866 and left again in 1873 After Glenrowan I went to the police depot in Melbourne and was discharged in May 1883
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  • ...ttle stealing. ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 4/3/1873|Ensign4/3/1873]]) ...her than 'Eleven Mile Creek,' should the tracks lead in that direction. He may then go quietly to Greta to feed horses, &amp;c., first sending here to me
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  • On [[1864-1873 Events|29/5/1872]] I had to give evidence in a case about a miner in the co In September [[1864-1873 Events|1873]] I was charged of stealing Anton [[Anton Weekes|Wicks]]' horse and had to
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  • ...e bad and he eventually died in the Beechworth hospital in November [[1864-1873 Events|1870]]. That was also the end of Joe being at school. I then kept th In September [[1864-1873 Events|1873]] Joe had his first run in with the law when he took Anton [[Anton Weekes|W
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  • ...ior Constable [[Hall|Hall]]. As a result Ned Kelly was sentenced in [[1864-1873 Events|October 1870]] in the court in [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] to 3 months ...and the one hit knocked the two men down. However ridiculous the evidence may seem, I received three months or £I0, for hitting him and 3 months for del
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  • As an instance, just before I left Benalla in May [[1874-1877 Events|1876]], that I had two very valuable mares that I had he ...have been for a considerable time connected with that district. In [[1864-1873 Events|1864]] I was a magistrate of New South Wales and a station owner on
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  • ...1864-1873 Events|1865]] and promoted to 2nd class Superintendent in [[1864-1873 Events|1870]]. ...to mark his appreciation of the services of such officers in the force as may render themselves conspicuous by their gallantry. I have the honor to be,
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  • <blockquote>1st. That during the month of May 1880, I received instructions from Charles Hope [[Nicolson|Nicolson]], Esq. m 1873
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  • ...t]] was one of my close friends '''First run ins with the law''' In [[1864-1873 Events|1871]] I was charged with Jim Kelly with illegally using a horse.The In May [[1874-1877 Events|1876]] I was involved with a missing saddle from a hotel
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  • In [[1864-1873 Events|1868]] I was living in an old pub at [[Greta|Greta]] with my childre ...bt as pay back ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 7/3/1873|Ensign7/3/1873]])
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  • ...plice in the offence against MacBean. I was brought to trial in Benalla in May 1870. That fell through for lack of evidence. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/ ...e police on charges relating to a robbery at [[Kyneton|Kyneton]] until mid May when he was released and allowed to go home.
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  • ...l]]. While we were there I fell foul of someone. As a result in May [[1864-1873 Events|1865]] I was charged with unlawful possession of a hide and sentence
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  • ...in Dec 1872 ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 17/1/1873|Ensign17/1/1873]]) ...pinching mobs of [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horses and cattle]]. Well we may have helped our cousins and had a bit of fun.
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  • On 19/10/[[1864-1873 Events|1865]] I was convicted of cattle stealing at Beechworth and sentence May
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  • ...gave evidence ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 7/1/1873|Ensign7/1/1873]]) ...pinching mobs of [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horses and cattle]]. Well we may have helped our cousins and had a bit of fun.
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  • ...ior Constable [[Hall|Hall]]. As a result Ned Kelly was sentenced in [[1864-1873 Events|October 1870]] in the court in [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] to 3 months ...and the one hit knocked the two men down. However ridiculous the evidence may seem, I received three months or £I0, for hitting him and 3 months for del
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  • ...|Standish]] altered after I left command of the detectives in about [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] ([[Royal Commission report day 2 page 23|RC666]]) ...ard]] and broke off contact with him, preferring to deal with me directly. May be. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 7|RC14661]])
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  • In late [[events 1879-05/ 1879-07at KellyGang|May 1879]] I became very upset with Com [[Standish|Standish]] when he would not ...e Byrne|Byrne]]. I went up and saw her on about 29 [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|May]] 1880 with AssCom [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] and Sup [[Sadleir|Sadier]] ([[Roya
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  • . '''With Ned Kelly''' In March [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] I held up Robert [[MacBean|MacBean]] on [[Kilfera|Kilera]] St &quot;On Friday-that was the 28th of May [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] Mr. Nicolson and I started away from Benalla. It was before t
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  • ...inn died 1869''' I was buried in the cemetery at [[Oxley|Oxley]] in [[1864-1873 Events|1869]]. I was 66 when I died May
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  • In September [[1864-1873 Events|1873]] I took up a 106 acre selection between the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] and Byrn ...nquiry would do well to call on of the Woolshed before calling on -, as he may be able to give some information on the subject, has a good many cattle run
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  • ...bt as pay back ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 7/3/1873|Ensign7/3/1873]]) I married Bill [[William Skillion|Skillion]] in 15/9/1873. '''Ellen''' was born in 1874.
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  • ...Ned Kelly's sister [[Margaret Skillion|Maggie]] on [[1864-1873 Events|15/9/1873]]. Our daughter Ellen was born in 1874. ...orth Gaol|Beechworth Goal]] then back to Benalla for their committal on 17 May. On [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|9 October 1878]], with Sir Redmond [[Redm
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  • ...he left command of the [[Police Organisation|detectives]] in about [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] ([[Royal Commission report day 2 page 23|RC666]]) In late [[events 1879-05/ 1879-07at KellyGang|May 1879]] I had a problem with [[O'Connor|O'Connor]]. We had some good informa
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  • '''Early Years''' '''I was''' born Glasgow, Scotland on the 31st May, 1846 '''wife''' nee Mary Julia Harvey - (married 27th September, 1873 )(daughter of John Harvey and &amp; Sophia {nee Smith}) . '''children''' Hu
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  • ...ools, the one being at [[Hurdle Creek|Hurdle]] Creek in [[1864-1873 Events|1873]], and the other at [[Hurdle Creek|Bobinawarrah]]. ([[Royal Commission repo ...where Bertha was living at Narraport, north of Donald, VIC. The connection may have been their interest in hypnotism.
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  • '''Early Years''' I joined the police in October [[1864-1873 Events|1869]] and in November I was sent to the North-Eastern district in s ...nquiry would do well to call on of the Woolshed before calling on -, as he may be able to give some information on the subject, has a good many cattle run
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  • I was promoted Sergeant in [[1864-1873 Events|1868]]. ...eemed to be making friends with [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]]. I thought that it may be good if we could take people like Ned down a peg or two. That [[Greta|Gr
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  • ...lbert (b15.11.1890), Louisa (b5.6.1892), Alice Maude (b14.10.1895) and Ida May (b23.2.1897). [[#photo|Photograph]] I was arrested on January [[1864-1873 Events|1872]] by Const [[SConst Flood|Flood]] aiding and abetting [[Jimmy Q
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  • In April [[1864-1873 Events|1871]] [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] said that I lent my horse to him and In 1873 I married Bridget Lloyd and she was related to the Kellys.
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  • ...[[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of Victoria Aug 1873 '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Statio In May [[1864-1873 Events|1865]] Red [[John (Red) Kelly|Kelly]] was charged with unlawful poss
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  • The area had had the official name of the May Day Hills, but it was often known as Spring Creek or Reid's Creek. In 1853 Description of the town ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/2/1873|Argus26/2/73]])
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  • ...ngaratta streach; description of the town. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 28/10/1873|Argus28/10/73]]) 5-may-10
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  • ...]) ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873|T&amp;C5/4/1873]]) ...el ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873|T&amp;C5/4/1873]]) '''Churches''' Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals and most other churches
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  • ...uest was held Mr O'Brien's Newmarket Hotel ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/12/1873|Argus18/12/73]]) ...rie Letter]].([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 17/1/1873|Ensign17/1/1873]])
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  • ...year sentence here after he was convicted of being a bushranger in [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] In May 1997 the northern half of the prison was officially closed
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  • Graves agreed, but the '''KellyGang''' may have passed through the area. ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 16|RC1 ...ection in 1873 ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 4/2/1873|Ensign4/2/1873]])
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  • ...th Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 4/10/1872 (2)|Ensign4/10/1872]])(Ensign25/4/1873) The fires that the police searching the [[Warby Ranges|Warby Ranges]] saw may have been caused by the sheppherds on Taminick. ([[Royal Commission report
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  • ...inst the police or any other matter which the Chief Commissioner of Police may wish to have enquired into. ([[Royal Commission report day 1 page 13|RC105] '''Police Districts''' In [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] the police District of Benalla was combined with Ovens Distri
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  • '''The beginning''' In May [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] Sup Hare and Nicolson arranged for an aboriginal tracker from
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  • ...[[Melbourne|Melbourne]] to [[Echuca|Echuca]] was completed in July [[1864-1873 Events|1864]], ten years before the Melbourne [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]] line, ...the railway ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 25/4/1873|Ensign25/4/1873]])
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  • | May 1877 ...''' was their MP ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 11/10/1873|Alexandra11/10/1873]])
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