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04:19, 15 November 2015 == Yackandandah ==
...a place in the
=== KellyGang ===
story
== location ==
North of [[Beechworth|Beechworth]]
== Beginnings ==
Reid built a flour mill at what is now Yackandandah in the 1840.
Gold was discovered in the area in the early 1850's, and continued at Whisky Flat, Kirby’s Flat, Osborne’s Flat and Doctor’s Flat. The town’s population swelled to 3000. See also [[Yackandanda|Yackandanda]] run
Representatives from Yackabdanda attended a major meeting to plan for the coming of the railways ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
== Importance of Yackandandah ==
'''Map'''
Photograph
== What was Yackandandah like in the late 1870s ==
<blockquote>Gold mining continued well past the time of the '''KellyGang'''. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1860|Argus22/8/60]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/1/1876|Argus22/1/76]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/1/1876 (3)|Argus22/1/76]])
The town of Yackandandah continued to prosper and grow long after the early gold rush days.
Wodonga wanted to leave the Yackandandah shire ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/9/1875|T&C25/9/1875]])
</blockquote>
== Facilities in Yackandandah in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''''' '''Hotels''' Royal Hotel (1860)
Star Hotel, (1863)
Yackandandah Hotel (1879). '''Schools'''
Churches
'''Bank s'''
Local Government
Post Office
Police Station
'''Coaches'''
Anglican school (1955)
State primary school erected in 1862
Holy Trinity Anglican Church (1861)
Methodist church (1870)
Presbyterian Church (1867-68).
Bank of Victoria (1860)
Bank of Australasia (1878).
The town was first surveyed in about 1856
The Shire of Yackandandah was proclaimed in 1864
courthouse (1864) see also ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 12/8/1876|12/8/1876]])
Athenaeum
originaly a timber structure (1863)
[[Post Office|Postal]] route [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] to Yackandandah via Wooragee
And from [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]] to Yackandandah via Osborne's Flat and [[Kiewa|Keiwa]]
And from [[Banawatha|Banawatha]] to Yackandandah via South Barnawatha, and North Wooragee
And from Sutton to Yackandandah via Hillsborough, Yackandandah Junction, and Twist's Creek 1876
Original station (1853)
Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left Yackandandah regularly for many locations in the area including [[Beechworth|Beechworth]]. The main coaching route from Sydney to Melbourne went through Yackandandah before the rail line was built
'''Other things of interest''' Yackandandah had a flour mill from as early as 1860
Dean's Store, built 1864-65
Sir Isaac Isaacs (Governor General), was born in Yackandandah in 1855
Stone Bridge on heritage list
Pound Keeper '''David Flynn'''
'''Licensing [[Courts|Magistrates]]'''
Charles Henry Barber
Archibald Galbraith
'''Water'''
Regulation of water on the gold field was a problem ([[The Argus at KellyGang 2/4/1861|Argus2/4/61]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/3/1862|Argus12/3/62]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Some of the books report that the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' did some gold mining in the area around Yackandandah.
A police party searched the area. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/1/1879 (5)|Argus27/1/79]])
It is thought that the KellyGang passed near Yackandandah on their way to Jerilderie ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 13/2/1879 (2)|OMA13/2/1879]])
Dan [[Dan Kelly|Kelly]]'s object in calling upon Jack [[John Sherritt Jnr|Sherritt]] on 13/11/1879 was in part to tell him not to bother to go to Yackandandah bank. ([[Royal Commission report day 44 page 4|RC15284]])
Jack also had a conversation with [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] about holding up the bank in Yackandandah at about this time. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 19|RC14906]])
On [[events 1879-11/ 1879-12|13/11/1879]] SConst [[SConst Flood|Flood]] told Ass Com [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] that the police at Yackandandah had Colt revolvers but ammunition was scarce. ([[Royal Commission report day 44 page 3|RC15751]])
Between February 1876 and February 1878, the police station at Yackandandah was reduced from two to one constable as part of the cut back in police resources to protect the local community. (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 9|App9]]) ([[Royal Commission report Appendix 11|RCApp11]])
== What happened at Yackandandah after the time of the KellyGang ==
SConst [[SConst Flood|Flood]] was stationed in town in 1881. ([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 3|RC1261]])
The Royal Commission said it was a grave error to reduce the size of the Yackandandah police station ([[Royal Commission second (page 1)|RC2ndReport]])
== Members of the Yackandandah community ==
Councillors Gilbert Power, and A Griffin ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
Mr [[../../documents/N79/79_04_05_OMA1.html|'''Reeves''']], George [[../../documents/N79/79_04_05_OMA1.html|'''Phillips''']],
Sgt: Thomas '''Hamilton''' Mtd. Constables: Thomas '''Wilson'''; James '''Pepper''' Constables: Anthony '''Shanahan''' ([[Tallarook|see]]) [[Reward|(reward]] application rejected); William Ryan were stationed at Yackandandah
== What is happening at Yackandandah after the days of the KellyGang ==
Yackandandah had its own railway station and railway line opened on in 1891. The line was closed in 1955.
== What is happening at Yackandandah today ==
[http://www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au/ ]
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