Daily Telegraph

Melbourne Daily Telegraph

Links to the KellyGang, Early Years , Fitzpatrick Incident , Murders at Stringy Bark Creek , Sebastopol Cavalcade , Euroa Robbery , Jerilderie Robbery , Autum 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson , Spring 1879 Early 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege, Ned Kellys Trial , Royal Commission Joseph Gibbs Duffett a prominent Lawyer, along with four other’s founded the paper and the operated it for fifteen years before selling it to Sir Mathew Davies.  It folded shortly after.

Part owner and manager, James McKinley

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Early Years Fitzpatrick Incident 15/04/1878 The story of the Fitzpatrick incident was not really a big story in the city, although the details would be told later, particularly in the aftermath of the Glenrowan Siege Murders at Stringy Bark Creek in the Wombat Ranges 26/10/1878 Sebastopol Cavalcade 7/11/1878 The proclamation of Outlawry was published in the Daily Telegraph (Argus16/11/78) Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878 Jerilderie Robbery 10/2/1879 Autum 1879 Government withdrew advertising from the Daily Telegraph (OMA13/3/1879) Hare replaced by Nicolson 6/7/1879 Spring 1879 Early 1880 Nicolson replaced by Hare 2/6/1880 Death of Aaron Sherritt 26/6/1880 Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880

The Daily Telegraph's reporter at the Glenrowan siege were George Allen and ? (there was a second local reporter).

There was a great crowd around the Daily Telegraph office all day as news came from Glenrowan (Daily Telegraph29/6/1880)

Royal Commission Early history of the Daily Telegraph

Later history of the Daily Telegraph

The Melbourne Daily Telegraph ceased publication in the early 1900s

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