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== location ==

On the Billabong

== Beginings ==

The name Jerilderie comes from Wiradhuri 'djirriildhuray' for 'with reeds'. (Appleton; 1992). Also: 'reedy place'. (McCarthy; 1863). ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 22/6/1872 (4)|T&C22/6/1872]])

Mr Manton sold, at Jerilderie, 3453 acres to Messrs. J. and H. Osborne, 9311 1/2 acres to Mr. Samuel Wilson, ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 1/5/1875 (3)|T&C17/7/1875]])

There is another explanation which fits in with the way some Australians think [[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (37)|(JJK]])

The town was built on the Jerilderie run which had been owned by James Kennedy

== Importance of Jerlderie ==

'''Photograph'''

Map

== What was Jerilderie like in the late 1870s ==

Jerilderie had an important sheep show ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 20/8/1870|T&C20/8/1870]])

Life in the town ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 30/11/1872|T&C30/11/1872]])

News about the railway line to Jerilderie. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 28/11/1878|Argus28/11/78]])([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (2)|OMA5/4/1879]])([[The Argus at KellyGang 2/5/1879|Argus2/5/79]])

== Facilities in Jerilderie in the late 1870s ==

'''Population'''

in the late 1870s was about 200 '''Hotels''' [[Albion Hotel|Albion Hotel]], (Travellers Rest Hotel) ,Thomas McDougall publican

McDonald ([[Sydney Morning Herald (25)|SMH12/2/1879]])

Courthouse Hotel, Mr Hanlon ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 30/11/1872|T&C30/11/1872]])

Charles Naw Sn

[[Royal Mail Hotel|Royal Mail Hotel]], Charlie Cox publican

[[#wool|Woolshed]] Inn Mrs '''Davidson''' publican ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/2/1879 (3)|Argus12/2/79]]) '''Churches''' Mr '''Gribble''',

Father Kiely (catholic) '''Schools''' Kate [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 22/6/1872 (4)|Mahony]], William [[William Elliott|Elliott]] teacher [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of New South Wales, opened 25/8/1875, R R '''Landale''' manager [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 16/10/1875 (3)|(T&C16/10/1875]])

Mr [[Tarleton|Tarleton]] '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government'''

'''Coaches'''

Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left Jerilderia regularly for locations in the area including [[Corowa|Corowa]],

Coach from Deniliquin to Jerilderie. ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_1|BWC]]) '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station'''

'''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''

[[Jefferson|Jefferson]] ''''''

'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]'''

[[Jefferson|Jefferson]] postman '''Other things of interest''' The police station had 2 mounted constables, [[Devine|Devine]] and [[Const Richards|Richards]] ,

earlier '''Sgt Johnson''' [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 22/6/1872 (4)|(T&C22/6/1872)]]

Coach went from Jerilderie to [[Deniliquin|Deniliquin]]

Mr [[Samuel Gill|Gill]] owned the local newspaper

Messrs Henry '''Levy''' and Co., and Mr C '''Van Der Maal''''s [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 22/6/1872 (4)|(T&C22/6/1872)]]

Mr [[Rankin|Rankin]] , Harkin, shop owners,

[[Doctors|Doctor]] '''Joseph Needham S Shrapnel'''

([[Sydney Morning Herald (4)|SMH24/2/1909]])

great pastoral show was one of the main events in town [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 22/6/1872 (4)|(T&C22/6/1872)]]

== Links to the KellyGang ==

=== Saturday 8 February 1879 ===

Towards sundown on Saturday [[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|8/2/1879]] the '''KellyGang''' arrived at the '''Woolshed Inn''' (Sometimes called Davidson's Woolpack Inn) to while away the hours before moving to the police station in Jerilderie. The inn was located on Cape Road, 3 Km east of Jerilderie off the Oaklands Road. See also ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (38)|JJK]])

About midnight on Saturday 8/2/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]] the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' arrived at the police station. The policemen were asleep. They were awaken by a man calling out; 'Constable [[Devine|Devine]], there is a drunken man at Davidson's hotel in the township who has committed a murder. Get up at once all of you.' ([[The True of Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 4|CHC]])

[[Const Richards|Richard]]'s, got up first and he was soon followed outside by Const Devine. Both men were undressed and not prepared to meet the '''KellyGang'''. Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] told the police about a row in the town of Jerilderie. After he had established that all the police were outside he brought out a revolver and threatened Const Devine. Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] threatened Const Richards. The '''KellyGang''' then got the keys to the lock up and locked the two policeman in the watch house and then took their horses and put them in the police stables and gave them a good feed. After this the '''KellyGang''' went inside and escorted the policemen's wives and children into a room and appointed Steve [[Steve Hart|Hart]] to guard them. They were threatened with the policemen's lives if they were to escape.

=== Sunday 9 February 1879 ===

On Sunday morning the '''KellyGang''' allowed Mrs Devine to move around the police station to create an atmosphere of normality. She cleaned out the Court House for Church and set it up for the service under the watchful eye of Joe Byrne. The Court House is still standing and is used as the town library. Dan [[Dan Kelly|Kelly]] and Steve Hart dressed themselves up as policemen and had a good look around the town.

The local rector was Rev '''John Brown Gribble'''. He lived at Park Residence on the bank of the Billabong Creek. See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/2/1879 (2)|Argus13/2/79]])

Originally it was the home of '''William Virgoe''', a squatter.

Rev Gribble was successful in pleading with Ned Kelly for the return of the horse belonging to the daughter of the proprietor of the Travellers Rest Hotel, Thomas McDougall, and for the return of his own watch taken from him by Steve Hart. ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (40)|JJK]])

Later in the day Joe Byrne and Steve Hart, dressed as police took Const Richards for a walk around the town. During this time the members of the '''KellyGang''' checked out the position of the bank and the other main buildings in the town.

=== Monday 10 February 1879 ===

On Monday the 10th Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly took one of their horses into town to be shod by the local police farrier, '''Andrew Nixon'''. '''Samuel Rea''''s blacksmith shop is stll standing

At about 11am the '''KellyGang''' locked the police ladies and children in the watchouse with Const Devine. Ned Kelly and Dan Kelly, dressed as police, then walked into town with Const Richards. Steve Hart and Joe Byrne followed on horse back. When they arrived at the [[Royal Mail Hotel|Royal]] Mail Hotel. Ned Kelly told the publican Mr Charlie [[Royal Mail Hotel|Cox]] who he was and that the '''KellyGang''' had come to rob the bank and that they wanted some rooms. Steve Hart was given the job of looking after the dining room which was used to hold anyone who came along. Joe Byrne watched the back of the pub and rounded up the hotel staff.

Mr '''Mahood''', the saddler, had a saddle stolen by Steve Hart.

The '''KellyGang''' then went off to the Bank of New South Wales branch and met Mr [[Lyving|Living]]. The Bank manager Mr [[Tarleton|Tarleton]] having a bath at the time. Please see Mr [[Lyving|Living]] to hear what happened at the bank.

The KellyGang might have taken some papers from '''Mrs Maslam'''.([[The Argus at KellyGang 3/7/80|Argus3/7/1880]])

After the '''KellyGang''' had finished with the bank they went off to catch up with Mr [[Samuel Gill|Gill]] the editor of the local paper in an attempt to get what has become known as the [[Jerilderie Letter|Jerilderie]] letter published.

They then turned their attention on Mr [[Jefferson|Jefferson]] and the telegraph station and tore down part of the telegraph line.

Ned Kelly then went next door and ordered Bootmaker '''John Roe''' to fetch his axe from the wood heap and start cutting down the telegraph poles.

The telegraph people in Deniliquin worked out that the KellyGang had stuck up Jerilderie and cut the lines. Hear Mr Peter A. Dunne's story. ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_1|BWC]])

Mr Roe, publican '''Martin Murphy''', '''Thomas Brown''' and '''Charlie Naw''' (Jn) were ordered by Ned Kelly to cut down telegraph poles. They were sent to James Denny [[Rankin|Rankin]]'s store, get a new axe from the store manager Albert [[Rankin|Brasch]].

Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne then escorted Mr Jefferson and young Rankin across to the Royal Mail Hotel, and from there to the police barracks and they were locked up with SConst Devine and Const Richards.

The '''KellyGang''' said their final farewells at the [[Albion Hotel|Travellers Rest Hotel]] and left town saying that they were going to hold up the Urana coach.

See also ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 7 page 2|FH]])

News of the attack reached Deniliquin about 8.15pm and six mounted troopers were despatched about midnight to Tocumwal, with a view of intercepting the KellyGang crossing the Murray. ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_1|BWC]])

See also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/2/1879|Argus11/2/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/2/1879 (3)|Argus12/2/79]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 13/2/1879|OMA13/2/1879]])([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 15/2/1879|Alexandra15/2/1879]]) ([[Sydney Morning Herald (28)|SMH18/2/79]]) ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 9/10/1879|Kilmore9/10/1879]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/1/1882|Argus10/1/82]])

[[Wild Wright|Wild Wright]] was arrested ([[The Argus at KellyGang 4/7/1879|Argus4/7/79]])

The [[Royal Commission|Royal Commission]] reported on this event in the following terms:

"The daring with which this outrage was committed, and the impunity with which the gang were allowed to swoop down upon a township, to bail up the police, to rob one of the banks, and return to their haunts in Victoria, marked this episode as one of the most extraordinary in the whole career of the outlaws. " ([[Royal Commission second Report Part X ( page 13)|RC2ndreportX]])

'''Michael Curtin''' was out of town and missed the KellyGang. ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_1|BWC]])

== What happened at Jerilderie after the time of the Kelly Gang ==

Jerilderie has preserved a number of the key buildings involved in this story.

Set of handcuffs and a pistol used by the '''KellyGang''' found ([[Sydney Morning Herald (11)|SMH24/11/1928]])

Every February Jerilderie celebrates its links with the '''KellyGang'''. ([[Sydney Morning Herald (6)|SMH7/2/1914]])

== Members of the Jerilderie community ==

Messrs. Louis Morash and James Mahood have been appointed members et the Public School Board, at Jerilderie. ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 1/5/1875 (4)|T&C17/7/1875]])

'''Hardin''' ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/2/1879|Argus13/2/79]])

'''Stone''', hawker ([[Sydney Morning Herald (28)|SMH18/2/79]])

George '''Sugden''' was the manager of '''Bundure''', a station near Jerilderie

Thomas '''Wise''' was a mayor of Jerilderie and in 1884 with his brothers Henry and Walter built the flour mill

== What is happening at Jerilderie today ==

Every February Jerilderie celebrates its links with the '''KellyGang'''.

=== see also Mr Hare', The Last of the Bushrangers Max Brown , Australian Son Ian Jones, Ned Kelly a Short Life Keith McMenomy, Ned Kelly the Authentic Illustrated Story ===

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