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== location ==

north on [[Mansfield|Mansfield]], half way to [[Whitfield|Whitefield]], at junction of the road to [[Tatonga|Tatong]].

== Beginnings ==

'''Ewen Tolmie''' was one of the first graziers in the area. He had a brother, '''John''' who was a witness at a trial against [[Wild Wright|Wild Wright]].

== Importance of Tolmie ==

Tolmie was near [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringybark Creek]].

'''Photograph'''

Map

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

The Tolmie run was selected

== Facilities in Tolmie in the late 1870s ==

'''Population''' '''Hotels''' '''Schools''' '''Other things of interest''' Edward [[Wombat ranges|Monk]] owned a sawmill in the [[Wombat ranges|Wombat Ranges]], some where near Tolmie and about 11 miles from Mansfield

== Links to the Kelly Gang ==

One of the Tolmie boundary riders,'''John Martin''' , was laying baits to poison dingoes, which were plentiful in the neighbourhood of the KellyGang camp near [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringybark Crteek]]. He saw the KellyGang's horses.

Mr Tolmie, in turn, passed this information to Sergeant [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]], whom he took out to Wombat Ranges and showed him the shingled hut on Stringybark Creek, near which the police party afterwards pitched their tent. ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (18)|JJK]])

Const McIntrye found himself near Tolmie soon after the murders at [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringy Bark Creek]] ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 5 page 3|FH]])

== Members of Tolmie community ==

== What happened at Tolmie after the time of the KellyGang ==

== What is happening at Tolmie ==

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