An Introduction to Ned Kelly: A Pictorial History of an Australian Outlaw

By Jack Peterson

Many people know the name Ned Kelly but don't know the story that led to his last stand at Glenrowan or his execution at the Old Melbourne Gaol. The author has attempted to retell the story by simply connecting the events of the day with images of places and items that still exist today. The book begins with the marriage of Ned Kellys parents in 1850 and ends with Neds execution in 1880. In between are all the significant events of his life, including the police murders, the audacious robberies, and Neds vision for a republic of North-Eastern Victoria. It is the ideal book for anyone who has an interest in Australian history or who wants to know more about Ned Kellys significance to Australia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Mar 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524521264

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Copyright © 2017 by Jack Peterson. 750285

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016921453

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Rev. date: 03/20/2017

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CONTENTS

Preface And Acknowledgements

The Story

St Francis Catholic Church. Melbourne

The Kelly House. Beveridge

The Roman Catholic Church / School. Beveridge

The Kilmore Courthouse

Site Of The Kelly Farm. Avenel

Site Of The Avenel Common School

The Royal Mail Hotel. Avenel

The Hughes Creek Bridge. Avenel

The Hughes Creek. Avenel

The Avenel Cemetery

Pentridge Prison. Coburg

Replica Of The Kelly House Courtesy Of Kate’s Cottage. Glenrowan

Replica Of The Kelly House Courtesy Of Kate’s Cottage. Glenrowan

Henry Johnson: Alias Harry Power

The Capture Of Harry Power

The Waterhole. Powers Lookout

Powers Lookout

The Kyneton Police Lock-Up

The Kyneton Courthouse

Powers Lookout

Powers Cell. Beechworth

Powers Cell. Beechworth

Pentridge Prison. Coburg

Powers Lookout

Powers Lookout

The Ah Fook Incident

The Mccormick Incident

The Beechworth Gaol

The Beechworth Gaol

Kellys Cell. Beechworth

Pentridge Prison. Coburg

The Time-Ball Tower. Williamstown

Replica Of The Tall Ship Endeavour

Site Of The Boxing Match. Beechworth

The Moyhu Police Lock-Up

The Squatters

The Selectors

The Bootmaker Shop. Benalla

The Benalla Courthouse

The Fitzpatrick Incident

The Beechworth Police Lock-Up

The Melbourne Gaol

Site Of The Kelly House. Greta

Stringybark Creek

The Kelly Tree. Stringybark Creek

The Shoot-Out At Stringybark Creek

Site Of The Police Camp. Stringybark Creek

Stringybark Creek

Site Of The Woolshed Common School. Beechworth

Site Of The Sherritt Farm. Beechworth

The Raid On Euroa

The Euroa Inn

The Euroa Cemetery

The Seven Creeks Hotel. Euroa

Faithfulls Creek. Euroa

The Beechworth Gaol

The Beechworth Gaol

The Raid On Jerilderie

A Police Lock-Up

Site Of The Jerilderie Police Station

The Police Stable. Jerilderie

The Jerilderie Courthouse

The Telegraph Office. Jerilderie

The Commercial Hotel. Beechworth

Reedy Creek. Woolshed Valley

Site Of The Byrne House. Woolshed Valley

Three Mile Creek. Wangaratta

Site Of The Hart Selection. Wangaratta

Woolshed Falls. Beechworth

The Ovens District Hospital. Beechworth

The Warby Ranges. Wangaratta

Site Of The Sherritt Hut. Woolshed Valley

The Murder Of Aaron Sherritt

The Telegraph Office. Beechworth

Ned Kellys Suit Of Armour

The Siege Of Glenrowan

The Glenrowan Railway Line

The Newport Railway Museum

Site Of The Glenrowan Inn

Ned Kellys Armour

Replica Of The Glenrowan Railway Station

Site Of Mcdonells Railway Tavern. Glenrowan

The Greta Cemetery

The Benalla Cemetery

The Melbourne Gaol

The Beechworth Courthouse

The Beechworth Courthouse

Judge Barrys Residence. Melbourne

The Melbourne Club

Site Of The Central Criminal Court. Melbourne

Site Of The Central Criminal Court. Melbourne

The Execution Of Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly Courtesy Of The State Library Of Victoria.

The Melbourne Gaol

Site Of The Melbourne Gaol Laundry

The Gallows. Melbourne Gaol

The Greta Cemetery

The Aftermath

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There have been a number of events and people in my life that has led to An Introduction to Ned Kelly. It was as a young boy that I read my father’s favorite book Ned Kelly by Frank Clune. And with that began an amazing journey into another place and time in Australian history. During my teenage years I spent many a day at the Old Melbourne Gaol trying to imagine the cruelty and misery of such a place. In my mid-twenties I realized that many of the places associated with the Kelly Gang still existed and thus began the numerous road trips throughout North-East Victoria [Kelly Country] and New South Wales. It wasn’t until reading Ned Kelly A Short Life by Ian Jones that I began to take my interest in the Kelly Outbreak to another level. It was on one particular road trip with my brother that we met Pat Doyle, a Beechworth historian whose knowledge of the Kelly Gang, Beechworth and the Woolshed Valley was invaluable and certainly inspired me to explore much more of the countryside in which the Kelly Gang roamed. Now in my mid-fifties I want to share my interpretation of the Kelly Outbreak through a collection of photographs and stories associated with them. I credit this book to the expertise and advice of certain people in their relevant fields. With this in mind I would like to thank Pat Doyle of Historic Beechworth Tours, Rod and Chris Gerrett of Kate’s Cottage. Glenrowan, Janice Van De Velde of the State Library of Victoria, Cherry Noel of Xlibris Publishing and the National Trust of Victoria. Finally this book could not have been achieved without the support of my father and mother [George and Patricia], my brothers Gavan and Jeffrey, my sister Karen, my wife Colleen and daughter Jade.

THE STORY

Ned Kelly’s parents were married in Melbourne on November the 15th 1850. Four years later their first son Ned was born at Wallan. The Kelly’s lived at Beveridge for a short time before relocating to Avenel. It was at Avenel that ten year old Ned saved the life of a five