Senior Constable George Devine had been sleeping soundly when he was suddenly
Woken by the sound of a galloping horse. It was Saturday, February 8 1879, and the
Constable lived with his family at the police barracks in the small New South Wales town
Of Jerilderie.
The horse's hooves came to a stop outside Constable Devine's front door and he heard his
Name being called. The constable donned his uniform and stepped outside. He was soon
Joined by a colleague, Trooper Richards. Together they stood on the verandah, looking at
The stranger on horseback before them. The rider reached into his jacket and withdrew a
Revolver. Throw up your hands, he said. I'm Ned Kelly.
The infamous bushranger was accompanied by the rest of the Kelly gang: his brother Dan
Kelly, and friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
Ned kelly and Joe Byrne took the two policemen to the station's lock up and threw them in a
Cell. The next morning, the gang dressed in the officers' uniforms, then paraded around
The barracks. Townsfolk who glimpsed at Ned and his men assumed they were troops passing through towards the Victorian border, in search of the Kelly gang.
The following day, Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne walked into town, dressed in their police
Uniforms with Trooper Richards between them. Behind them were Dan Kelly and Steve
Byrne, both on horseback. The gang entered the Royal Mail Hotel and promptly took the
Publican hostage. Dan Kelly rounded up the hotel's remaining employees and stood
Guard over them alongside Steve Hart. Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne headed towards the bank
Next door.
The bank's accountant was sitting in the banking chamber when he heard a noise. He
Looked up to see a drunk bushman stagger into the room via the building's rear entrance.
Unfortunately, this was not a rare occurrence. Annoyed, the accountant began to tell the
Man to clear out, but the bushman who was really Joe Byrne suddenly straightened
Up and pulled out a revolver. I am a Kelly, he said.
At the front of the bank, Ned Kelly bailed up a junior clerk. He emptied the teller's safe of
Its contents, then he turned his attention to the bank's inner safe. Two keys were needed
To open it. The accountant had one. The bank's manager, Mr Tarleton, had the other. He'd
Been away on business and was expected back that morning.
Mr Tarleton was soon found in the bank's residential quarters, enjoying a long soak in a
Tub after riding back to Jerilderie. At first he refused to help as he wanted to finish his
Bath, but eventually he accompanied Ned Kelly to the safe.
Joe Byrne held a sugar sack open as Mr Tarleton reluctantly dropped all of the safe's coins
And banknotes inside. In all, the Kelly gang were making off with more than 2,100 pounds.
Ned Kelly then grabbed some jewellery from the safe, along with the townspeople's bills,
Mortgages and deeds. He destroyed most of the papers, declaring
That all financial institutions were slavers and poor-man crushers.
Meanwhile, Jerilderie's newspaper editor a man named Mr Gill was chasing up a story.
He'd heard about four new policemen in town and wanted to write a story about them. As
He arrived at the police station looking for Constable Devine, he was met instead by his
Wife. Run, for your life is in danger! She cried.
Mr Gill fled into town, telling two storekeepers about the warning along the way. The
Three decided they should warn the bank manager as well. They entered the bank, but
Found it completely empty. One of them knocked on the counter. A voice called from the
Bank's residence: Just a minute!
Suddenly realising they had likely stumbled right into a hold up, the three men bolted for
The door. Mr Gill managed to escape.
As Ned Kelly, Joe Byrne and their prisoners headed back through the bank's residence
Towards the hotel, Ned asked Mr Tarleton to fetch him the bank's revolver. Ned let the
Manager walk ahead of him towards his bedroom where the gun was kept, until he
Suddenly realised his mistake.
Mr Tarleton reached his bedroom and grabbed the revolver from his dressing table, just
As Ned leapt through the doorway. He went to hit the manager in the head, as Mr
Tarleton handed him the gun and calmly said: It isn't loaded. With that, Ned Kelly
Escorted his hostages into the hotel's bar and tossed a two-shilling coin onto the counter,
Buying each a drink.
With their sack full of money, Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly went back to the police station and
Barracks. Ned Kelly and Steve Hart bid farewell to the hostages in the hotel telling them
They could go where they liked. Then Ned escorted Trooper Richards back to the
Barracks, throwing him back in the lock up with Constable Devine.
He handed the cell's
Key to Mary Devine and told her not to unlock it until 7.30pm, or he would burn her house
Down.
Ned headed to the Albion Hotel, where curious locals cheered upon seeing him. After one
Final drink, Ned was joined by the rest of the Kelly gang, all on horseback. With a tip of his
Hat, Ned and his gang galloped away in the direction of the Murray River. Overhead,
Rolling thunder and storm clouds signaled their departure from Jerilderie. It would be
Another seventeen months before the Kelly Gang was seen again.
Ned had one certain regret from his time in Jerilderie. After escaping the bank, the town's
Newspaper editor, Mr Gill had fled town. When Ned learnt of this, a wave of anger washed
Over him. There was something he particularly wanted done in Jerilderie, and Mr Gill was
The very man whose assistance he'd needed.
Ned had dictated an 8,000-word letter that he wanted published in the Jerilderie paper.
In it, he justified his crimes, detailed police corruption, and demanded justice for
Impoverished families. Because Mr Gill had left, the manifesto was never published. But
Like Ned Kelly and his gang, whose legends live on immortalised in the Australian imagination, the letter was passed along and survived. Its final line reads, I am a Widow's Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.'
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Senior Constable George Devine had been sleeping soundly when he was suddenly
Woken by the sound of a galloping horse. It was Saturday, February 8 1879, and the
Constable lived with his family at the police barracks in the small New South Wales town
Of Jerilderie.
The horse's hooves came to a stop outside Constable Devine's front door and he heard his
Name being called. The constable donned his uniform and stepped outside. He was soon
Joined by a colleague, Trooper Richards. Together they stood on the verandah, looking at
The stranger on horseback before them. The rider reached into his jacket and withdrew a
Revolver. Throw up your hands, he said. I'm Ned Kelly.
The infamous bushranger was accompanied by the rest of the Kelly gang: his brother Dan
Kelly, and friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
Ned kelly and Joe Byrne took the two policemen to the station's lock up and threw them in a
Cell. The next morning, the gang dressed in the officers' uniforms, then paraded around
The barracks. Townsfolk who glimpsed at Ned and his men assumed they were troops passing through towards the Victorian border, in search of the Kelly gang.
The following day, Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne walked into town, dressed in their police
Uniforms with Trooper Richards between them. Behind them were Dan Kelly and Steve
Byrne, both on horseback. The gang entered the Royal Mail Hotel and promptly took the
Publican hostage. Dan Kelly rounded up the hotel's remaining employees and stood
Guard over them alongside Steve Hart. Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne headed towards the bank
Next door.
The bank's accountant was sitting in the banking chamber when he heard a noise. He
Looked up to see a drunk bushman stagger into the room via the building's rear entrance.
Unfortunately, this was not a rare occurrence. Annoyed, the accountant began to tell the
Man to clear out, but the bushman who was really Joe Byrne suddenly straightened
Up and pulled out a revolver. I am a Kelly, he said.
At the front of the bank, Ned Kelly bailed up a junior clerk. He emptied the teller's safe of
Its contents, then he turned his attention to the bank's inner safe. Two keys were needed
To open it. The accountant had one. The bank's manager, Mr Tarleton, had the other. He'd
Been away on business and was expected back that morning.
Mr Tarleton was soon found in the bank's residential quarters, enjoying a long soak in a
Tub after riding back to Jerilderie. At first he refused to help as he wanted to finish his
Bath, but eventually he accompanied Ned Kelly to the safe.
Joe Byrne held a sugar sack open as Mr Tarleton reluctantly dropped all of the safe's coins
And banknotes inside. In all, the Kelly gang were making off with more than 2,100 pounds.
Ned Kelly then grabbed some jewellery from the safe, along with the townspeople's bills,
Mortgages and deeds. He destroyed most of the papers, declaring
That all financial institutions were slavers and poor-man crushers.
Meanwhile, Jerilderie's newspaper editor a man named Mr Gill was chasing up a story.
He'd heard about four new policemen in town and wanted to write a story about them. As
He arrived at the police station looking for Constable Devine, he was met instead by his
Wife. Run, for your life is in danger! She cried.
Mr Gill fled into town, telling two storekeepers about the warning along the way. The
Three decided they should warn the bank manager as well. They entered the bank, but
Found it completely empty. One of them knocked on the counter. A voice called from the
Bank's residence: Just a minute!
Suddenly realising they had likely stumbled right into a hold up, the three men bolted for
The door. Mr Gill managed to escape.
As Ned Kelly, Joe Byrne and their prisoners headed back through the bank's residence
Towards the hotel, Ned asked Mr Tarleton to fetch him the bank's revolver. Ned let the
Manager walk ahead of him towards his bedroom where the gun was kept, until he
Suddenly realised his mistake.
Mr Tarleton reached his bedroom and grabbed the revolver from his dressing table, just
As Ned leapt through the doorway. He went to hit the manager in the head, as Mr
Tarleton handed him the gun and calmly said: It isn't loaded. With that, Ned Kelly
Escorted his hostages into the hotel's bar and tossed a two-shilling coin onto the counter,
Buying each a drink.
With their sack full of money, Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly went back to the police station and
Barracks. Ned Kelly and Steve Hart bid farewell to the hostages in the hotel telling them
They could go where they liked. Then Ned escorted Trooper Richards back to the
Barracks, throwing him back in the lock up with Constable Devine.
He handed the cell's
Key to Mary Devine and told her not to unlock it until 7.30pm, or he would burn her house
Down.
Ned headed to the Albion Hotel, where curious locals cheered upon seeing him. After one
Final drink, Ned was joined by the rest of the Kelly gang, all on horseback. With a tip of his
Hat, Ned and his gang galloped away in the direction of the Murray River. Overhead,
Rolling thunder and storm clouds signaled their departure from Jerilderie. It would be
Another seventeen months before the Kelly Gang was seen again.
Ned had one certain regret from his time in Jerilderie. After escaping the bank, the town's
Newspaper editor, Mr Gill had fled town. When Ned learnt of this, a wave of anger washed
Over him. There was something he particularly wanted done in Jerilderie, and Mr Gill was
The very man whose assistance he'd needed.
Ned had dictated an 8,000-word letter that he wanted published in the Jerilderie paper.
In it, he justified his crimes, detailed police corruption, and demanded justice for
Impoverished families. Because Mr Gill had left, the manifesto was never published. But
Like Ned Kelly and his gang, whose legends live on immortalised in the Australian imagination, the letter was passed along and survived. Its final line reads, I am a Widow's Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.'
Woken by the sound of a galloping horse. It was Saturday, February 8 1879, and the
Constable lived with his family at the police barracks in the small New South Wales town
Of Jerilderie.
The horse's hooves came to a stop outside Constable Devine's front door and he heard his
Name being called. The constable donned his uniform and stepped outside. He was soon
Joined by a colleague, Trooper Richards. Together they stood on the verandah, looking at
The stranger on horseback before them. The rider reached into his jacket and withdrew a
Revolver. Throw up your hands, he said. I'm Ned Kelly.
The infamous bushranger was accompanied by the rest of the Kelly gang: his brother Dan
Kelly, and friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
Ned kelly and Joe Byrne took the two policemen to the station's lock up and threw them in a
Cell. The next morning, the gang dressed in the officers' uniforms, then paraded around
The barracks. Townsfolk who glimpsed at Ned and his men assumed they were troops passing through towards the Victorian border, in search of the Kelly gang.
The following day, Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne walked into town, dressed in their police
Uniforms with Trooper Richards between them. Behind them were Dan Kelly and Steve
Byrne, both on horseback. The gang entered the Royal Mail Hotel and promptly took the
Publican hostage. Dan Kelly rounded up the hotel's remaining employees and stood
Guard over them alongside Steve Hart. Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne headed towards the bank
Next door.
The bank's accountant was sitting in the banking chamber when he heard a noise. He
Looked up to see a drunk bushman stagger into the room via the building's rear entrance.
Unfortunately, this was not a rare occurrence. Annoyed, the accountant began to tell the
Man to clear out, but the bushman who was really Joe Byrne suddenly straightened
Up and pulled out a revolver. I am a Kelly, he said.
At the front of the bank, Ned Kelly bailed up a junior clerk. He emptied the teller's safe of
Its contents, then he turned his attention to the bank's inner safe. Two keys were needed
To open it. The accountant had one. The bank's manager, Mr Tarleton, had the other. He'd
Been away on business and was expected back that morning.
Mr Tarleton was soon found in the bank's residential quarters, enjoying a long soak in a
Tub after riding back to Jerilderie. At first he refused to help as he wanted to finish his
Bath, but eventually he accompanied Ned Kelly to the safe.
Joe Byrne held a sugar sack open as Mr Tarleton reluctantly dropped all of the safe's coins
And banknotes inside. In all, the Kelly gang were making off with more than 2,100 pounds.
Ned Kelly then grabbed some jewellery from the safe, along with the townspeople's bills,
Mortgages and deeds. He destroyed most of the papers, declaring
That all financial institutions were slavers and poor-man crushers.
Meanwhile, Jerilderie's newspaper editor a man named Mr Gill was chasing up a story.
He'd heard about four new policemen in town and wanted to write a story about them. As
He arrived at the police station looking for Constable Devine, he was met instead by his
Wife. Run, for your life is in danger! She cried.
Mr Gill fled into town, telling two storekeepers about the warning along the way. The
Three decided they should warn the bank manager as well. They entered the bank, but
Found it completely empty. One of them knocked on the counter. A voice called from the
Bank's residence: Just a minute!
Suddenly realising they had likely stumbled right into a hold up, the three men bolted for
The door. Mr Gill managed to escape.
As Ned Kelly, Joe Byrne and their prisoners headed back through the bank's residence
Towards the hotel, Ned asked Mr Tarleton to fetch him the bank's revolver. Ned let the
Manager walk ahead of him towards his bedroom where the gun was kept, until he
Suddenly realised his mistake.
Mr Tarleton reached his bedroom and grabbed the revolver from his dressing table, just
As Ned leapt through the doorway. He went to hit the manager in the head, as Mr
Tarleton handed him the gun and calmly said: It isn't loaded. With that, Ned Kelly
Escorted his hostages into the hotel's bar and tossed a two-shilling coin onto the counter,
Buying each a drink.
With their sack full of money, Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly went back to the police station and
Barracks. Ned Kelly and Steve Hart bid farewell to the hostages in the hotel telling them
They could go where they liked. Then Ned escorted Trooper Richards back to the
Barracks, throwing him back in the lock up with Constable Devine.
He handed the cell's
Key to Mary Devine and told her not to unlock it until 7.30pm, or he would burn her house
Down.
Ned headed to the Albion Hotel, where curious locals cheered upon seeing him. After one
Final drink, Ned was joined by the rest of the Kelly gang, all on horseback. With a tip of his
Hat, Ned and his gang galloped away in the direction of the Murray River. Overhead,
Rolling thunder and storm clouds signaled their departure from Jerilderie. It would be
Another seventeen months before the Kelly Gang was seen again.
Ned had one certain regret from his time in Jerilderie. After escaping the bank, the town's
Newspaper editor, Mr Gill had fled town. When Ned learnt of this, a wave of anger washed
Over him. There was something he particularly wanted done in Jerilderie, and Mr Gill was
The very man whose assistance he'd needed.
Ned had dictated an 8,000-word letter that he wanted published in the Jerilderie paper.
In it, he justified his crimes, detailed police corruption, and demanded justice for
Impoverished families. Because Mr Gill had left, the manifesto was never published. But
Like Ned Kelly and his gang, whose legends live on immortalised in the Australian imagination, the letter was passed along and survived. Its final line reads, I am a Widow's Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.'
Writer: Stephen Williams
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