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Kelly’s last statement [by Edward Kelly, 12 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This letter, or statement, made by Ned Kelly, just prior to his hanging, was published in The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), 12 November 1880.] Kelly’s last statement. The following is the latest statement left by Kelly, addressed to the … [Read more...] about Kelly’s last statement [by Edward Kelly, 12 November 1880]

Filed Under: correspondence Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, letters, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

[The ignorant and misguided criminal, Edward Kelly] [12 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article, regarding the hanging of Ned Kelly, and related moral viewpoints on the Kelly Outbreak, was published in The Ballarat Star (Ballarat, Vic.), 12 November 1880.] [The ignorant and misguided criminal, Edward Kelly] The ignorant and misguided … [Read more...] about [The ignorant and misguided criminal, Edward Kelly] [12 November 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, hangings, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

Hanging of Ned Kelly [17 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the hanging of Ned Kelly, was published in The Hay Standard, and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude, Booligal, Wilcannia, Menindie, Bourke, &c (Hay, NSW), 17 November 1880.] Hanging of Ned Kelly. According to the account in the … [Read more...] about Hanging of Ned Kelly [17 November 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, hangings, hangmen, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

The execution [11 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the hanging of Ned Kelly, was published in the “Latest telegrams” section of The Express & Telegraph (Adelaide, SA), 11 November 1880.] The execution. [By Telegraph.] (From our own Correspondent.] Melbourne, November 11. The … [Read more...] about The execution [11 November 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, hangings, hangmen, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

The execution of Ned Kelly [11 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the hanging of Ned Kelly, was published in the “Latest telegrams” section of The Express & Telegraph (Adelaide, SA), 11 November 1880.] The execution of Ned Kelly. This morning the last survivor of the notorious Kelly gang paid the penalty … [Read more...] about The execution of Ned Kelly [11 November 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, hangings, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

Ned Kelly: A sketch in court [6 November 1880]

11 November 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the trial of Ned Kelly, was published in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (Sydney, NSW), 6 November 1880.] Ned Kelly: A sketch in court. (From a correspondent.) It was thought best to try the man in the metropolis on … [Read more...] about Ned Kelly: A sketch in court [6 November 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, court cases, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

Along the Hume Highway: Gundagai’s historical attraction: Canberra’s alluring beauties [by “Tasman”, 8 February 1936]

22 July 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Advocate (Devonport, Tas.), 8 February 1936.] Along the Hume Highway. Gundagai’s historical attraction. Canberra’s alluring beauties. (No. 1. — By “Tasman.”) In pursuance of its policy of placing Tasmania’s attractions … [Read more...] about Along the Hume Highway: Gundagai’s historical attraction: Canberra’s alluring beauties [by “Tasman”, 8 February 1936]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, Canberra (ACT), conflict Aborigines vs Whites, Gundagai (NSW), poem, SourceTrove, The Dog on the Tucker Box (Gundagai), travel and description, year1936

Ben Hall [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Ben Hall My name is Ben Hall from Urunga I came, The cause of my turn out you all know the same; I was … [Read more...] about Ben Hall [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Ben Hall (1837-1865) (subject), bushrangers, Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

Our Jack [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Our Jack D’ye ken our Jack with his note so gay, D’ye ken our Jack at the break of day, D’ye ken our … [Read more...] about Our Jack [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: bushrangers, kookaburras, Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

The Death of Ben Hall [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] The Death of Ben Hall Come all Australia’s sons to me — A hero has been slain And cowardly butchered … [Read more...] about The Death of Ben Hall [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Ben Hall (1837-1865) (subject), bushrangers, Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

The Death of Morgan [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] The Death of Morgan Throughout Australian History no tongue or pen can tell Of such preconcerted … [Read more...] about The Death of Morgan [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: bushrangers, Daniel Morgan (1830-1865) (subject), Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

Dunn, Gilbert and Ben Hall [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Dunn, Gilbert and Ben Hall Come! all ye lads of loyalty, and listen to my tale; A story of bushranging … [Read more...] about Dunn, Gilbert and Ben Hall [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: bushrangers, Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

Bold Jack Donahoo (Another Version) [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Bold Jack Donahoe (Another Version) ’Twas of a valiant highwayman and outlaw of disdain, Who’d … [Read more...] about Bold Jack Donahoo (Another Version) [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: bushrangers, Jack Donohoe (bushranger), Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, year1932

The Mansfield murderers [re. Ned Kelly, 19 December 1878]

15 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about Ned Kelly, his letter to Donald Cameron, and the Kelly gang’s killing of policemen at Mansfield, was published in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 19 December 1878. Appended to the article were several reports considered to be relevant to the Kelly … [Read more...] about The Mansfield murderers [re. Ned Kelly, 19 December 1878]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: bushrangers, Kelly Gang, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1878

The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers [by J. J. Kenneally]

1 August 2015 · 3 Comments

[Editor: The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers, by J. J. Kenneally, was first published in 1929. Reproduced here is a copy of the 5th edition (1946). For many years, this book was considered the definitive history of Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang, … [Read more...] about The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers [by J. J. Kenneally]

Filed Under: books booklets pamphlets Tagged With: @ contents list added, @ featured, book, bushrangers, James Jerome Kenneally (author) (1871-1949), Kelly Gang, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceIACLibrary, The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang (J. J. Kenneally 1946), year1946

The old soldier and the bushranger [28 August 1858]

23 December 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A story published in The Band of Hope Journal and Australian Home Companion, 28 August 1858.] The old soldier and the bushranger. Up the country was a store, which had been frequently robbed by bushrangers. At length the owner hired an old sergeant to take charge … [Read more...] about The old soldier and the bushranger [28 August 1858]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: bushrangers, SourceTrove, year1858

The Wild Colonial Boy [song, 22 August 1913]

25 October 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An extract from the “On the Wallaby” column, published in The Northern Miner, 22 August 1913.] [The Wild Colonial Boy] We have often been asked, and several friends have asked us recently again, for the words of that one-time — long, long ago — most popular of … [Read more...] about The Wild Colonial Boy [song, 22 August 1913]

Filed Under: articles, songs Tagged With: bushrangers, song, SourceTrove, year1913

The Bold Jack Donohue [song, 29 August 1903]

18 October 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A song about Jack Donohue, the bushranger. Published in the Evening News, 29 August 1903.] The Bold Jack Donohue. To the Editor of the “Evening News.” Sir. — I see by this evening’s “News” your account of Bold Jack Donohoe, the Bushranger. A curious … [Read more...] about The Bold Jack Donohue [song, 29 August 1903]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: bushrangers, Jack Donohue, song, SourceTrove, year1903

Donohue, the bushranger [22 August 1903]

18 October 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about Jack Donohue, the bushranger. Published in the Evening News, 22 August 1903.] Donohue, the bushranger. About seventy years ago, Donohue, an escaped convict, took to the bush, joined by Walmsley, Armstrong, and others, striking terror to all … [Read more...] about Donohue, the bushranger [22 August 1903]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: bushrangers, Jack Donohue, SourceTrove, year1903

The birth of Ned Kelly

12 July 2014 · 2 Comments

Ned Kelly in Pentridge Prison, 1880

The date of Ned Kelly’s birth is not specifically known, as the records of his baptism have been lost. There are several theories as to the dating of his birth, which have been accepted by different authors. Herein are listed instances of the date of his birth as noted in various … [Read more...] about The birth of Ned Kelly

Filed Under: IAC articles Tagged With: 500x500, bushrangers, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject)

Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 24 March 1935.] The story of Australia — XXXIX Settlement of Tasmania Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks Colonel David Collins, the first Governor of Tasmania, … [Read more...] about Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, bushrangers, convicts, George Arthur, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), SourceTrove, Tasmania, The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), Thomas Davey, William Sorell, year1935

As in the days of old: Mr. Bent and the bushrangers [21 September 1907]

15 September 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A brief reminiscence about a bushranging incident. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 1907.] “As in the days of old.” Mr. Bent and the bushrangers. Melbourne, Thursday. Mr. Bent in his time has had many experiences, ranging from cricket … [Read more...] about As in the days of old: Mr. Bent and the bushrangers [21 September 1907]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: bushrangers, SourceTrove, year1907

Sticking-up [29 September 1860]

9 September 2013 ·

[Editor: A report of robberies by bushrangers. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 1860.] Sticking-up. — Between the Rocky Plain and West Denison, several robberies have been of late committed. What are the mounted patrol about? Mr. Douglas on … [Read more...] about Sticking-up [29 September 1860]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: bushrangers, SourceTrove, year1860

Interview with Ned Kelly [14 August 1880]

19 March 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: In this interview with a journalist, Ned Kelly gives his side of the story, including a statement that he did not shoot Constable Fitzpatrick. Published in The Mercury, 14 August 1880.] Interview with Ned Kelly. The following embodies the major portion of a … [Read more...] about Interview with Ned Kelly [14 August 1880]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: bushrangers, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) (subject), SourceTrove, year1880

[News items] [28 January 1836]

18 December 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Extracts from the news section of the The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser of 28 January 1836, including news on the limited commemorations for the founding of the colony, the state of the public footpaths, and an unusual bushranging incident.] [News … [Read more...] about [News items] [28 January 1836]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Anniversary (Australia Day), Australia Day, bushrangers, SourceTrove, year1836

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