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An Unfortunate Family (22/04/1882)

“The Ovens and Murray Advertiser reports that Miss Jane Jones, daughter of Mrs Ann Jones, the landlady of the Glenrowan Hotel, who was wounded in the head by a spent ball at the extermination of the Kelly gang, died at her mother’s residence, Glenrowan, on Saturday morning last.”

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Epitome of News (21/04/1882)

“The “Ovens and Murray Advertiser” re-ports that Miss Jane Jones, daughter of Mrs. Ann Jones, the landlady of the Glenrowan Hotel…”

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Deaths (18/04/1882)

“On the 15th inst., at Glenrowan, Jane, the beloved daughter of Owen and Ann Jones, aged 17 years.”

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Broadford Courier (13/03/1896)

“On scanning the schedules of the Appropriation Act for this year, reminds one of some lively incidents of the Kelly gang time.”

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A Police Pensioner Shoots Himself (03/03/1900)

“Hugh Bracken, a police pensioner, who took part in the capture of the Kelly gang, shot himself dead at Wallan on Friday morning.”

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Suicide of an Ex-Constable (26/02/1900)

“Ex-Constable Hugh Bracken, who played a prominent part in the capture of the Kelly gang of bushrangers at Glenrowan, committed suicide at his residence at Wallan on Friday morning.”

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Archibald McPhee’s Report (18/12/1880)

“I would beg to state that I was awakened on the morning of the 28th July last by Mr Hollows Telegraph Operator Benalla. He informed me that Mr Stephens (Station Master) required me on duty as soon as possible.”

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The Jones Inquiry Board (30/11/1881)

“The report of the board appointed to consider Mrs. Anne Jones a claim for compensation for the destruction of her hotel was yesterday sent in to the Chief Secretary.”

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The Glenrowan Inquiry (25/11/1881)

“The board appointed by the Government to inquire into Mrs. Jones’s claim for compensation for loss of her hotel at Glenrowan, and the shooting of her child, during the attack of the police on the Kelly gang, on the 28th June, 1880, sat at the Benalla courthouse on Friday, the 18th inst.”

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The Jones Compensation Commission (19/11/1881)

“The commission appointed to enquire into the claim made by Mrs. Jones for the destruction of her hotel at Glenrowan on the memorable occasion of the Kelly gang extermination, sat at the Court-house, Benalla, on Friday.”