Category: Glenrowan

Robert Gibbons’ Statement (03/07/1880)

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Post date 27/06/2021
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I am a farmer, and have recently been stopping at Glenrowan with Mr. Reynolds. I came to the railway station about 8 o’clock on Sunday night with Mr.. Reynolds to ask about his little boy, who had not been home. When we knocked at the door Mrs. Stainstreet told us that Mr. Hart was inside, and that they had been stuck up ever since 3 o’clock on Saturday morning. We followed her in, and saw Steve Hart. She told him who we were, and he then put his fire-arms down, giving us to understand that we were not to go out.

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James Reardon’s Testimony

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Post date 27/06/2021
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Platelayer James Reardon’s account of the Glenrowan seige taken by the Royal Commission.

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John Stanistreet’s Statement (03/07/1880)

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Post date 27/06/2021
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A statement by the Glenrowan stationmaster, Stanistreet.

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Jane Jones’ Statement (18/06/1881)

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Post date 11/06/2021
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During this time we were dressing, and he was in the bedroom. He asked who was in the kitchen; and on mother saying only her four little boys, he said he must see them, and did see them asleep. He then said, ” Lock the door and come quick, as I have no time to loose.” Mother, again crying, asked him where he was going to take her to, and he said he had a lot of men bailed up on the road, and that she must come, too; as he was going to take up the line, to wreck a special train that was coming up with police and black trackers.

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Glenrowan History News Reports The Glenrowan Archives

Hero of Glenrowan – Thomas Curnow Mourned (27/12/1922)

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Post date 27/12/2020
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Officers of the Victorian Education Department joined on Friday in the expressions of general regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Curnow, the hero teacher who saved the train containing 40 police and a number of Pressmen from destruction by the Kelly gang of bushrangers, at Glenrowan, 42 ½ years ago.

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Commencement of the Fight (02/07/1880)

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Post date 24/08/2020
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Destruction of the Kelly gang, the fight at Glenrowan

A contemporary new report describing the siege and Ned Kelly’s arrival in Melbourne.

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Statement of Mr. Curnow (28 July 1880)

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Post date 27/06/2020
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Thomas Curnow recounts his experience at Glenrowan as a prisoner of the Kelly Gang.

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When the Kellys were Cornered – Dramatic Series of Telegrams – By L.T Luxton (12/12/1931)

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Post date 26/04/2020
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When the Kellys were Cornered (1931, December 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 8. When the Kellys were Cornered Dramatic Series of Telegrams By L.T LUXTON Like Robin Hood and his merry men, Ned Kelly and his picturesque ruffians are gradually acquiring the rosy glow of heroes of romance. How Ned and […]