“All the armour and other articles belonging to the outlaws were brought into the barracks to-day, and great numbers of people assembled to view them.”
Category: The Glenrowan Archives
A collection of archival material that records the events surrounding the Glenrowan siege and its aftermath from contemporary authors and witnesses.
“A magisterial inquiry was held this day at Powell’s Hotel, Benalla, on the body of Martin Cherry, who was shot at Glenrowan on Monday.”
“I am stationed at Greta, five miles from Glenrowan. At 11 o’clock on Sunday night I was called by Edward Reynolds, I was then at the police station, which is one mile from the railway station. I had been suffering from a bilious attack and was very weak. At first I didn’t reply, but another voice called me and then I opened the door.”
“Some strange disclosures have come to light regarding the movements of Byrne.”
“A magisterial enquiry was held before Mr Alex. Tone, J.P., at the Wangaratta Hospital, on the body of a boy named John Jones, who was accidentally shot by the police in an encounter with the Kelly gang at Glenrowan.”
“The pilot engine was stopped half a mile from Glenrowan, and we were told that the line had been pulled up by the Kellys a mile beyond Glenrowan.”
“The excitement in Sydney yesterday, conse-quent upon the fresh outbreak of the Kelly gang in Victoria, and the final deaths or capture of the entire party, has not been paralleled since the news of their first atrocious murders in October, 1878, sent a feeling of horror throughout the colonies.”
“After a disappearance of upwards of 12 months, the Kelly gang have turned up in a most extraordinary and daring manner, and have committed another murder rivalling in atrocity those with which they started their career as bushrangers.”
“After we were bailed up we were taken over to Mrs. Jones’s Hotel, and were kept there until it was determined by Kelly to stick-up Constable Bracken. He permitted Curnow, Mrs. Curnow and myself to go with him in our buggy to the police station, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the railway station, and is not far from Mr. Curnow’s residence.”
Death notice for Paddy McDonnell, publican of the Railway Tavern.
Glenrowan 