Was Ned Kelly married? No matter how much material you read about Ned Kelly, something always pops up out of the blue about this extraordinary man that keeps you guessing. Researchers over the years have scrutinised thousands of documents from countless sources and spoken to literally thousands of people to try to piece together the […]
Alexander ‘half cut’ Fitzpatrick But though nothing material is to be gained now as far as the outlaws themselves are concerned by opening up the question of their defence, so to speak–though it may not be worth while to attempt any vindication of the conduct for which these men have died–there still remain other considerations […]
An unreliable witness In August of 1877, two young men were seen herding supposedly stolen horses across the Oxley flats, northwards to the Murray River. The two young men were identified by the witness as looking like Daniel Kelly and John Lloyd. The sighting was reported to the Chiltern Police, and eight months later, on […]
Royal Commission 1881 Yet Steele and Whelen, men of such proved efficiency and of educational attainments above the average of their rank, were barred by a stupid system of advancement, and dunces were sent to take command over them. John Sadlier, Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer p. 282. The incident, however, which seems to have […]
What really happened to Lonigan? My dear, dear McIntyre, I have just finished reading your memoirs, and my good fellow, what a read it is. I must admit, I have not sighted any material such as this since reading your colleague’s, Mounted Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick, Police report on the attempted murder of himself by those […]
