The Herald
... part of the KellyGang story
Importance of The Herald
The Herald was a major daily evening
newspaper
based in Melbourne. It reported most of the events of the
KellyGangLinks
to the KellyGang, Early Years , Fitzpatrick
Incident , Murders at Stringy Bark Creek , Sebastopol Cavalcade , Euroa Robbery
, Jerilderie Robbery , Autum 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson , Spring 1879
Early 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kellys Trial ,
Royal Commission , Early service , Later service , Family , Photograph
Please see the Newspaper index for the
articles from The Herald that have been listed
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Fitzpatrick
Incident 15/04/1878
The
story of the Fitzpatrick incident was not really a big story in the city, although
the details would be told later, particularly in the aftermath of the Glenrowan
Siege
Murders
at Stringy Bark Creek in the Wombat Rangers 26/10/1878
Sebastopol
Cavalcade 7/11/1878
Jerilderie
Robbery 10/2/1879
Hare
replaced by Nicolson 6/7/1879
Nicolson
replaced by Hare 2/6/1880
Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880
The
siege started early in the morning and the Herald ran with the story like a
modern day television or radio station like a big fast breaking breaking story.
The Herald did not have a correspondent on the special train but they had access
to the telegraph. The story grew as the telegraph messages were collected from
local journalists, the police and many other sources. Problems of broken telegraph
wires, congested wires and a lack of telegraph operators were all over come
to give the outside world the first detailed news of the extraordinary events
that were taking place at Glenrowan. The Herald also captured the excitement
of the crowds around its office eager for the latest news and its attempt to
produce additional editions to meet the demand. (
Herald29/6/1880)
The Herald reported Ned Kellys trial and execution in some detail
The Herald reported the details of the proceedings of the Royal Commission
Early history of The Herald
The Herald started as the major evening newspaper in Melbourne
Later history of The Herald
The Herald continues as the Melbourne Sun-Herald
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