period covered 1824-1853
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Date Person Place Event
1824 Hume   Hume and Hovell travelled from New South Wales. They were the first while men to see the Kelly Country

1830

   

Sturt explores the River Murray to the sea.

1834     Joe Byrne's grandfather, Joe Byrne arrives in NSW as a convict
1835     Mungarbareennah and Bonegilla settled near Albury
John Batman in Port Phillip.(area of Melbourne)
1836 Mitchell   Major Mithchell travelled through North Eastern Victoria
1837  




Melbourne
First squatters came from New South Wales to take up land in the upper Murray River valley. Some of them came down through the Monaro and others came down a route the follows the present line of the Hume Highway.They followed Major Mitchell's story of good land in "Australia Felix'. Many were pushed south by drought in New South Wales
Melbourne named
1838     Kiewa, Mitta, Ovens & King valleys settled by squatters from the north. Also squatting runs at Euroa, Benalla, and Mansfield.
4/1838     Faithfulls Creek massacre of aboriginals
1839     Overland mail service established between Sydney and Melbourne, travelled through Albury and Benalla.
1839     Latrobe appointed superintendent of Port Phillip.
       
1840      
       
1841 John Kelly   Ned Kelly's father John (Red) Kelly was sentenced and transported to Van Dieman's land
1842 Red Kelly   Red Kelly arrives in Australia as a convict
Tom and Jack Lloyd snr arrived in Victoria
       
1843      
1844 Quinn   James Quinn settled his family at Wallan.
1845      
1846      
1847     By 1847 most of north eastern Victoria was settled by squatters
1848 Red Kelly Tasmania Red Kelly given a Certificate of Freeedom
1849      
1850     Gold discovered in Victoria
Railway from Sydney to Goulburn (in New South Wales) built.
15/11/1850 Kelly Mrs Melbourne Red Kelly and Ellen Quinn married in Melbourne
1851   .
Balarat
Victoria
Mansfield
Black Thursday bushfires in most of North Eastern Victoria
Gold found at Ballarat.
Victoria becomes a separate Colony
town of Mansfield founded
25/2/1851 Kelly Mrs Beveridge Red Kelly and Ellen Quinn first child died soon after birth
1852     gold found on Woorajay, Beechworth,
Sadlier, Chomley, Winch, and Nicolson joined the Victoria Police as cadets
Jack Lloyd married Kate Quinn
Brooke Smith joined police
1853 .
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Baber
Sherritt
Greta
Ovens
Murray

Ireland
Town of Greta reserved
Ovens gold riot
First steamers come up the River Murray into Victoria.
Baber joined Victoria Police as a cadet
Mr and Mrs Sherritt married in Ireland
11/1853 Kelly Mrs   Anne born to Red Kelly and Ellen
       
       
     


1833 - 1853
1854 - 1863
1864 - 1873
1874 - 1877
1/1878 - 10/4/1878
11/4/1878 - 16/4/1878
Fitzpatrick incident
17/4/1878 -
3/10/1878

4/10/1878 -
30/11/1878

Stringybark murders
10/12/1878 -
30/1/1879

Euroa robbery
1/2/1879 -
30/4/1879
1/5/1879 -
30/7/1878

Hare replace by Nicolson
1/8/1879 -
30/10/1879
1/11/1879 -
31/12/179
1/12/1880 -
30/3/1880
1/4/1880 -
25/6/1880

Nicolson replaced by Hare
26/6/1880 -
30/6/1880

Sherritt
Glenrowan
1/7/1880 -
30/12/1880

Ned Kelly Trial
Execution
1881
Royal Commission
1882 -
Following years
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