John Stewart

Meet the people of the KellyGang story

Importance of John Stewart

Arrested as a sympathizer. I lived near Rutherglen at Brown's Plains

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Family

brothers Walter,.. sisters ... wife ... husband ... parents ... uncle ... aunt ...

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Mass arrest of the sympathizers

On 2/1/1879 Commissioner Standish ordered the arrest of about 20 sympathizers including myself and my brother Walter. He took that action under the Outlawry Act. The sympathizers were held in Beechworth goal.

I was arrested near Browns Plains by ... (Argus11/1/79)

The men were held without ever being given a chance to defend them selves. They were remanded in custody for periods of 7 days. Only one of the sympathizers was represented by a lawyer. The magistrates repeated the remands each week. I was released on 18/1/1879. Most of the others were held for over 3 months before they were finally released.

At the start, the arrests had public support in Melbourne but that turned into general contempt for the police. The mass arrests resulted in fewer people being prepared to assist the police or to supply information about the KellyGang

Eventually they dropped the charges against me. Mr F Brown represented me. (Argus20/1/79)

Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880

Was I at the Glenrowan seige?

What happened to John Stewart's family

Please enjoy the story of the KellyGang, but also remember that at least 10 people died and many more had their lives changed in ways that may still be painful to some people.

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