...a place in the KellyGang story
The head quarters for the police operation against the KellyGang.
Benalla was the centre of a large farming area. (Argus19/4/80)
The railway bridge (Ensign7/5/1872)
The railway line to Melbourne
was opened on 18/8/1873. see (Argus28/7/73) (Ensign15/8/1873)
What were the streets and buildings like at the time when the railway arrived (Ensign16/9/1873)
Take a tour around the town (Kilmore31/10/1878)
What was the area like (Argus9/5/79)
Newspapers
Benalla Standard
Ensign
Post
Office
Mr Saxe. He sent a lot of the telegrams (Argus5/11/78)
(Mr Saxe's application for a share in the reward
was rejected by the Reward Board) Did he become an PM?
The town was split in two by the Broken River. Bridge St was the main street. The Kellys did their shopping there.
Benalla Amateur Coursing
Club was active. There was also the Benalla Coursing Club. (OMA5/4/79)
Aerated drinks and Cordials J Webster, on sothern side of the river. (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Autioneer JH Gray and Co
Births Deaths - Registrar
G Lovel
Brewery, Jesse Watts The Benall Brewery (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Clergy
Rev. J. Murdock, a Presbyterian minister who well respected
Cemetery
many of the important people in the story of the KellyGang are buried in the Benalla Cemetery including Joe Byrne.
Doctors
John Nicnolson. (Kilmore31/10/1878) Dr Henry (Ensign4/10/1872)
Flour Miller
William McInnes JP, George Sharpe
Hotels
The senior police Com Standish,
Ass Com Nicolson, Sup Hare,
Sadleir and Insp O'Connor
all stayed at O'Leary's Hotel near the police barracks (RC1285)
Justice of the peace -Burbury, Jarman, Willis (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Lawyers
Mr McCarthy O’Leary -barrister . He assisted in the inquiry against Mr Monk. McDonnell - he helped Mrs Kelly, Mr Martyr acted for many a defendant at the local police court.
Mr Pow, I defended Mrs Kelly on a few occassions (Ensign22/11/1872)
Library and other features of the town (Ensign10/4/1874)
Lime stone (Ensign8/4/1873)
Magistrates
Robertson JP(Argus6/1/79)
Mechanics' Institute and Free Library
Pound
Pound keeper -George Leary
Schools
2 public schools by 1872
Catholic school (Ensign5/11/1872)
Shops
see (Ensign16/9/1873)
Baker, Martin Walsh
Balls shop
Maggie Skillion and
Kate Kelly shopped at Ball's
store. (RC830)
Butcher -Mr Gardiner - George Fawkes (Ensign4/10/1872)
Chemist Mr McBurney (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Fitzsymons (Fitzsimmons) had the store at the corner of the police barracks, opposite
the hotel (RC17752)
Mr G Louch (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Mr John McNally hardware (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Mr Roe (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Kings bootmakers shop.
Mr Shortell bar Benall Club (Kilmore31/10/1878)
Saddler G Willis
Mr Stephen, the railway station master. His application for a share in the reward was rejected by the Reward Board but that was reversed (Argus11/4/83)
The Show . (Argus6/9/78)
Surveyor Leahy
The telegraph
office was 150 yards from the police station (RC2453)
The telegraph station in the old town. Mr Walter Henry Saxe was the
permanent telegraph officer (joined service in 1858) and Mr. Challen,
was sent up to assist him. (RC2287)
Violinist Mr W Holzappel
Selectors
The life of selectors in the area; economic data and practical stories (Argus19/4/80) (Argus27/4/80)
Crown lands bailiff (Mr Witt) (Argus19/4/80)
Chevalier Bruno had land near Benalla for the cultivation of silkworms
The local Government Commission came to town (Argus24/2/73)
Benalla was the main base for the police operations against the KellyGang
On 17 September 1877 Ned Kelly came to town and was later arrested by Fitzpatrick for being drunk and riding his horse on the foot path [JJK)
At the time of the Euroa robbery, when Mr Wyatt arrived in Benalla Mr Saxe thought he was very excitable. (RC2287)
The KellyGang intended to stick up the bank in Benalla but their friends told them therte was more money in the bank in Euroa (Argus17/12/78)
6 soldiers arrived to protect the town's banks (Argus17/12/78)
Benalla was alive with sympathisers (Argus16/10/79)
Did we steal some horses? (Argus18/10/79)
On the afternoon of 27/6/1880
Mr Stevens, the railway station master, was asked to get a special
train rteady to go up to Beechworth to follow up after the death of Aaron
Sherritt.. (RC8030)
(Argus12/12/1931)
(McPhee)
Late
on 28/6/1880 Ned Kelly and the body of Joe Byrne arrived by train from Glenrowan
to be greated by a large crowd. (DailyTelegraph29/6/80)
John Larkin was a farmer from Benalla who was held by the
KellyGang in Johns
Hotel in Gelenrowan. (Age29/6/80)
A packhorse found at Glenrowan after the seige was owned by Mr Fitzsimmons of Benalla (SMH30/6/80)
Soon after Glenrowan siege Joe Byrne was buried in the Benalla cemetery (RC77)
George Thornton My right name is George Withey Reid (Ensign22/11/1872)
Mr ET Dunne (of the land office Benalla) (OMA5/4/79)
A quantity of powder was found by William Headland , John
Bain and Henry Airey “planted” near
the North-eastern railway line at Benalla (Argus31/12/78)
The Benalla Pioneer Museum in Mair St, across the river from the Art Gallery,
houses the famous sash that had been presented to Ned
Kelly as a boy, see www.benallamuseum.org
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