Killeen or Five Mile, the squatting run

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

One of the original squatting runs in the Kelly Country

Seymour
Longwood
Euroa

History at Killeen before the KellyGang

First settled in ?
Leased by Charles Ryan 1840-1854
Licensed to Younghusband and Lyell 30,680 acres 1876
Did Younghusband have a rate problem (Ensign22/1/1875)
In 1876 the license was owned by Issac Younghusband and Andrew Lyell, ? acres, £146/5 license fee half year

Killeen has a wonderful barn

Where did the name Killeen come from

 

The original aboriginal owners

 

The first selectors

 

Original

Neighbouring

Properties

north
south
west
east

Molka
Wangambenham
Mangalore
Euroa

What was Killeen like in the late 1870's

Links to the KellyGang

 

Rivers Creeks and Hills near Killeen

 

 

What happened at Killeen after the time of the Kelly Gang

What is happening at Killeen today - a part of the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story

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