...a place in the KellyGang story
Areas
Mount Strathbogie 1007metres Mount Wombat 799m Mount Bernard 488m
On 12/12/1878, after the Euroa robbery a police search party was sent into the Strathbogie ranges. (Argus14/12/78)(RC553)
The police believed the KellyGang were in the Strathbogie Ranges (Argus16/12/78) (Alexandra28/12/1878)
In December- January 1879 Sup Sadleir sent an agent into the upper end of the Strathbogie country, he travelled in amongst the most likely places.(RC2028)
In mid 1879 when Ass Com Nicolson
took over control of the hunt for the KellyGang.
He thought that the KellyGang
were in the Greta area but sent out word
that he was looking for them in the Stathbogies (RC16894)
See also (Argus27/9/79)
He did not think that the Strathbogies where part of the Kelly Country. (RC473)See
also (Argus6/8/80)
Graves agreed, but the KellyGang may have passed through the area. (RC15543)
The first track from Violet Town to Dry Creek was cut into the Strathbogies to open up the area for selection in 1873 (Ensign4/2/1873)
A visitors impression of the area (Illustrated30/8/1879)
There were a number of timber splitters in the area and back country for the KellyGang to escape into (RC15543)
Strathbogie, Euroa , Yea , Seymour , Strathbogie SR,
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