10 – Kellys: Stringybark Ck. Pt 2

Episode 10 continues the story of the Police/Kelly confrontation, and the following events set in motion, once McIntyre made it back to Mansfield and to raise the alarm. 

The public were shocked, the police alarmed and the Mansfield community devastated.  The Victorian government was to take drastic action to try and bring the Gang to justice.

From the Bushranger theme, this episode continues our detailed exploration of Ned Kelly & the Kelly Gang.                                                        (50 mins)


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Stringybark Creek area, with Bullock Creek Hut on Kelly Creek marked nearby (VHD – 13107)
News Illustrated cover
Kennedy’s body found (Police Museum)
Police Memorial Stringybark Creek

Mansfield Police memorial

10 – Stringybark Creek Pt 2:  REFERENCES

McIntyre, T. N. (Producer). (1902, April 2018). A true narrative of the Kelly Gang. Retrieved from http://www.policemuseum.vic.gov.au/collection/overview

http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/13107

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143002179

Police Memorial Unveiling 1880

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/ned-kelly-gang-victims-all-but-forgotten-in-adoration-of-the-bushranger-say-families-cops/news-story/3d1882a2dcf24dfce2260daf340786ce

https://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/cops-and-bloggers/blogs/they-did-something-very-difficult-and-very-dangerous-because-it-was-their

Somerville, E. (2017). Site of Kelly gang shootout with police at Stringybark Creek being prepared for 140th anniversary. ABC News:  ABC Goulburn Murray.  Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-27/site-of-kelly-gang-shootout-with-police-at-stringybark-creek/8389678

The Mansfield Police Memorial. (1880). The Weekly Times. Retrieved from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221760852

Carroll, B. (1976). Ned Kelly, Bushranger. Dee Why West: Landsdowne Press.

Castles, A. C., & Castles, J. (2005). Ned Kelly’s last days : setting the record straight on the death of an outlaw. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin.

Corfield, J. J. (2003). The Ned Kelly encyclopaedia. South Melbourne: Lothian.

Jones, I. (1996). Ned Kelly : a short life. South Melbourne, Vic.: Lothian Books.

Kenneally, J. J. (1969). The complete inner history of the Kelly gang and their pursuers (8th ed.). Moe, Vic.: The Kelly Gang Publishing Co.       For an online version:  http://www.australianculture.org/the-complete-inner-history-of-the-kelly-gang/

Molony, J. N. (2001). Ned Kelly. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press.