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PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
THE KELLY GANG
The Outlaws of the Wombat Ranges
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He remained on this property until the year 1865, and, with the remaining portion of his family, was universally respected – he and they were in their former locations – for honesty, industry and kindness, Mrs Quin being especially an object of sincere regard, on account of the unwearying and profuse hospitality she used to display, not only to her friends and aquaintances, but also to every tired, indignant, or benighted wayfaring stranger who might call at her door. Indeed, she carried this comparatively rare and admirable propensity, almost to the verge of what might be termed a weakness, and was continued, we are informed, to act the good Samaritan whenever occasion demanded, as far as in her power lay, up to the date of the present memoir, so that we may reasonably conclude the amiable peculiarity will not cease to influence her during the remainder of her earthly career.
In 1865, however, desiring to become owner of a squatting station, Quin, having sold his Wallan-Wallan property to considerable advantage, purchased a run at the head of the King River, to which he transferred his large stock of cattle, horses, brood mares, &c. – a spot that afterwards became famous as the place near which Power, the bushranger, was captured while asleep in his gunyah.
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