Joe Byrne at KellyGang. Importance of Joe Byrne I am called the second in command of the KellyGang and the planner of many of our ventures.
I was a close friend of Aaron Sherritt and a writer of many letters and songs. I lived at Sebastopol on Reedy Creek to the north of Beechworth. The area was an old gold mining community that was being worked over by the chinese miners. Lots of people ask why an educated man like me should team up with the KellyGang. Links to the KellyGang., Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Deaths at Stringy Bark Creek , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Jerilderie Robbery , Whouraly Race Meeting , Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Royal Commission and after , Family , Family brothers and sisters Joe 1856, John 58, Kate 59, Paddy 62, Mary 63, Denny 66, Margaret 69, Ellen 71 parents Patrick Margaretuncles and auntsJohn and Mary Byrne grand parents Joseph and Catherine Byrne, ?
Returning home. Joe Byrne (bushranger) Joseph Byrne also known as Joe Byrne (November 1856[1] - June 28 1880) was an Australian bushranger.
He is known as the lieutenant of the Kelly Gang. He was shot dead in the siege of Glenrowan. Joe Byrne was a very good shot, a good horseman and skilled at living in the bush. This made it difficult for the police to capture him. His skill at writing helped him to write the items that were important in starting the Kelly legend. Early life[change | edit source] Woolshed Creek, near Joe Byrne's home Joe was born at Woolshed, near Beechworth, in November 1856. After leaving school in 1870, Joe had a number of jobs including driving a delivery cart for a tannery, putting up fences, looking for gold, wood cutting, and shearing. Crime[change | edit source] In September 1873, Byrne was in court for taking a neighbour, Anton Wick's horse. The Kelly Gang[change | edit source] Stringybark Creek[change | edit source] Bushranger[change | edit source] My friends are all united, My mates are lying near. Joe Byrne. Joe Byrne Joe Byrne (1857 – 28 June 1880) was an Australian bushranger born in Victoria to an Irish immigrant.
A friend of Ned Kelly, he was a member of the Kelly Gang, who were declared outlaws after the murder of three policemen at Stringybark Creek. Despite wearing the improvised body armour for which Ned Kelly and his gang are now famous (and which he is reputed to have designed), Byrne received a fatal gunshot during the gang's final violent confrontation with police at Glenrowan, in June 1880. Early years[edit] Joe Byrne was born in 1857 in the village of Woolshed, near Beechworth. Joe Byrne commenced school at the Catholic school at Woolshed in 1862.
The Kelly Gang[edit] Joe Byrne was present at Stringybark Creek with the Kelly brothers and Steve Hart on 26 October 1878 when they surprised a patrol of four police officers on their trail, with three of them shot dead. My name is Ned Kelly, I'm known adversely well. Kelly and Byrne started planning their next raid at Jerilderie.