| [CHAPTER I.] | ||
Introductory Remarks—Birth—Early Days at the Diggings—UnlicensedDiggers—Attacked by Fever—Keeping aStore | 1 | |
| [CHAPTER II.] | ||
Lieutenant in Victorian Police—Gold-Escort Duty—Catchinga Burglar—All that was left of him—Brooks the Murderer—Atthe Buckland River Station—"Billy the Puntman"—InCharge of new Rushes—Border Difficulties on theMurray | 19 | |
| [CHAPTER III.] | ||
Power the Bushranger—His Escape—The Squatter's GoldWatch—£500 Blood-money—A Peacock as a Sentinel—Caughtby the Heels—Some of Power's Adventures—HisSentence—Gamekeeper to Sir William Clarke | 55 | |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | ||
A Sporting Party on the Murray—"Winkle"—How to takeAim—After the Ducks—A Night with the Snakes—Kangarooing—ARunaway Bed | 77 | |
| [CHAPTER V.] | ||
The Kelly Gang—Ned and Dan Kelly—Steve Hart—JoeByrne—The Origin of the Bushranging Outbreak—SearchParty organized—Murder of Kennedy—M'Intyre's Escape—Armingthe Police—Tracking the Gang—Close onthem | 92 | |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | ||
Euroa Bank Robbery—Euroa—"Sticking up" Mr. Younghusband'sStation—Mr. Macauley "bailed up"—TheHawker Gloster—Cheap Outfits—The Raid on the Bank—TheManager and Family made Prisoners—The Returnto Mr. Younghusband's—The Retreat of the Gang andLiberation of the Prisoners—Explanatory Statement of theAuthor | 112 | |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | ||
The Police at Euroa—Aaron Sherritt—Jerilderie—Capture ofthe Police Station and Constables—Amateur Policemen—TheRoyal Hotel stuck up—Raid on the Bank of NewSouth Wales—£2000 taken—Kelly's Autobiography—HisAccount of the Fitzpatrick Affair—Departure of the Gang—Returnto their Haunts | 137 | |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | ||
Aaron Sherritt—A Disappointment—At Mrs. Byrne's—ATwenty-five-day Watch—Manufacturing Brands—Sherritt'sRevenge—A Letter from Joe Byrne—Whorouly Races—OnWatch at Mrs. Sherritt's—Mrs. Byrne's Discovery—Break-upof the Camp—Arrest of Kelly Sympathizers—ADynamite Scare—Aaron jilted | 159 | |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | ||
Mrs. Skillian's Hoax—A False Alarm—Searching the WarbyRanges—Among the Kelly Sympathizers—Ill and dispirited—TheTenant of the Haystack—Relieved afterEight Months' Camping Duty | 203 | |
| [CHAPTER X.] | ||
Black Trackers—Again in Charge with carte blanche—AaronSherritt's Doom—The Beginning of the End—Glenrowan—Stickingup the Hotel—Bracken's Escape—The Policeon the Alert—A Dangerous Journey—Mr. Curnow'sAdventure | 227 | |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | ||
The Attack on the Hotel—Wounded | 267 | |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | ||
From The Age Newspaper, 29th June, 1880—The Start—TheJourney—A Timely Warning—The Gang surprised—Deathof Byrne—Capture of Ned Kelly—His Statement—ThePrisoners released—Renewal of the Fight | 274 | |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | ||
From The Age (continued). Mrs. Skillian comes on the Scene—TheHotel fired—Rescue of Sherry—Fate of Dan Kellyand Hart—Statement of Various Prisoners made by theGang—The Incident of the Cannon | 291 | |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | ||
The Outlaws' Plans—Execution of Ned Kelly—Habits andCustoms of the Gang—Katie Kelly's behaviour—Kelly'sdistrust of Hart—The Cost of the Destruction of theGang | 315 | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
[ NED KELLY]
[ DAN KELLY]
[ AARON SHERRITT]
[ JOE BYRNE]
[ STEVE HART]
[ NIGHT ATTACK ON THE GLENROWAN HOTEL]
[ NED KELLY IN HIS ARMOUR]
[ GROUP TAKEN DURING THE FIGHT]
THE LAST OF THE BUSHRANGERS.