Family group in front of rough bush dwelling

1870's

This is a slab hut construction with a bark roof. A slab hut is made from slabs of split or sawn timber, often, in Australia, in a vertical construction. Timber was split along the grain and used green not seasoned.

Learn about the construction of other buildings in the 1800's.

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Meal break for teamsters and horses 1900

Wordless Wednesday; Captain Moonlite

Find out about this bushranger and his real name.

 

Reward Poster of the Kelly gang

" I am the last that carries public favour or dreads the public frown. Let the hand of the law strike me down if it will; but I ask my story be heard and considered".  Edward Kelly, November 1st, 1880 from his cell in Her Majesty's Gaol, Melbourne. (Dictated to David Gaunson)

 

MORE WRITINGS OF Ned Kelly:
Read the Jerilderie letter spoken by Ned Kelly and written down by Joe Byrne, in 1879, in which he expresses his innocence and wish for justice for his family and the poor Irish selectors of Victoria.