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Posted on 31 October 201520 December 2022

At Stringybark Creek (lyrics)

written and sung by Jim Low
recorded with Jason and Chloe Roweth
available on the the CD, Above the Creek Bed
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Posted on 31 October 201521 November 2022

Mansfield Moments

When those shots resounded
Bodies lying on the bushland floor
They crossed a line and forever
Their name would be outlaw

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Posted on 15 October 200920 December 2022

At Stringybark Creek

written and sung by Jim Low
read the lyrics


©  Jim Low

On my last trip to Victoria in July this year, I deliberately planned to spend the night in Benalla so I would have time to visit Stringybark Creek. This was the place where, on 26 October 1878, the Kelly gang, comprising Ned and Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, confronted a party of policemen who were out searching for them.

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