Jerilderie
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Jerilderie /dʒəˈrɪldəri/[6] is a small, rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murrumbidgee Council Local Government Area. At the 2021 census, Jerilderie had a population of 922 people.[1]
It can be found along the
The town was raided by Ned Kelly and his gang between 6 February and 10 February 1879, in which the then Bank of Jerilderie was robbed, residents taken hostage, and police locked in the local prison.[7][8]
Overview
Jerilderie is an
farms.The town has two primary schools, Jerilderie Public School and Jerilderie Catholic School, an 18-hole
The town has an
Steel Wings Windmill
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Jerilderie has rare windmills of unusual design. Both are situated on National Route 39, which provides a straight run from Victoria to the Queensland tropical coast.
The windmill was produced by the Steel Wings Company, in North Sydney between 1907 and 1911 with only six models ever erected.[9] The windmills comprise a steel frame and fan which turns to the wind between a bearing at the bottom and a swivel at the top, all supported by guy-wires. One is also located in the Shire of Taroom in the central Queensland highlands.The fully restored windmills, the only two known working examples in the world, are unique because their fan is contained and spins within the fully pivoting frame.
The Jerilderie Steel Wings windmill, built in 1910, was transported by rail from Sydney and then taken by
In 1989, members of Lions, Apex and the then Jerilderie Shire Council repaired and refurbished the windmill with two people, Clive Langfield and George Cornish (now dec.) spending some 600 hours to bring it to its present working condition, pumping 9 litres (2.4 US gal) per revolution from the Billabong Creek to the Jerilderie Lake using a 15-centimetre (5.9 in) draw plunger with a 48-centimetre (19 in) stroke. The Jerilderie windmill, the larger of the two stands 17 metres (56 ft) high with a 9-metre (30 ft) fan.
Notable people
Ned Kelly
Jerilderie was visited by Ned Kelly and his gang in 1879. The outlaws captured the town's two policemen and imprisoned them in their own cell before dressing in the police uniforms. They then told the locals that they were reinforcements from Sydney sent to protect them from the notorious Kelly Gang.
Later the gang held up the local Bank. More than two thousand pounds were stolen before Kelly and his gang walked to the Telegraph Office and chopped down the telegraph poles. He and his gang held 30 people hostage overnight in the Royal Mail Hotel where Ned Kelly wrote the famous Jerilderie Letter which documents Kelly's passionate pleas of innocence and desires for justice for both his family and the poor Irish settlers of Victoria's north-east. It has also been described as the Ned Kelly 'manifesto' and remains the only source providing a direct link between the Kelly Gang and the actions they are accused of.
The current Jerilderie Police Station features no less than 19 structural components mimicking Ned Kelly's distinctive face plate. Some examples include walls made of differently toned bricks making up his image to storm drains with holes cut in the same pattern.
Sir John Monash
Jerilderie is the childhood home of Sir John Monash, honoured military commander whose image adorns the Australian one hundred dollar note. He attended and achieved dux at Jerilderie Public School, a record of which can be seen on a board in the school’s head office.[10] The Sir John Monash Memorial Drive, created in his honour, is just off the Newell Highway, just outside the town on the way to Finley.[11]
Lord Loudoun
In the early 2000s, a Medieval scholar, Dr Michael Jones, claimed
Billy Brownless
Jerilderie is also the childhood home of former
History
Prior to European settlement, the Jerilderie region was inhabited by the
The Jerilderie district originated with the gazettal of the final licences to landholders in the 1870s. Before this time annual licences were issued. The pioneers of that time established cattle stations and it was not until the 1860s that sheep were found better suited to the area.
The birth of the town of Jerilderie itself is traced to the establishment of a house and store by John Carractacus Powell in 1854. He was apparently encouraged and assisted by the Kennedy Family to establish his home and business in what is known today as Powell Street, Jerilderie. The Kennedy family were the pioneers who first took up the property known as Mary's Creek Run, the station which surrounded the site of the town of Jerilderie. After John Powell first built, in 1859 William Davidson arrived in Jerilderie and he chose the site of the official village to settle on, being the "Cape" region. He had evidently noted the survey of 1852. William Davidson then constructed a brick kiln, the bricks from which he erected a house, hotel and blacksmith shop.
Thus Jerilderie had two establishments, about three kilometres apart, and the business rivalry was keen in each endeavour to capture trade from the travelling public.
Whilst the rivalry continued between Powell and Davidson, a Mr Cadell settled at a site opposite the existing Police Station and erected a store to compete with Powell and Davidson.
The Post Office opened on 1 October 1862 but was spelt Jereelderie until 1890.[14]
No other development occurred for some years, but following an application from Mr Powell in 1863 a
With the continual growth of the town and the development of the sheep and wool industry over the years, there became the need for control and development of local facilities and services such as roads, bridges, water supply, etc. Hence in 1889 the area was introduced to official
Whilst the town had its Local Government authority, the landholders outside the Municipality found the need to work for the establishment of a Shire Council, and as a result of this need the Wunnamurra Shire Council was realised in 1906.
Both the Jerilderie Municipality and the Wunnamurra Shire continued on their works for the following years up to 1918 when the
Heritage listings
Jerilderie has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Nowranie Street: Jerilderie railway station[15]
Rail
The
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,029 people in Jerilderie, 76.4% of people were born in Australia and 82.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 17.4% and No Religion 15.7%.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jerilderie, 2021 Census All persons QuickStats". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "National Regional Profile : Jerilderie (A) (Local Government Area)". c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of Statistics. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Mean Maximum Temperature". Bureau of Meteorology. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Mean Minimum Temperature". Bureau of Meteorology. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Monthly Rainfall". Bureau of Meteorology. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ISBN 1-876429-14-3
- ^ "The Ned Kelly Connection". Murrumbidgee Council. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "THE JERILDERIE BANK ROBBERY". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. 10 July 1880. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Council, Murrumbidge (1 May 2011). "Steel Wings Windmill - Luke Park" (PDF). Steel Wings Windmill - Luke Park. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Visiting Jerilderie | Murrumbidgee Council". www.murrumbidgee.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Rowe, Brian (14 March 2023). "Sir John Monash Memorial Drive, Jerilderie". Places of Pride, National Register of War Memorials. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "The rightful king of England? He doesn't want the crown". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. 12 October 2005. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Jerilderie". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Jerilderie Post Office". Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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External links
Media related to Jerilderie at Wikimedia Commons
- "Jerilderie: Travel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004.