Mansfield Moments
When those shots resounded
Bodies lying on the bushland floor
They crossed a line and forever
Their name would be outlaw
At Stringybark Creek
© 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.