John Dunn (bushranger)
| John Dunn | |
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Dunn, 1866
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| Born |
John Fuller 14 December 1846 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 19 March 1866 (aged 19) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Bushranger |
John Dunn (14 December 1846 – 19 March 1866) was an Australian bushranger. He was born at Murrumburrah near Yass in New South Wales. He was 19 years old when he was hanged in Darlinghurst Gaol. He was buried in the former Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney.
Dunn associated with the known bushrangers Ben Hall and John Gilbert. Dunn joined the Hall gang in October 1864, a welcomed new member after police captured gang members Dunleavy and Mount. In late 1864, during the robbery of a mail coach near Jugiong, Gilbert shot and killed Sergeant Parry. On 26 January 1865, Hall, Gilbert and Dunn were at Collector, near Lake George. Dunn twice shot and killed the local police officer, Constable Samuel Nelson, the sole policeman in the township and the father of eight, while Hall and Gilbert were holding up the hotel. Dunn also shot at Nelson's son but missed.
In May, Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn were proclaimed outlaws; the passing into law the Felons Apprehension Act 1865, which allowed known bushrangers to be shot and killed rather than taken to trial, this put them outside the law and liable to be killed by anyone. Hall had separated from the other two and later was surrounded by police in the bush near Forbes, New South Wales, and shot dead.
Gibert and Dunn on hearing the news of Hall's death headed for Dunn's grandfather's property at Murrumbarrah.
Senior Constable Charles Hales of the Binalong police station received information at 8pm on 12 May 1865 that the two bushrangers had "stuck up" the woolshed near Murrumburrah. He suspected they would be in the area of Binalong due to Dunn's relatives living in the area. He thought they might visit John Kelly, Dunn's grandfather.
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