HARD COPY BOOKS: 2025

A BRAND NEW hard copy reprint from the 1892 account of Police Superintendent Francis Hare of the stopping of the special train and the final struggle with the Kelly Gang at Glenrowan on 28 June 1880. Mr Hare led the rush of police on Jones's Hotel at Glenrowan, but was shot through the wrist and disabled on the first volley. He directed the attack for some time, but being finally faint from loss of blood, had to leave for Benalla. He received afterwards the congratulations both of His Excellency the Governor and the Chief Secretary. A great deal of dissension amongst the police force followed, and Mr Hare retiring from office, was made a police magistrate in 1882, which position he had since held. 

The Last Mission Ship - Part One, has been produced on behalf of Uncharted Collective with the aim of raising awareness of what is believed to be the last Mission vessel built for sail in Australian and South Sea waters - the seventy-two year old MV Stephen Davies. 

This book is also to deliver an ongoing legacy aimed at raising awareness of the impact Missionaries and Missions had in the South Seas, including Cape York and the Torres Strait, with a particular focus on the sailing ships involved in the trade and the communities, villages and Islands in which they operated. 

From the pen of a descendent of Robert Scott, Manager of the Euroa National Bank robbed by Ned Kelly and his gang in December 1878. Bail Up!: Ned Kelly Raids Euroa is a narrative of the events leading up to and including the robbery of the bank in Euroa and the aftermath of the Kelly's daring getaway, police bungles and a town caught off guard! In the hours after the daylight robbery going un-noticed, the Kelly Gang held the Scott Family, bank staff and servants hostage at Faithfull's Creek Station along with 20 or so other souls held there for hours prior.