Former Police Stables

Former Police Stables

Rear 117 Jerilderie Street.

The last remaining building associated with the Police Barracks and lock up. Jerilderie Shire Council has recently assumed trusteeship of this building and in the process of restoration.

Towards midnight on Saturday 8 February 1879 the Kelly gang converged on the Police Barracks located on the adjoining allotment (west). Senior Constable Devine and Trooper Harry Richards were put in the "logs" along with a drunk who had earlier been incarcerated. Dan Kelly and Steve Hart removed the policemen's horses from the stables, turning them out in the horse paddock located where the Sports Complex now stands, and stabling and feeding their own horses.