Harry Power Research Paper

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Harry Power was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1819. His birth name was Henry Johnson. His parents were. Henry's father was a respectable and well though of man to the Marquis of Waterford. As a boy, Henry would ride some of the best and well trained hunters to exercise them. Henry was always near the stables, whether he was in them are around them, but this affected his schooling; he would neglect his education to spend more time in the stables.

In 1840, Harry was sent to Australia for 7 years after stealing a saddle and a bridle, as well as obtaining and then using a hunter if Waterford, Ireland. He arrived at Hobart on the 21st of May in 1842, on the Isabella. 5 years later he received the ticket of leave on November, 1847, and was given the Certificate of Freedom in September, 1848.

With his new freedom, Power moved to Port Phillip and became a horse dealer in Jeelong. Soon, Harry Power was attracted by the gold in Victoria. But along the way he was checked by two police men because he looked suspicious. This lead him to be wrongly accused of horse stealing and Harry wounded one of the policemen. A
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He, Captain Melville and a couple of others were falsely accused of murdering two men and were found not guilty. Power was transferred to Pentridge stockade after two and a half years on the hulks but later escaped in 1862. Harry moved to the Oven district and helped the Kelly, Quinn and Lloyd families. Harry was arrested again and sentenced at Beechworth in 1864 on the 19th of February. His crime this time was horse-stealing and he was given seven years hard labour on the roads. Power only served 5 years before escaping, he was assisted briefly by a thirteen year old Ned Kelly. On the 7th of May in 1869, Power held up a mail coach at Porepunkah and another one Longwood-Mansfield Road in the same month. Throughout 1869, Power was held responsible for committing over six hundred