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Jerilderie is located in southern New South Wales on the Newell Highway, the major route between Melbourne and Brisbane. The population of the town is 950, with an additional 1000 people living on outlying farms and stations.

Ned Kelly came to Jerilderie in 1879 — with a bounty on his head, he could be shot on sight by anyone.

Yet Ned boldly relieved the Bank of £2000, chopped down the telegraph poles, locked the police in their own cells, booked up the cost of shoeing his horses to the NSW Police. He held more than 30 hostages while shouting the bar and burned the mortgages held in the bank's safe — all in three days.

No person aware of Ned Kelly's presence in Jerilderie took advantage of the $260,000 reward for his capture or made an attempt on his assassination.

The main purpose of Ned Kelly's visit to Jerilderie was to have his manifesto published, now known as The Jerilderie Letter the document did not surface until 100 years after the event.

Now is your chance to bring the family and recreate the past during our colourful rendition of the events that took place in February 1879.