Glenrowan Affair

Introduction (Real History):

In 28 June 1880 at Glenrowan Ned Kelly in a failed atempt to Derail a train to start a "Republic of North East Victoria" was shot and injured by police and captured. He was then tried and hanged. Ned Kelly had gathered an army of

Glenrowan Uprising
On the night of 28th of June 1880, Ned Kelly and his gang prepared for the rebellion by placing and detonating explosives on the rail line into town. They gathered there army of 200 men and there supplies at Glenrowan Inn. They them took Hostages and the police where notified.

The Victorian Governer George Bowen orderd that a specail police force of 180 men to be gathered and sent by train to Glenrowan to capture Ned Kelly and his gang who have had been outlaws for 2 years. The police train on the way to Glenrowan derailed from the tracks and the police officers where then captured by Ned Kelly and his Army (123 Capture, the rest died in the train crash). With all of the police officers captured. The people at Glenrowan constructed fortifications and began mass production of the Kelly Gang's armour.

Rise of the Republic of North-East Victoria
With the first battle won, Ned Kelly wrote a letter of inderpendance of North East Victoria with a copy of the constitution Ned Kelly had drawn up. The governer George Bowen examined the letter and sent it to the office of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria then gave orders to the Governer to stop the uprising, with the promis of troops.

By the newspapers, Ned Kelly learned that the Colony of Victoria and the Brtish empire had declared war on the Rebublic of North-East Victoria. Discoraged by the news, Ned Kelly ordered his army to capture Wangaratta. When the troops assembled out side the town, the Mayor surreneded the town to Ned Kelly. In Wangaratta, a further 300 volanteers joined Ned Kellys Army.

Ned Kelly continued to capture the entire North-East Victoria within a month, and was able to support the large army of 3000 soilders. The Republic of North-East Victoria had just a month to train and prepare till the British Empire's reinforcments would arrive.

War of Inderpendance
Ned Kelly then requested the assistance of the newly united, United States of America. The US declined support through troops, but instead sent 30 Gattling Guns, and various rifles.

On the day of the 5th of September 1880 the British army (of 6,000) gathered at Corowa and fortified the town. Ned Kelly's scouts reported their position and on that night Ned Kelly and 100 men stole into Corowa and killed 301 British soilders and 12 Officers and escaped without loosing a man, or fireing a shot. Embarresed by such a skillful attack, the british rused an attack on the following day, but where ambused at Howfong by 300 men in the bush with the gattling guns a total of 400 British Troops where killed.

Defeated the British then returned to England.

Republic of Victoria
Thus encoraged by the victories, the Republic of North-East Victoria then captured the colony of Victoria by 1882. and they formed an new government under the rule of Ned Kelly and created the Republic of Victoria. Under Ned Kelly's direction the mining buisness boomed with discovery of more Gold-Fields that Victoria became the richest Country in Australia.

Federation and Inderpendance
In 1901 the colonies of Australia untied including Victoria and formed the Republic of Australia. With promised military support from the US, Australia declared inderpendance from Britian.King Edward VII then agreed and Australia became Inderpendant. Ned Kelly was declared the president and rulled until 1910, when he died of old age (Age 55). Australia became the richest country due to it's natural resources, in the Southern Hemisphere.