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This is where the police were during the early part of the siege of Glenrowan. The site of Ann Jones Inn, where the Kelly Gang was, is across the road. The police train arrived at Glenrowan station (to the east) at 2:50am on Monday, 28 June 1880 and formed a line here. It was not until dawn did they surround the rear of the Inn, which allowed Ned Kelly to leave undetected. But he was captured when he tried to return to rescue the other members of his gang.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
