John ('Jack') O'Meally | |
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 An artist's impression of the bushranger, John O’Meally (detail from the 'Gardiner's Gang' mural in Chesher-street, Eugowra, NSW). | |
| Born | John O'Meally June 1840 Cunningham Creek, near Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 19 November 1863 (aged 23) 'Goimbla' station, near Eugowra, New South Wales |
| Resting place | Gooloogong, New South Wales |
John O'Meally (June 1840 – 19 November 1863), known informally as 'Jack' O'Meally, was an Australia bushranger. He was recruited to join the Gardiner–Hall gang to carry out the gold escort robbery near Eugowra in June 1862, Australia's largest gold theft.[1] O'Meally became a member of the group of bushrangers led by Johnny Gilbert and Ben Hall, which committed many robberies in the central west of New South Wales. Considered to be the most violent and hot-headed of the group,[2] O'Meally was probably responsible for two murders during this time. The gang managed to evade the police for long periods and became the most notorious of the bushranging gangs of the 1860s. Jack O'Meally was shot and killed during an attack on the 'Goimbla' station homestead in November 1863.
- ^ "Escort Rock Gold Robbery". Monument Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ MacAlister (1907), page 276.