John Vane | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_Vane_bushranger_1842-1906.jpg) John Vane, photographed at Darlinghurst Gaol in 1880. | |
| Born | John Vane 16 June 1842 Jerrys Plains, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 30 January 1906 |
| Resting place | Woodstock, New South Wales |
John Vane (16 June 1842 – 30 January 1906) was an Australian bushranger who joined with the John Gilbert's gang for a short period during 1863. He rode with Gilbert, Ben Hall, John O’Meally and his friend Mick Burke, all of whom eventually met violent deaths.[1] Burke, who had been Vane's childhood friend, died in a violent gun-fight at 'Dunn's Plains', near Rockley. Vane managed to avoid the fate of his companions when he gave himself up. In 1905 Vane collaborated with author and newspaper editor, Charles White, in recording his recollections of the period he spent as part of the bushranging gangs led by Gilbert, Hall and O’Meally. Vane’s biography, edited by White, was published in 1908 (two years after Vane’s death).
- ^ Certain websites make statements such as: "John Vane was the only member of the gang of 1863 to survive", which is not correct; other members of John Gilbert and Ben Hall’s gang during 1863 (prior to Vane joining), such as Patrick Daley, Henry Gibson and John Jamieson, did not meet with violent deaths.