The Kelly's of Bendenine
The mystery of Mary Ann Kelly continues but little by little pieces start to come together. Today I came across this. I may have stumbled across it before as I have some notes saying John Kelly's name might actually be James. But I don't rememeber reading before "amongst the very earliest employes [sic] on Bendenine". C Yass Evening Tribune (NSW 1899 - 1928), Thursday 19 July 1906, page 2 The Bendenine Pastoral estate was established in the 1840s and after the death of Cornelius O'Brien in 1869 Henry Brown became the new owner. In 1881 Brown died unexpectedly and the ownership of Bendenine passed to the Bros. Friends. This information is useful when looking at old maps and placing them in time order. If we assume James Kelly to be the father of Mary Ann then we assume a few other things. Going by her guestimated birth range James would have arrived at Bendenine to work for O'Brien or may even have come with Henry Brown. It would be interesting to