The Age newspaper of August 11, 2013 has an article about the Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend entitled "
Ned Kelly bank hold-up helps fill the coffers at Beechworth."
It begins with:
A hold-up was held in a bank in Beechworth on Saturday, and the manager and staff knew all about it.
But they weren't aiding and abetting a group of criminals. By
entertaining tourists as part of Ned Kelly weekend - including the
pretend police firing off a few blanks from antique guns at the pretend
criminals in the main street - they were filling the coffers of the
north-east Victorian town.
Gareth Kay, manager of the Bendigo Bank, whose staff dressed
in 1870s period costume, agreed it was unusual for a bank to participate
and reckoned more mainstream banks would not agree to it.
''It's about participating in our community so if there's a festival we get involved in it.''
Among events held for Ned Kelly Weekend was a re-enactment of
the 1880 committal trial of Kelly in the town's courthouse after the
siege of Glenrowan, 60 kilometres away; and the burning down of Annie
Jones' pub during the siege. The latter didn't actually happen in
Beechworth, but this is the heart of Kelly country, organisers say. And
the re-enactment didn't actually involve burning down a pub; due to
Occupational Health and Safety, gas flames were ignited next to a timber
replica of a grog shop on Saturday night in the town's police paddock.
But you got the drift....
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