Murringo
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Murringo is a small village in the southwestern slopes of New South Wales, Australia in Hilltops Council. It was once better known as Marengo. The name is also applied to the surrounding area, for postal and statistical purposes.
Main street of Murringo
John O'Meally
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John O'Meally, 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. 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, 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.
An artist's impression of the bushranger, John O’Meally (detail from the 'Gardiner's Gang' mural in Chesher-street, Eugowra, NSW).
An artist's depiction of the robbery of the gold escort coach near Eugowra by Gardiner's gang of bushrangers (an engraving by Frederick Grosse, published in June 1862).
John Oxley Norton (1827–1880), police sub-inspector at Forbes in 1863.
William-street in Bathurst, photographed in the early 1870s.