John Dunn (bushranger)
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John Dunn (14 December 1846 – 19 March 1866) was an Australian bushranger. He was born at Murrumburrah near Yass, New South Wales.
Dunn associated with the known bushrangers Ben Hall and John Gilbert. On 26 January 1865, Hall, Gilbert and Dunn were at Collector, near Lake George. Dunn shot the local police officer, Constable Samuel Nelson, the sole policeman in the township and father of eight children, while Hall and Gilbert were holding up the hotel.
In May, Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn were proclaimed outlaws; this put them outside the law and liable to be killed by anyone. Hall was surrounded by police in the bush near Forbes, New South Wales and shot dead. Some days later, Gilbert was shot by the police at the home of John Kelly, Dunn's grandfather, near Murrumburrah, on 13 May.
Dunn went into hiding but was captured on 26 December 1865. He was tried on 19 January 1866, found guilty and sentenced to hang. He was hanged on 19 March, he was nineteen years old. He is buried in the old Devonshire Street cemetery.
