HARRY POWER'S LOOKOUT
KING VALLEY VICTORIA
Harry Power
Harry Power (sometimes known as Henry Johnstone) was one of
Victoria’s most notorious bushrangers and someone who apparently taught Ned
Kelly. One might assume he was not that smart as he spent 30 of his 70 years in
jail. Born in Ireland in 1819 he was shipped to Tasmania for stealing a pair of
shoes at age 21. After serving 7 years he moved to Victoria and in 1855 he was
sentenced for a further 8 years for horse stealing and wounding a policeman. He
was released and served a further 7 years but escaped near the end of his term
in 1869 at age 66. When in Pentridge he met Ned Kelly’s uncles Thomas and Jack Lloyd
who had lived in the King Valley as did Ned Kelly’s grandparents who had a
homestead below the craggy granite lookout now known as Power’s Lookout. He was
captured at the lookout in 1870
Harry Power's Lookout is 22 km south of Whitfield , 48 km from Mansfiled and 63 km from Wangaratta. The lookout is a few km from the highway and provides great views of the King Valley
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