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'''Joe Byrne''' ([[1857]] - [[June 28]] [[1880]]) was an Australian [[bushranger]] known as the lieutenant of the [[Ned Kelly|Kelly Gang]]. He died in the siege of [[Glenrowan, Victoria|Glenrowan]] which is one of the most famous events in Australian history. Joe Byrne was a crack shot, a good horseman and a skilled bushman that enabled him to escape capture for several years. His skill at writing enabled him to produce material that added significantly to the development of the Kelly legend, notably the [[Jerilderie]] letter. There is also a legend that Ned Kelly with Byrne's assistance were planning to declare a Republic of North-Eastern Victoria at the time of the siege of Glenrowan.