Insurance records piece together history

May 16th, 2012

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The insurance claim for a fire that destroyed the Glenrowan Inn as the bushranger Ned Kelly sheltered inside is one of 3000 historical records donated to the Victorian State Library.

The documents have history buffs salivating and provide a window into Australia’s past, says state library spokesman Matthew van Hasselt.

“On the surface they look like dry corporate records,” he told AAP on Wednesday.

But the records, donated this week, can help historians piece together the small but crucial details that allow us to unlock past events, Mr van Hasselt said.

“Historians like to get into the nitty gritty details and the peculiarities of the time.”

The records, provided by Suncorp Insurance, chronicle the Australian insurance industry from 1833 to 1970.

The documents show the police destruction of the Glenrowan Inn in the famous 1880 confrontation with the Kelly gang resulted in a 100 pound insurance claim being paid to inn operator Ms Ann Jones.

The Colonial Mutual Fire insurance company paid the sum but later successfully claimed the money back from Victoria Police.

Ms Jones lost more than her inn in the shoot-out.

Her son was shot dead and her daughter suffered a bullet wound.

The innkeeper was initially charged as a co-conspirator but later exonerated by police.

“They thought she was harbouring the Kelly gang,” Mr van Hasselt said.

The claims catalogue disasters and tragedy, and stories of loss and renewal.

“They are in many ways sad stories, but they are also stories of what has been experienced in our nation,” he said.

The records will be available for public viewing as soon as they are catalogued.