John Foley (bushranger)

John Foley was a bushranger and the partner of Fredrick Lowry.

Early life
Foley's family came from the Oberon district, and as a Youth he joined Fredrick Lowrys Gang.

As part of that gang, Foley robbed the Goulburn Mail just outside the town, and the Mudgee Mail coach in July 1863. There was rumored to be 5,700 pounds on the Mudgee Mail coach.

The gang also robbed a race meeting on a farm outside of Oberon, New South Wales.

Latter Life
Foley served ten years of a 15-year sentence. He reformed and returned to the Oberon district where he was from, and became a respected landowner at Black Springs, New South Wales, on the Campbells River.

Family
John Foley’s brother Francis was a member of the Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang and was convicted of holding up a Chinese camp on Campbell’s River in 1863.

References

External links
History of the Australian Bushrangers capture of John Foley

Category:Bushrangers
Category:19th-century Australian criminals