What is Joe Byrne?
{{Infobox Person | name =Joe Byrne | residence = | other_names = | image =Joe Byrne.jpg | imagesize =220px | caption =Joe Byrne's body on display at Benalla | birth_name =Joseph Byrne | birth_date =21 November 1856 | birth_place =[[Beechworth, Victoria]] | death_date =June 28, 1880 | death_place =[[Glenrowan, Victoria]] | death_cause =Shot dead by police | known = | occupation = [[Bushranger]] | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} '''Joseph Byrne''' also known as '''Joe Byrne''' (November 1856<ref name=Jones>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Ian |title=The Friendship That Destroyed Ned Kelly, Joe Byrne and Aaron Sherritt |publisher= Lothian |date=1992 |location= Port Melbourne, Victoria | page= |isbn= 085091518X }}</ref> - June 28 1880) was an Australian [[bushranger]]. He is known as the [[lieutenant]] of the [[Ned Kelly|Kelly Gang]]. He was shot dead in the [[siege]] of [[Glenrowan, Victoria |Glenrowan]]. Joe Byrne was a very good shot, a good horseman and skilled at living in [[the bush]]. This made it difficult for the police to capture him. His skill at writing helped him to write the items that were important in starting the Kelly [[legend]]. He wrote the famous [[Jerilderie, New South Wales|Jerilderie]] letter. There is also a legend that Ned Kelly, with Byrne's help, was going to start an [[independent]] [[republic]] in north east Victoria. The siege at Glenrowan was the first step. ==Early life== [[Image:Woolshed Creek.JPG|thumb|220px|right|Woolshed Creek, near Joe Byrne's home]] Joe was born at Woolshed, near [[Beechworth, Victoria|Beechworth]], in November 1856. His father, Patrick Byrne, had come from [[County Carlow]], [[Ireland]], in 1849, to join his father, Joseph, who had come to Australia as a [[convict]] in 1834. Joe's mother was an Irish lady from [[Galway]]. The family moved to Sebastopol, a small gold mining town, about two kilometres farther up the v