What is Aaron Sherritt?
{{Infobox Person | name = Aaron Sherritt | residence = | other_names = | image = Aaron Sherritt 2.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = August 1854 | birth_place = Sebastopol, Woolshed Valley, near [[Beechworth, Victoria|Beechworth]] [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] [[Australia]] | death_date = 26 June 1880 | death_place = Sebastopol, Victoria | death_cause = Murdered | known = | occupation = [[Farmer]], [[Criminal]] | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} [[File:BeechworthGaol.JPG|thumb|Beechworth Gaol, where Sherrit was a prisoner in 1876]] '''Aaron Sherritt''' (August 1854 - 26 June 1880) was a close friend of bushrangers [[Joe Byrne (bushranger)|Joe Byrne]] and [[Ned Kelly]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web |url= http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/sherritt-aaron-13571 |title=Obituary - Aaron Sherritt |work=Obituaries Australia|publisher= National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| year=2011 |access-date=13 July 2011}}</ref> His murder in 1880 was the first of the actions that led to the Kelly Gang's final shoot out with the police at [[Glenrowan, Victoria|Glenrowan]]. Sherritt lived about three miles from Byrne, in the Woolshed Valley, near Beechworth, Victoria.<ref name = mcm>{{cite book | last =McMenomy | first =Keith | title =Ned Kelly - The authentic illustrated story | publisher =Currey O'Neill Ross Pty Ltd | date =1984 | location =South Yarra, Victoria | isbn =085902122X }}</ref>{{rp|134}} He went to school with Byrne, and in 1876 were sent to [[prison]] for stealing meat.<ref name=mcq>{{cite book | last =McQuilton | first =John | title =The Kelly Outbreak 1878 - 1880 | url =https://archive.org/details/kellyoutbreak1870000mcqu | publisher =Melbourne University Press | date =1979 | location =Melbourne, Australia | isbn =0-522-84180-5 }}</ref>{{rp|101}} Soon after being let out of prison, Sherritt and Byrne were sent back again. Th