John Foley

John Foley (183326 February 1891) was a bushranger and associate of Fred Lowry. In July 1863 they robbed several mail coaches, including the Mudgee mail robbery which netted £5,700 in bank-notes. Foley was captured several weeks later with bank-notes from the Mudgee mail in his possession. He was tried at Bathurst and sentenced to fifteen-years hard labour. Foley was released in 1873; he settled in the Black Springs district near Oberon and led a respectable life until his death in 1891. Biography Early life and family John Joseph Foley was born at Kelso (near Bathurst) in 1833, the son of Laurence Foley and Mary (née Sullivan). He was third of eleven children, having seven brothers and three sisters.