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• is indicted for being an accessory after the fact of stealing a mare, Australian (Sydney), 15 August 1839, p 2
• ad advising people not to buy a mare stolen by Harrigan, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 August 1842, p 3
• loses a bare knuckle fighting contest against George Hough, Hawkesbury Courier (Windsor, NSW) 24 October 1844, p 2
• description of the fight, Dispatch (Sydney) 26 October 1844, p 2
• article claims Harrigan was undertrained, Dispatch (Sydney), 26 October 1844, p 2
• Harrigan and Hough agree on a rematch, Bell’s Life in Sydney, 25 October 1845, p 2
• the fight is cancelled, Bell’s Life in Sydney, 1 November 1845, p 2
• the fight is back on, Bell’s Life in Sydney, 15 November 1845, p 2
• the fight is again cancelled, Bell’s Life in Sydney, 22 November 1845, p 2
• the fight is held, Harrigan loses, Bell’s Life in Sydney, 13 December 1845, p 2
• Harrigan is bound over for the peace for using threatening language, Bell’s Life in Sydney (NSW), 27 December 1845, p 2
• is sentenced to death for murdering Michael McCarthy, Morning Chronicle (Sydney), 7 March 1846, p 2
• his sentence is commuted to life transportation, Hawkesbury Courier (Windsor, NSW) 16 April 1846, p 1, column 3
• absconds after being charged with robbing a man, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 1847, p 3
• a four pd reward is offered for his apprehension, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 1847, p 4, column 2
• is charged with larceny at Gundagai, Gundagai Times (NSW), 21 November 1874, p 2

• English, Susannah (mother)
• Harrigan, Patrick (father)
• Kelly, Elizabeth (sister)
• Goodger, Eleanor (sister)
• Harrigan, Mary Ann (sister)
• Harrigan, Charles (brother)
• Harrigan, Joseph (brother)
• Ryan, Bridget (half-sister)
• English, Richard (half-brother)
• Harrigan, Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
• Harrigan, Sarah (sister-in-law)
• Goodger, John (brother-in-law)
• Kelly, Thomas (brother-in-law)
• Ruse, Rebecca (aunt)
• Armfield, Elizabeth (aunt)
• Kennedy, Mary (aunt)
• Payne, Ann (aunt)
• Ruse, James (uncle)
• Kiss, James William (uncle)
• Wells, John (uncle by marriage)
• Armfield, Edward (uncle by marriage)
• Crook, John (uncle by marriage)
• Ruse, Elizabeth (grandmother)
• Ruse, James (grandfather)
• Chapman, Rebecca (cousin)
• Armfield, George (cousin)
• Levy, Ann (cousin)
• Armfield, James (cousin)
• Armfield, Joseph (cousin)
• Armfield, Edward (cousin)
• Williamson, Elizabeth (cousin)
• Chapman, Emma (cousin)
• Izzard, Sarah Jane (cousin)
• Armfield, William (cousin)
• Armfield, John David (cousin)