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Jun 25, 2014 · During his short life, Kelly was a polarising figure, and remains one today – so much so that his family members have taken the precaution of burying him in an unmarked grave. Many view Kelly not so much as a folk hero but as a convicted murderer responsible for the death of three police officers.
May 19, 2014 · It occurred to me some time ago that I should probably know more – after all Ned Kelly is supposed to be the most talked about, written about, documented discussed and lets not forget the most polarising figure in all Australian history.
Notorious bushranger and national identity Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol in 1880. It was the final act in one of the most colourful, controversial and sometimes violent chapters in Australia's history.
Jan 20, 2013 · In death, as in life, he remains a polarising figure, and nowhere more so than in the community where relatives of the police officers he killed still live alongside Kelly's own descendants.
In 1880, when his attempt to derail and ambush a police train failed, he and his gang, dressed in armour fashioned from stolen plough mouldboards, engaged in a final gun battle with the police at Glenrowan. Kelly, the only survivor, was severely wounded by police fire and captured.
May 28, 2024 · Ned Kelly (born June 1855, Beveridge, Victoria, Australia—died November 11, 1880, Melbourne) was the most famous of the bushrangers, Australian rural outlaws of the 19th century. In 1877 Kelly shot and injured a policeman who was trying to arrest his brother, Dan Kelly, for horse theft.
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May 20, 2014 · It occurred to me some time ago that I should probably know more - after all Ned Kelly is supposed to be the most talked about, written about, documented discussed and lets not forget the most polarising figure in all Australian history.
