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- After his father’s death, Kelly effectively became the male head of his family – which consisted of his 33-year-old mother and six siblings. In the following years, Kelly grew to symbolise the industrious and resourceful bush settlers who had learned to live in this harsh country, becoming an expert horseman, bushman and tree feller.
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According to Ian Jones, after Kelly's death, "a Robin Hood-like figure survived: good-looking, brave, a fine horseman and bushman and a crack shot, devoted to his mother and sisters, a man who treated all women with courtesy, who stole from the rich to give to the poor, who dressed himself in his enemy's uniform to outwit him.
May 19, 2014 · In fact, Fitzsimons did nothing of the sort, and when interviewed during his subsequent book tours, backed right away from answering that most central question about Ned kelly – was he a good man or bad man – by quoting someone else who always said Ned Kelly was “somewhere between a Villainous hero or Heroic Villain.”.
Sep 12, 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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Jun 25, 2014 · In the following years, Kelly grew to symbolise the industrious and resourceful bush settlers who had learned to live in this harsh country, becoming an expert horseman, bushman and tree feller. As his exploits became more audacious, he also became a symbol of those early Australians who defied the authority of the Protestant English establishment.
- The History
- Ned Kelly's Suit of Armour
- Trial and Execution
- Kelly's Death Mask
- The Jerilderie Letter
Quick facts
Ned Kelly: 1. was born sometime between December 1854 and June 1855, in Beveridge, Victoria. His precise birthdate is not known. 2. was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn. 3. as a child saved another boy from drowning – the boy's family awarded him a green silk sash in recognition of his bravery. 4. was twice convicted and sentenced to prison in the 1870s, first for assault and then for receiving a stolen horse. 5. attacked Constable Fitzpatrick while he was...
How it all began
Kelly’s criminal life started early. In 1869, when he was 14, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Chinese man. In 1870 he was arrested again, this time for being a suspected accomplice of bushranger Harry Power. The assault charge was dismissed and the accomplice charges with Power were also dropped after witnesses could not identify Kelly. Power was also of the belief that Kelly had given him up in exchange for his freedom. It was not long before Kelly was in trouble with the law agai...
The Fitzpatrick Incident
After his release from gaol Kelly worked as timber cutter and in other labouring jobs. In April 1878, a police officer named Fitzpatrick went to the Kelly home to arrest Kelly’s brother Dan for stealing horses. Fitzpatrick was shot in the wrist by Ned Kelly, and their mother Ellen was arrested for aiding and abetting an attempted murder. Ellen was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Redmond Barry (who also sentenced Ned Kelly to death by hanging). Ned and Dan went into hiding, and...
Prior to the Glenrowan siege and Ned's ultimate capture – the Kelly gang began constructing the suits of armour from mouldboards, the thick metal parts of a farmer's plough. The suits allowed the gang to walk away unharmed from close-range shooting, but they also made the gang members – Ned in particular – seem larger, more intimidating; even ghost...
After his capture at Glenrowan Kelly was taken to Melbourne where he stood trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to execution by hanging by Judge Redmond Barry. He was hanged in the Old Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880. His execution was witnessed by various prison and police officials and by a number of journalists. His final words were repor...
In the 19th century, it was common for plaster 'death masks' to be made of the face and skull of executed criminals. At the time, these masks served several purposes. Firstly, death masks were used for phrenological analysis, whereby the shape of a person's head was studied to determine their character traits. Secondly, they were often put on displ...
There's no denying that Ned Kelly was a notorious criminal, feared around Victoria and beyond as a robber and murderer. However, while it is not known how many sympathisers Kelly had in his day, over time a national myth emerged that pitched Kelly as a victim of police harassment and an underdog with the courage to challenge the authorities. This p...
Oct 21, 2014 · The son of an Irish convict, Kelly was a skilled horseman and marksman who lived in Victoria in south-eastern Australia, where he was visited in 1878 by a young policeman who intended to arrest...
Oct 15, 2020 · Ned Kelly is the most infamous bushranger, and his known crimes include cow and horse theft, alongside assault and murder. He became a bushranger under the mentoring of Harry Power, an absconding prisoner, in the late 1860s.
