Ned Kelly | Bushranger |
The infamous Edward "Ned" Kelly was born near Melbourne in January 1855 and hanged at the Melbourne gaol on 11 November 1880.
Ned Kelly and his gang are Australia's most famous bushrangers, pursued by police for robbery and murder, his capture was finally made after a gun fight with police at Glenrowan.
Kelly Armour
Ned Kelly's life and armour are firmly embedded in Australian folklore. The armour held by the State Library of Victoria includes Ned Kelly's helmet, backplate, breastplate and shoulderplate. Crudely constructed from parts of ploughs, pieces of leather, and iron bolts, the armour was assembled and tested by the gang in the year before the Glenrowan raid.
The sets of armour belonging to gang members Dan Kelly and Steve Hart can be seen at the Victoria Police Museum.
Jerilderie Letter
Only two original documents by Ned Kelly are known to have survived. The most significant of these is the Jerilderie Letter, dictated by Ned Kelly to Joe Byrne in February 1879.
The original is held by The State Library of Victoria, where four pages of the Letter are on display with Ned's armour, together with some photos and other items related to the Kelly story.
This page exists because Ned Kelly was born (and executed) in Victoria. Ned Kelly was a "convicted" outlaw responsible for the deaths of three policeman.
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Glenrowan is a rural locality and township on the route between Melbourne and Albury located 236 km north-east from Melbourne just off the Hume Freeway.
Glenrowan is best known as the scene of the ..
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The Jerilderie Letter event commemorates the 1879 raid on Jerilderie by Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steven Hart and Joe Byrne.
The raid took place between Saturday February 8th, 1879 and Monday Februar..
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Ned Kelly Touring Route is the place to head for anyone planning a trip to Ned Kelly territory.
The Ned Kelly Touring Route website has a wealth of information about things to do, places to see an..
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Ned Kelly's Armour is one of the State Library's most celebrated and controversial artefacts
Australia's most notorious bushranger has split public opinion for more than a century - Edward 'Ned' K..
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Step behind the walls of Old Melbourne Gaol, where Australia's most notorious outlaw met his end - and the legend began.
This tour follows the extraordinary final chapter of Ned Kelly's life, from..
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When the Old Melbourne Gaol was built in the mid-1800s, it dominated the Melbourne skyline as a symbol of authority.
The Old Melbourne Gaol is one of Melbourne's best historical places and truly w..
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From 1946-47, Australian artist Sidney Nolan painted a series of 27 paintings of the nineteenth-century bushranger Ned Kelly.
The original and starkly simplified image of Ned Kelly became a natio..
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❊ Web Links ❊
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www.onlymelbourne.com.au
➼ Ned Kelly - Old Melbourne Gaol Most Famous Inmate
➼ Old Melbourne Gaol
➼ Jerilderie Letter
➼ Ned Kelly: Australias Original Iron Man
❊ Also See... ❊
➼ Captain Moonlite: Queer Bushranger
➼ Jerilderie Letter
➼ Ned Kelly Touring Route
➼ Ned Kelly | Exhibition @ Benalla Costume and Kelly Museum
➼ Ned Kelly's Armour
➼ The Story of the Kelly Gang
➼ Glenrowan 1880 - Ned Kelly's Last Stand
➼ Sidney Nolan
➼ Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
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