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Ned Kelly was a ‘bushranger’ — a person who robbed others and spent his life escaping from the police. He also killed three policemen. There have been many films, songs and books about Ned Kelly. There is even an Australian saying: ‘to be as game [brave] as Ned Kelly’. To some he is a hero; to others he is a murderer, even a terrorist.
25 de jun. de 2014 · Ned Kelly’s history. When only 10 years old, Kelly was acknowledged locally as a hero after he courageously saved a seven-year-old boy from drowning. The child, Dick Shelton, had fallen into rain-swollen Hughes Creek, in Avenel, 100km north of Melbourne, when he tried to retrieve his new straw hat, which had dropped off as he walked across a ...
1 de sept. de 2011 · Ned Kelly timeline of his life and death. 1854/1855 (circa): Born Edward Kelly in Beveridge, north of Melbourne. 1869: A 14-year-old Kelly assaults a Chinese pig farmer and spends close to two weeks in police custody. October 1870: Arrested again for assault. 1871: Arrested for riding a stolen horse and fighting with police.Sentenced to three years’ jail.
Ned Kelly op de dag voor zijn executie. Edward "Ned" Kelly (Beveridge, december 1854 – Melbourne, 11 november 1880) was de bekendste bushranger van Australië en voor velen een volksheld vanwege zijn strijd tegen de koloniale autoriteiten.. Levensloop. Ned Kelly was de zoon van een Ierse veroordeelde die naar Victoria was gestuurd. Als jongeman had Ned Kelly conflicten met de lokale politie.
14 de may. de 2015 · Young Ned Kelly’s initials (EK and two K’s) carved into the door of his grandfather’s forge at the Quinn homestead, Wallan. Also seen here are sample ‘burns’ of newly-made branding irons – the Q with a dropped tail and the later JQ. Image: Matt Deller In 1841, Ellen and her six brothers and sisters arrived
20 de may. de 2015 · Ned Kelly was expert with a ‘running-iron’ on stolen, unbranded stock, and was a deadly accurate shot with revolver or rifle. Surprisingly articulate for a self-educated man, he was clannish, loyal to his friends and supporters, and had a sardonic sense of humour. He became an outlaw, hunted for almost two years before he was shot down and ...
Ned Kelly's armour weighed around 45 kilos but the heavy suit of steel saved his life when he emerged from the bush at Glenrowan, gun blazing, and helped launch the Kelly myth.Our virtual reconstruction of Ned Kelly's iconic suit of armour shows how each piece was fashioned from plough metal and put together with bolts and leather.You can also see where the bullet from a policeman's rifle ...
