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Jun 26, 2024 · An Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader, and convicted police murderer. Kelly's legacy is controversial; some see him as a cold-blooded killer, while others view him as a folk hero and symbol of Irish-Australian resistance against oppression by the British ruling class.
Jun 12, 2024 · There’s far more to it than the story of Ned Kelly. Were they Colonial ‘Robin Hoods’ or murderous thugs? From the 19th of September, a new exhibition at the Old Treasury Building will reveal the long history of bushranging in Victoria, with some new and little-known characters from our frontier past.
Jun 25, 2024 · Ned Kelly is a famous figure in Australian history, known for being an outlaw in the late 1800s. But one of the most surprising facts about Ned Kelly is that he was once a heroic young rescuer. When he was just 11 years old, Kelly saved another boy from drowning in a creek.
3 days ago · Ned Kelly was one of Australia's most famous bushrangers and has, over time, become the stuff that legends are made of. People either see him as a merciless killer or as a national hero with the embodiment of the Australian spirit.
Jun 11, 2024 · Bushranger Dan Morgan kills Sergeant David Maginnity near Tumbarumba in NSW in 1864. Stockmen or drovers would call on Morgan to “sort out” cruel or stingy station owners.
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Jun 14, 2024 · Inspired by Peter Carey’s Man Booker prizewinning novel of the same name, the True History of the Kelly Gang is an epic, fictionalised re-telling of the life of legendary Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.
Jun 11, 2024 · Apparently this caller’s version of history had Dan buried alongside Ned at the Old Melbourne Gaol then moved on with the rest of the bones in 1929. Obviously he skipped the page that had Dan Kelly dying at the Glenrowan Siege and his body being claimed by the family to be buried in an unmarked grave in Greta cemetery.
