Tests showed that the skull was not Kelly's. There were 33 other men in the mass grave.
It is believed that Ned Kelly was born in 1854 or 1855 and he had a two-year outlaw career where he took on corrupt police and greedy land barons. In 1878, the police had a shoot out with Kelly, his brother Dan and friends Joe Byrne and Steve Hart. As a result, an 8,000 pound bounty was placed on him, the largest ever offered to the time in the British empire.
Over the next 18 months Kelly and his band went on a bank robbery spree. The final gun battle took place in Glenrowan. Three gang members died. Kelly, wearing a home-made plate metal armor and helmet survived, was put on trial and sentenced to death.
In 1970, a movie was made about Ned Kelly's life starring the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger. In 2003, another one was made starring Heath Ledger.
An Australian Robin Hood? --Cooter
Showing posts with label Ned Kelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ned Kelly. Show all posts
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Ned Kelly's Body Found-- Part 1
From the September 1, 2011, AFP.
The headless remains of the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have been identified 130 years after his death. Considered a cold-blooded killer by some, he has his followers. He murdered three police men and was captured in Victoria State in 1880 and hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol November 1880 and his body thrown into a mass grave.
In 1929, the grave was transferred to Peatridge Prison where it was until exhumed in 2009, when a skull believed to have been his that was stolen in 1978, was recovered.
The body was found in the remains of a wooden axe box. Identification was based on DNA from Melbourne teacher Leigh Oliver, Kelly's sister's great grandson.
Getting Ahead of the Game. --DaCoot
The headless remains of the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have been identified 130 years after his death. Considered a cold-blooded killer by some, he has his followers. He murdered three police men and was captured in Victoria State in 1880 and hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol November 1880 and his body thrown into a mass grave.
In 1929, the grave was transferred to Peatridge Prison where it was until exhumed in 2009, when a skull believed to have been his that was stolen in 1978, was recovered.
The body was found in the remains of a wooden axe box. Identification was based on DNA from Melbourne teacher Leigh Oliver, Kelly's sister's great grandson.
Getting Ahead of the Game. --DaCoot
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Ned Kelly's Descendants Want a Proper Burial
The May 5th RTE News reports that the descendants of Australia's most famous robber want Australian authorities to hand over his remains for a proper burial.
Archaeologists have located what they believe to be his remains in a mass grave at the site of former Pentridge Prison in Melbourne. Female descendants, including a grand niece have submitted DNA for testing.
He was hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol in 1890, but his remains and those of 32 others executed there were exhumed and reburied at Pentridge in 1929.
Ned Kelly, a bank robber who killed three policemen, evaded capture for nearly two years until he led his gang into a shootout in Glenrowan in norther Victoria State June 28, 1880. Three of four members of his gang were killed, but Kelly, wearing armor made from ploughshares was wounded and captured. Some in Australia view him as a modern-day Robin Hood.
His reputed last words on the gallows were, "Such is Life."
I've heard of him before when visiting Australia. Interesting character.
Have Mercy on Those Robbing Bones. --Da Coot
Archaeologists have located what they believe to be his remains in a mass grave at the site of former Pentridge Prison in Melbourne. Female descendants, including a grand niece have submitted DNA for testing.
He was hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol in 1890, but his remains and those of 32 others executed there were exhumed and reburied at Pentridge in 1929.
Ned Kelly, a bank robber who killed three policemen, evaded capture for nearly two years until he led his gang into a shootout in Glenrowan in norther Victoria State June 28, 1880. Three of four members of his gang were killed, but Kelly, wearing armor made from ploughshares was wounded and captured. Some in Australia view him as a modern-day Robin Hood.
His reputed last words on the gallows were, "Such is Life."
I've heard of him before when visiting Australia. Interesting character.
Have Mercy on Those Robbing Bones. --Da Coot
Monday, May 5, 2008
"Such is Life"-- The Life and Times of Ned Kelly
I imagine some of you may never have heard of Ned Kelly unless you're from Australia. I'd never heard of him until I took a trip to Australia several years ago.
This past week, we had an NTN question about him where I was the only person in the place to know who he was.
Ned Kelly was Australia's most famous bush ranger born 1855 and died Nov. 11. 1880. To some he is still and outlaw, to others he is regarded as a folk hero for his resistance to colonial authorities.
He wore a 97 pound suit of armor at his last stand in Glenrowan on June 28th. This covered his whole body except for his legs which received 28 wounds before he was brought down.
He survived and stood trial and was, of course, found guilty. When the judge, as customary, said, "May God have mercy on your soul," Ned supposedly replied, "I will go a little further than that, and say I will see you there when I go. The judge died 12 days later of a carbunde.
Kelly's reported last words before he was hanged were, "Such is life."
Sounds Like a Very Interesting Man. --Old Coot
This past week, we had an NTN question about him where I was the only person in the place to know who he was.
Ned Kelly was Australia's most famous bush ranger born 1855 and died Nov. 11. 1880. To some he is still and outlaw, to others he is regarded as a folk hero for his resistance to colonial authorities.
He wore a 97 pound suit of armor at his last stand in Glenrowan on June 28th. This covered his whole body except for his legs which received 28 wounds before he was brought down.
He survived and stood trial and was, of course, found guilty. When the judge, as customary, said, "May God have mercy on your soul," Ned supposedly replied, "I will go a little further than that, and say I will see you there when I go. The judge died 12 days later of a carbunde.
Kelly's reported last words before he was hanged were, "Such is life."
Sounds Like a Very Interesting Man. --Old Coot
"Such is Life"-- Good Old Ned Kelly
The site of Australia's famous, or infamous, Ned Kelly is "being scraped, dug and sifted" in attempt to find artifacts of the site where Ned and his group were captured or killed after wearing suits of armor to battle colonial authorities.
The batttle occurred June 28, 1880 in Glenrowan.
Another excavation site at the old Pentridge Prison exhumed some 20 sets of human remains anf these is the hope that one of them might be that of Ned Kelly. Ned was hanged for his crimes on November 11, 1880.
Looking at a picture of him in the article remonds me of John Brown.
Good Ol' Ned. --Da Coot
The batttle occurred June 28, 1880 in Glenrowan.
Another excavation site at the old Pentridge Prison exhumed some 20 sets of human remains anf these is the hope that one of them might be that of Ned Kelly. Ned was hanged for his crimes on November 11, 1880.
Looking at a picture of him in the article remonds me of John Brown.
Good Ol' Ned. --Da Coot
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