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Edward Kelly (December 1854 [a] – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer.One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police.
The Last Outlaw is a 1980 Australian four-part television miniseries based on the life of Ned Kelly.It was shot from February to May 1980 [2] and the end of its original broadcast, in October–November 1980, coincided with the centenary of Ned Kelly's death.
Ned Kelly is a 1959 Australian television play adapted from the radio play of the same name. It focused on two main events – the robbery at Jerilderie and the siege at the Glenrowan Hotel. [1] It was different from a later TV play about Ned Kelly, Ballad for One Gun. [2]
The stars and director of the new Ned Kelly film discuss the complex legacy of the legendary Australian outlaw. True History Of The Kelly Gang lands in UK cinemas on Friday, 28 February.
Ostracised, or Every Man's Hand Against Them is a 1881 Australian play about Ned Kelly by E.C. Martin. [3] [4] It was the first straight dramatisation of the Kelly story from an Australian writer although there had been one in London. [5] The play was banned in Sydney. [6]
Kelly is a 2012 Australian play by Matthew Ryan about bushrangers Ned and Dan Kelly.. Ryan started writing the play in 2008. [1]Ryan said "It was really the desire to tell a story about two men in a jail cell with one about to be executed while the other gets to walk away as a free man.
Two of the gang (including Moonlite's "soulmate" and alleged lover, James Nesbitt) and one trooper were killed when the police attacked. Scott was found guilty of murder and hanged along with one of his accomplices on 20 January 1880. [10] Among the last bushrangers was the Kelly gang in Victoria, led by Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous ...
Byrne was likely present at the Kelly homestead on 15 April 1878 when Constable Fitzpatrick claimed that Ned Kelly shot him and Ellen Kelly, Ned's mother, hit him over the head with a shovel. Afterwards, Ned and Dan Kelly fled to Bullock Creek with a 100-pound bounty on their heads and Ellen Kelly was sentenced to three years hard labour for ...