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Ned Kelly's armour on display in the State Library of Victoria. The helmet, breastplate, backplate and shoulder plates show 18 bullet marks. Also on display are Kelly's Snider Enfield rifle and one of his boots. In 1879, Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly devised a plan to create bulletproof armour and wear it during shootouts with the ...
The phrase "such is life", Kelly's probably apocryphal final words, has become "as much a part of the Kelly mythology as the famous armour". [238] "As game as Ned Kelly" is an expression for bravery, [239] and the term "Ned Kelly beard" describes a trend in "hipster" fashion. [240]
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A replica of Ned Kelly's armour, designed for the 2003 film Ned Kelly starring Heath Ledger in the title role and now in the collection of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image Ned Kelly was a 19th-century Australian bushranger and outlaw whose life has inspired numerous works in the arts and popular culture, especially in his home country ...
The painting depicts the figure of Ned Kelly in solid black armour, Nolan's most recognisable motif, firing a rifle against the Australian landscape. The title refers to an incident that took place in Victoria's Stringybark Creek , when Kelly and his gang were practising their marksmanship, firing hundreds of rounds at surrounding trees from a ...
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The Victoria Police Museum is a law enforcement museum operated by the Historical Services Unit within Victoria Police.The new state-of-the-art museum reopened to the public on Monday 25 September 2023, following a 3 year build and development.