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A Chinese hawker named Ah Fook said that as he passed the Kelly family home, Ned brandished a long stick, declared himself a bushranger and robbed him of 10 shillings. Kelly, arrested and charged with highway robbery , claimed in court that Fook had abused him and his sister Annie in a dispute over the hawker's request for a drink of water.
Ned was hanged on 11 November 1880. The night before the execution a visibly affected Kelly appeared in a public silent vigil. Ned Kelly was just 24 when he was hanged, and despite limited schooling, was probably a highly intellectual and articulate writer against the right of the wealthy privileged few to oppress the masses. Ned Kelly had to ...
Ned Kelly begins his autobiography with a description of his father, John "Red" Kelly, an Irishman transported to Van Diemen's Land and eventually settling in the colony of Victoria, Australia. After marrying Ned's mother Ellen (née Quinn), the Kellys settle in Avenel, a rural area northeast of Melbourne. Red Kelly is shown to have numerous ...
Daniel Kelly (1 June 1861 – 28 June 1880) [1] was an Australian bushranger and outlaw.The son of an Irish convict, he was the younger brother of the bushranger Ned Kelly.In 1878, Dan and Ned killed three policemen at Stringybark Creek in northeast Victoria, near the present-day town of Tolmie, Victoria.
Thomas Curnow (4 June 1855 – 20 December 1922) was an English-born Australian schoolteacher who helped prevent the derailment of a police train by the Kelly gang, led by bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly. Curnow's actions are credited with saving the lives of 27 passengers, including civilians.
Michael Edward Ward (1845 – 27 May 1921) was an Irish-Australian detective, [1] best known for his role in the capture of Ned Kelly and his brother Dan Kelly during the Kelly Outbreak of 1879/1880. [2]
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 ...
In 1880 Hart took part in the infamous siege of Glenrowan in which he, Dan Kelly and Joe Byrne were killed. Following Joe's death from a police bullet during the night, and Ned's capture in the early morning (at roughly 7am) of the 28th, Hart and Dan Kelly found themselves trapped in the hotel and in a hopeless situation.