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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 book inspired Sidney Nolan's famous series of paintings of Kelly. [11] ABC Weekly said the book "deserves to be an Australian classic." [12] The Bulletin said " the book is intensely biased in tone. The Kellys are driven to horse stealing, cattle duffing, murder and robbery in just protest against intolerable persecution by the police.
Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, [5] and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role.
Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart were made outlaws, and a large reward was offered for their capture, either dead or alive. [5]: 95 The three murdered policemen were taken to Mansfield and buried in the cemetery. A large memorial, funded by public donations, was built in the main street of Mansfield.
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 ...
The original document was temporarily made available to the Victorian Government in July 1880 so that a copy could be made for the Crown prosecution case against Kelly during his trial for murder later that year. [21] However, Kelly's defence counsel objected to the copy of the letter being tendered as evidence. [23]
The Kelly Hunters is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune about the hunt for bushranger Ned Kelly. [1] [2]The book sold very well. [3]The Sun-Herald said "Indefatigable researcher and skilled storyteller, Clune presents Ned Kelly neither as the persecuted hero of one legend nor the bloodthirsty ruffian of another, but as an intelligible and highly intelligent human being."
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.