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Edward (Ned) Kelly History News Reports The Glenrowan Archives The Harts The Siege

The Kelly Gang (06/07/1880)

“It is stated that Dick Hart openly dared this police at M’Donnell’s hotel, Glenrowan, to interfere in any way with the funerals of Dan Kelly and Steve Hart.”

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The Author Speaks

The Kelly Gang (05/07/1880)

“FROM telegraphic reports to the Sydney newspapers we are enabled to supply the latest particulars of the overthrow of the Kelly gang and the capture of Ned Kelly.”

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News The Author Speaks

The Kelly Trials at Beechworth Courthouse (Review)

The Beechworth Courthouse is finally open with an immersive audio-visual experience about the Kelly trials.

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History News Reports The Glenrowan Archives The Kellys

Mrs. Kelly interviewed (17/05/1881)

Her residence, a four-roomed slab hut, with a bark roof, stands in the middle of a paddock comprising about 40 acres. It is within a short distance from a mountain called Quarry Hill, whence a good view of the surrounding country can be obtained. Within the paddock there were two or three horses and as many cows, and there were a few fowls and a tame kangaroo about the house. But the place presented a gloomy, desolate appearance. There was a very small kitchen garden, but there was no other land under cultivation. Some of the panes of glass in the windows were broken, and, excepting that some creepers had very recently been planted at the foot of the verandah posts, no attempt had been made to beautify the house, or make this home look homely.

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Creative Yarns from Kelly Country

The Californian

In the absence of men about the house, Ellen Kelly acquires a new suitor, and her son Dan has to reconsider his place in the pecking order.

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Daniel (Dan) Kelly Edward (Ned) Kelly History The Glenrowan Archives The Kelly Gang The Kellys The Sherritts

Ned Kelly Interviewed (17/08/1880)

“I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another ; but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side, and that after the worst has been said against a man he may, if he has told his story, in his own rough way, that, will perhaps lead them to reverse the bent of their thoughts against him and find as many excuses for him as he would plead for himself.”