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december 1854 Ned Kelly is born
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First Crime
In 1869 ned was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Chinese man -
1870
he was arrested again, this time for being a suspected accomplice of bushranger Harry Power. -
1871
he served 3 months in prison for assault -
1872
received a 3-year prison sentence for receiving a stolen horse. -
1878
In April 1878, a police officer named Fitzpatrick went to the Kelly home to arrest Kelly’s brother Dan for stealing horses. Fitzpatrick was shot in the wrist by Ned Kelly, and their mother Ellen was arrested for aiding and abetting an attempted murder -
Oct 1878
In October 1878, Ned, Dan, Joe and Steve headed for Bullock Creek, where they hoped to earn enough money to appeal Ellen Kelly’s sentence by running a whisky distillery. Shortly after their arrival, they received a warning that four policemen were planning to track them down. Ned rode around the surrounding areas and found sets of horse tracks leading to Stringybark Creek, close to where the gang was camped. The gang ambushed the police camp at Stringybark Creek -
hanging
After his capture at Glenrowan Kelly was taken to Melbourne where he stood trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to execution by hanging by Judge Redmond Barry. He was hanged in the Old Melbourne Gaol on the 11 November 1880. His execution was witnessed by various prison and police officials and by a number of journalists. His final words were reported by most observers to be ‘ah well I suppose’ or ‘ah well I suppose it has come to this One observer reported Kelly’s final words as such islife -
1880 june
the Kelly gang began constructing the suits of armour from mouldboards, the thick metal parts of a farmer's plough. The suits allowed the gang to walk away unharmed from close-range shooting, but they also made the gang members – Ned in particular – seem larger, more intimidating; even ghostly. The shock factor of the metal-clad Kelly gave him some psychological advantage over his attackers during the confrontation with the police at Glenrowan.