This post is about the claim Adam Ford made on the History Channels Lawless documentary in 2018 that he had located ‘for the first time ever’ the actual site at Stringybark Creek where three police were murdered by the Kelly Gang in 1878. Last week, in the first part of this two part essay, I […]
In Discussion
Ned Kelly went to Gaol for the first time exactly 149 years ago today.
Yes, that’s right, exactly ten years before he was hanged for murdering the father of four young children, Ned Kelly went to gaol for assault and indecency. In the Jerilderie letter Ned Kelly blamed his assault on Mr McCormack on Mrs McCormack, with the laughable claim that his fist came in contact with Mr McCormacks […]
Was the site of the Police Murders at Stringybark Creek beside the picnic ground? An analysis of Adam Ford and the Lawless Documentary claim that it was.
The news this week of the discovery of the ‘Kennedy tree’ and the exact place where the Kelly Gang murdered three policemen in 1878 came out of the blue but has excited a lot of interest within the Kelly world. Its further proof of what Ive been saying for a long while now, that interest […]
Five years of hell for followers of the Kelly myths
This post is a milestone for “Ned Kelly: The True Story” Blog because it is Number 300! When the Blog began in 2014 using the Google Blogspot Platform I called it “Death of the Legend”, because I wanted the Blog to be a site that informed readers about the reasons why, despite what they might […]
Where to from here for Kelly Mythology?
Recently someone objected to my use of the term “apologist” in relation to people who support Kelly mythology, saying it was ‘distasteful’. I think this is for two reasons, the first being that in general we tend to think of apologists as people who defend causes and viewpoints that most of us regard as indefensible, […]
Was Professor John Molony correct when he said Constable Fitzpatrick Raped Ned Kellys sister, Kate?
In the Jerilderie letter, written in February 1879, Ned Kelly provided his version of the incident at his mother’s house on the evening of April 15th1878 when Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick arrived to arrest Dan Kelly for horse stealing. He said a fight erupted when Mrs Kelly told Dan he didn’t have to go because Fitzpatrick […]
Jerilderie dodged a Bullet fired by the Kelly Apologists
The picture above is the sketch that accompanied the application to the NSW Government My Community Project Funding programme, asking for $200,000 to erect a statue in Jerilderie showing Ned Kelly giving John Monash a shilling for holding his horse. As I explained a couple of weeks ago, this story is a fantasy made up […]
The Definitive Kelly Book still hasn’t been written
The suggestion that the definitive Kelly book still hasn’t been written may seem ridiculous to those who are aware of the vast collection of Kelly writing that already exists, or to those who think that Ian Jones wrote the definitive Kelly book nearly 25 years ago. By now, 140 years after it all ended one […]
Is Jerilderie about to embarrass itself with a Kelly statue about something that never happened?
General John Monash the great Australian war hero told a story about meeting and speaking to Ned Kelly during the Kelly Gangs raid on Jerilderie in February 1879, when he was 12. He reportedly said it was one of the two most proud moments of his entire life, and it seems the town of Jerilderie […]
BREAKING NEWS : Ellen Kelly caused the Outbreak, not Fitzpatrick
Even though there are many details of the Kelly Outbreak that Kelly supporters disagree on, one thing they are all in complete agreement about, is that the entire calamity was caused by Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick. They blame Fitzpatrick for every unfortunate and tragic consequence of his visit to the Kelly home on April 15th 1878, […]