Having read Carey’s novel some years ago I was not expecting any historical accuracy in this film, and this review is not suggesting that there should have been any. Carey’s “True History” is wildly inaccurate in its representation of practically every aspect of the Kelly story, and I personally found the novel a tedious slog after the first 100 […]
In Discussion
Who should we believe : the KTG or an Eyewitness?
The Kennedy Tree Groups claim is that they have identified the site of the police murders at Stringybark Creek by finding trees in 2019 that can be seen at the site in the two published photographs of it taken in 1878. Their spokesperson Mr Jim Fogarty has stated repeatedly on their Facebook page that “If you […]
One week later….
This time last week I was preparing to watch the Live Stream of the Kennedy Tree Group presenting their findings at Greta….but they had signal problems and it didn’t happen. Eventually they expect to post a Video recording of the event …so we wait with anticipation. So lets just review where we have got […]
Exhibit Two: PC4 where are you?
The KTG case is that things that can be seen in the Burman photos from 1878 can be seen at Stringybark Creek in 2019. But when it comes to the tree they’ve called the Starburst tree, or PC4, they are seeing things in the photos that nobody else can see. Thats why in the two images […]
The KTG haven’t got a case : Exhibit ONE :The Teapot Tree
Yesterday the Kennedy Tree Group ( the KTG ) put all their cards on the table and revealed exactly why they believe they have identified the place where the Stringybark Creek police campsite was in 1878. They have found four trees in 2019 that in their opinion look like four trees seen in photos of […]
Thoughts on The Kennedy Tree Groups imminent announcement
It would appear that the Kennedy Tree Group ( KTG ) won’t be making their Report available until they have presented its findings at a Public meeting, which they say will be ‘live streamed’ on Saturday December 14th, in Greta. They are going to describe finding a tree they believe is the same one that […]
Adam Ford got it wrong : the Police Campsite is not at the picnic ground(Part Two)
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 […]
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 […]