According to the review of this book by Frank Clune on the greatest Kelly website in the world, the author “sets out to tell the story his way and succeeds quite well”. It would have been useful to read what exactly is meant by “his” way, and why he manages it “quite” well rather than […]
Month: October 2014
Inconvenient truths about Stringybark Creek
Constable Thomas Lonigan One of the more intriguing of the very many puzzles and unsolved mysteries of the Kelly story is the detail of exactly what happened when Constable Lonigan was shot and killed at Stringybark Creek. The puzzle that needs to be solved is the discrepancy between what two witnesses said happened, and […]
Site Review : Eleven Mile Creek
There seems to be a diminishing number of web sites related to Ned Kelly, and the ones that are still accessible are seeing less and less activity – theres a limit to what anyone can say and write about one historical figure, though of course arguments can go on for ever! One site that has […]
No Debate
A Gallup Poll conducted in the USA in May this year revealed that 42% of US Citizens believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and that evolution didn’t happen, so-called “young-earth creationism” How is it possible that so many Americans cling to the beliefs that were orthodox 150 years ago but which have […]