Month: March 2015

Ned Kellys first two encounters with the Law ended well for him. The charges relating to his assault and robbery of a Chinaman, and of Highway robbery in company with Harry Power were all dismissed, a result which puts the lie to the modern Kelly myth-makers narrative that the Police and the Judiciary were corrupt […]

Assault and Robbery with violence 14th October 1869     Dismissed Highway Robbery  Two counts, as an accomplice of BushRanger Harry Power     5th May 1870                      Dismissed Assault  Indecent Behviour30th October 1870Convicted: 3 months imprisonment Receiving a horse16th April 1871Convicted : 3 years imprisonment Horse Stealing 25th January 1876 Arrest Warrant issued   Case dismissed Drunkenness, Riding […]

Fourteen days ago on the Iron Outlaw Facebook Page it was announced that the IO Website would be 20 years old in “exactly two weeks” – which is Today! Its a remarkable achievement  for any Internet site to have lasted that long – and it has become an extensive and useful repository –  some might […]

When I saw the image of Ned Kelly on the cover of a glossy magazine prominently displayed at the Newsagent the other day, I picked it up thinking to myself  “Oh no, here we go again, more nonsense about Ned Kelly”. The Magazine was titled “Australia The story of Us” and is apparently being issued […]

Another piece of Kelly mythology that needs to be put to bed is the idea that the trial Judges death not very many days after he had sentenced Ned Kelly to death, was the result of some sort of curse or a kind of Prophesy made by Ned Kelly. In fact, there is a little […]