A Photo from the time of the exact place where the body of Michael Kennedy was found, recently believed to have been rediscovered by Bill Denheld. Not many of the things Ned Kelly believed are as insane as the idea that he was defending himself when he murdered three Policemen at Stringybark Creek. When arguing this […]
Month: May 2015
The Murders at SBC
So now we come to Ned Kellys most heinous crime, the killing of three innocent Policemen at Stringybark Creek. Had he been successful, Neds plans for Glenrowan would have involved even greater violence, and murder in far larger numbers, but thankfully his plans were thwarted, leaving the events at SBC the central and defining act […]
Ned Kelly was NOT a victim of Police Persecution
The “Fitzpatrick Affair” happened in April 1878, when Ned Kelly was about 23 years old. It resulted in warrants being issued for his arrest on the serious charge of Attempted Murder, and began the last chapter of his life, which up to that point had been one of relatively minor but escalating criminality. As we […]
Imagining Ned Exhibition
How often do you see a photo of the back of the armour? And is that Dees family reflection? Or the side? Great Depiction of the Gang by Chevalier Matania, 1930. This work was on loan from “The Collection of Leigh Olver” the Kelly descendant whose Mitochondrial DNA matched that of the Bones identified as […]
That Bloody Fitzpatrick
Ned Kelly admitted that he stole horses, but he claimed that was Whittys fault. Ned Kelly also admitted killing the Police at Stringybark Creek, but this time it was Fitzpatricks fault : “Fitzpatrick was the cause of all this” he wrote in the Jerilderie Letter, and modern day Kelly sympathisers believe it. But is it […]