Its been a fascinating journey, tracing the origins of the story about Ned Kelly being rewarded by the Shelton family in 1865 or thereabouts with a green and gold sash for saving Richard when he was six. What one would expect over time is that details became clearer the closer one got to the source […]
Month: March 2024
THE STORY OF NED KELLY RESCUING DICK SHELTON DIDNT COME FROM THE KELLYS – SO WHERE THE HELL DID IT COME FROM? ( Tough ‘Questions about the Green Sash’- Part Two)
In Part One I pointed out that there is no record anywhere of Ned Kelly nor his mother Ellen, nor his brother Jim nor his cousins Tom Lloyd and James Ryan ever talking about the now well-known story of Ned Kelly being rewarded with a green and gold silk sash for saving Richard Shelton from […]
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT NOBODY DARED ASK ABOUT THE GREEN SASH….TILL NOW (Part 1)
When Ned Kelly was finally brought down at Glenrowan, under his clothes his torso was wrapped with a 2m long green sash with a gold coloured fringe. As noted in the Bulletin in December of 1880 ‘Dr. Nicholson, at Benalla has Ned Kelly’s scarf, which he took off him (Ned) at Glenrowan. It is made […]