This post is Part 1 of a review of Bill Denheld’s Ned Kelly – Australian Iron Icon: A Certain Truth (2024), by Stuart Dawson. Bill has written a complex book that tackles a wide range of topics of interest, as can be seen in his introductory overview. This review will only look at the chapters […]
Month: June 2024
Chapter 14 of Bills Big New Book: “Ned Kelly was dudded by Constable Thomas McIntyre”…or was he?
According to Bill “Ned was dudded big time by Thomas McIntyre and the court, and by that trick Ned Kelly was not able to claim self-defence, and he was sentenced to death by hanging with the express purpose to show the lower classes of society that they should not meddle with the conservative […]
Was Ned Kelly adopted ?
Chapter 3 of Bills Denhelds just published book “A Certain Truth” is titled “Who was Ned Kelly?” and it includes a photo of an article from the Herald Sun of 24th August 2008, which quotes Bill saying this: “Some researchers believe Kelly was adopted as a young child”. By “some researchers” I believe he is […]