Author: David

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 […]

As most readers will know, the State Library of Victoria’s Ned Kelly display was moved from its longstanding location in the south rotunda to the Redmond Barry Reading Room in November 2023. A few weeks ago I made the trip to Melbourne to see what had been done. This is shown in the photo above. […]

The purpose of this Post is to focus on trying to understand the facts in relation to just one thing about Fitzpatrick: his cause of death. Justin Corfields Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia (2003) says that he died of cirrhosis of the liver, and because of that, for a very long time, quite reasonably, Fitzpatrick was believed […]

“Australians, along with all other human beings, believe many things that are not true. This is because we have been told about them by people we respect – teachers, those in the media, authors, religious leaders, family members – and the stories have been constantly repeated – in history books, textbooks advertising materials, trivia quizzes […]

The reason people admire Ned Kelly is more often than not because they’ve been misinformed by the writing of other people who admire Ned Kelly. Perhaps the most striking example of this is the four part 1980 TV Miniseries ‘The Last Outlaw’, produced by the greatest Kelly admirer of all time, Ian Jones. Its still […]

This is a post for people who value facts, evidence, the truth about things in general, and in the fine detail of the Kelly saga in particular. Its about a small but important piece of the evidence that has been used to try to locate the exact place where the Kelly Gang shot and killed […]

    One of the first things anyone with an enquiring mind will quickly discover when trying to find out what really happened in the Kelly Outbreak, is that every important event in the story has been deeply infiltrated with myths, misunderstandings and misinformation. They will also discover that even though most of the misinformation […]

A Critique by Dr Stuart Dawson PhD   After reading about the launch of Glenrowan’s “Ned Kelly Discovery Hub” and having followed news of its escalating cost over the past three years (from $2.5M to now over $5.5M and counting), curiosity got the better of me, and I made the trek to Glenrowan in the […]

Well, after all the renewed interest and discussion about the correct orientation of the Burman photos, the verdict is in: the photo orientation, without a shadow of a doubt – and you’ll see later why I use that phrase – is as Bill always said it was:  the actors are indeed facing north, and the camera […]

    Perry Rowsell McGarrigle Treuren and Pyjamas Kelly all posted what I think will prove to be prematurely gleeful barbs aimed at me about the Tower : ‘aneurysms aplenty’ and “Bwahaha egg on their faces much: idiots” crows Perry, “must be having a fit”, and  “ignoramuses on another page predicting the Kelly Outbreak would […]