Ive been accused of jeopardising Beechworths Ned Kelly Vault by publicly pointing out some of the places where I believe the Vault doesn’t live up to its own claims to be historically accurate, balanced and impartial. In particular the Vault promotes uncritically the central element of Jones-Kelly mythology, the baseless contention that the Kelly Outbreak was all about […]
Author: David
The Kelly Vault Can do Better
The Kelly Vault calls itself a History Museum, and is dedicated to the preservation of Kelly history. I was encouraged to see this quote from the Manager of the Burke Museum on their Facebook Page “We are not a SHRINE. We are a MUSEUM” Also on their Facebook Page there is a reference a to […]
A Kelly Xmas
I wish all the readers of this Blog a very Happy Xmas and a prosperous New Year. While you’re on holiday, I will continue to make Posts so you will have something interesting to read and to think about, and while you have more time on your hands why not take the time to write something […]
Outlawed: The Real Ned Kelly
The documentary “Outlawed: The real Ned Kelly” was first broadcast on ABC TV in 2003. A year ago, on December 18th2014., it became available on You Tube and since then has been viewed 14,930 times and attracted 36 comments. You can watch it here. Its worth watching, even if only to see what a few […]
The Ned Kelly Center and the Griffith Connection: Part II
Peter wanted to add this as a further Comment to the ongoing discussion following what I have to call Part I, but it exceeded Bloggers allowable maximum size for Comments. Therefore I have added it as a separate Post, called Part II. I apologise if it disrupts the flow of the discussion from Part I. I have also […]
The Ned Kelly Center and the Griffith Connection : Part I
Here is another thought provoking contribution by Blog supporter Peter Newman. I urge others of you to follow Peters lead and make use of this opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas about the Kelly story. You cant do this anywhere else in the Kelly World. “Joanne Griffiths, Ned’s great-grand-niece, recently launched a campaign to […]
Prelude to Stringybark Creek
This is a Guest Post submitted by Mr Peter Newman, and I sincerely thank him for this excellent contribution to the Blog. He has set a high standard and I look forward to more reader submissions, and a broadening of the scope of this Blog into the future. We are now setting the standard when […]
A stunning expose of Kelly Mythology
The rusting dead-in-the-water Kelly Myth takes a direct hit! Redeeming Fitzpatrick: Ned Kelly and the Fitzpatrick Incident Dr. Stuart E. Dawson (Monash University) Abstract: In April 1878 Constable Fitzpatrick was wounded by Ned Kelly while attempting to arrest his brother Dan for horse stealing. The incident triggered the ‘Kelly outbreak’ that elevated Kelly to the […]
The Kelly Gang were not “Boys”
Burning Icons and False Gods Today, November 25th is National White Ribbon Day in Australia, a day in which we are supposed to be reflecting on the dreadful scourge of mens violence against women. So far this year in Australia, 78 women have been murdered by men, and countless thousands bashed intimidated and traumatised by […]
Your Turn
A few weeks ago, a Kelly sympathiser wrote a Comment that began like this : “I know you won’t publish this because you are nothing but a gutless turd , but I will write it anyway…” and then the anonymous Sympathisers rant proceeded to accuse me of being sick twisted and biased, and of having an “anti Ned agenda” before finally […]