Author: David

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 […]

You made mistakes, but didnt deserve to die.  Watching the mother of Myuran Sukumaran weeping and pleading for the life of her son on TV last night was heart wrenching. But there was never any real prospect that her pleas or those of our political leaders, human rights Lawyers, or even the United Nations were […]

This beautiful Stained Glass Window is in the Holy Cross Catholic Church at Moyhu. It was donated in 1874 in commemoration of his wife  Catherine by James Whitty, a man the Iron Outlaw Website ignorantly describes as a “Real Villain” The next item on Ned Kellys charge sheet, Horse Stealing, related to the so-called Whitty […]

So, while Ned Kelly may have worked  in legitimate employment of various kinds after his release from prison in 1874, he wasn’t “going straight” as the Kelly myth would have us believe. Instead, he was flying under the radar and avoiding detection. Ned Kelly nearly came unstuck in 1876 with the Lydeker case, but in […]

Ned Kelly was released from Pentridge Prison in February 1874, having received six months remission off his three year sentence for receiving, yet another fact which contradicts the Kelly claim that the Authorities were out to get them at every opportunity.  If they had been, wouldn’t they have come up with an excuse to keep […]

“Exploding the Kelly Myth” is the sort of line I could have written,  but the line that grabbed my attention was on the front of The Good Weekend Magazine. I could hardly believe my eyes – and tried not to get my hopes up as I turned to the article entitled “The True History of […]

Morbid Obesity ought to disqualify someone from being in the Police Force As Sharon pointed out similar names keep cropping up in the Kelly story, and “Hall” is one of them – theres “Brave Ben Hall” the bushranger that was gunned down by Police when Ned was 10, and who quite possibly was some sort […]

After having received the benefit of the doubt in relation to the charges that resulted in his first two appearances in Court, on the third occasion Ned Kelly wasn’t so lucky and he was sentenced to six months hard labour at Beechworth Prison, for Assault and for Indecent Behaviour.  His mother paid out £60 in […]

Ned Kellys first two encounters with the Law ended well for him. The charges relating to his assault and robbery of a Chinaman, and of Highway robbery in company with Harry Power were all dismissed, a result which puts the lie to the modern Kelly myth-makers narrative that the Police and the Judiciary were corrupt […]

Assault and Robbery with violence 14th October 1869     Dismissed Highway Robbery  Two counts, as an accomplice of BushRanger Harry Power     5th May 1870                      Dismissed Assault  Indecent Behviour30th October 1870Convicted: 3 months imprisonment Receiving a horse16th April 1871Convicted : 3 years imprisonment Horse Stealing 25th January 1876 Arrest Warrant issued   Case dismissed Drunkenness, Riding […]