Author: David

There seems to be a diminishing number of web sites related to Ned Kelly, and the ones that are still accessible are seeing less and less activity –  theres a limit to what anyone can say and write about one historical figure, though of course arguments can go on for ever! One site that has […]

A Gallup Poll conducted in the USA in May this year revealed that 42% of US Citizens believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and that evolution  didn’t happen, so-called “young-earth creationism” How is it possible that so many Americans cling to the beliefs that were orthodox 150 years ago but which have […]

I ORIGINALLY POSTED THIS COMMENTARY IN JUNE. FRAUDULENT COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT IT TO BLOGGER ARE DESIGNED TO GET IT REMOVED BECAUSE NKF “KEY MASTERS” ARE INTENT ON SUPPRESSING EVERY VOICE BUT THIER OWN. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS PPOST THAT CONTRAVENES ANYONES COPYRIGHT. IF NKF HAD A GENUINE COMPLAINT THEY WOULD VOICE IT ON THE […]

It may seem a bit pointless to ask what really happened at Stringybark Creek – everyone knows the Kelly Gang ambushed a Police party of four who were out searching for the gang and three of the Policemen were shot and killed. The important thing to remember however is that this was the central event […]

Lets state it bluntly : Ned Kellys plan for Glenrowan was to create a bloodbath. If carried out in modern times such an act would appropriately be called terrorism. His plan was to firstly murder Aaron Sherrit in the expectation that this would result in Police being sent by train from Melbourne. Just think about that for a […]

One of the many remarkable things about the Jerilderie Letter is that the original document has been preserved, having come to light when it was donated anonymously to the State Library of Victoria as recently as 2000. The actual words had not been lost – a state copy of them was presented at Ned Kellys […]

John Martin “The Seventh Plague” 1823 The rest of the Jerilderie letter, another 1600 words, could reasonably be called a “rant” by Ned Kelly. The letter began with a reasonably dispassionate, though self serving account of a couple of events from Kellys earlier life, but steadily becomes more and more fervent and emotional as he […]

Ned Kellys next 1000 words are devoted to his views about what happened at his mothers house when Sergeant Fitzpatrick came calling to arrest Dan.This incident is known as the Fitzpatrick incident and is viewed by Kelly apologists as the trigger to all the violence and mayhem that followed. They ignore the fact that it […]

A little over a quarter of the way into his Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly finally begins to detail some legitimate grievances that the selectors have with the way the wealthy squatters behave: “Whitty and Burns not being satisfied with all the picked land on the Boggy Creek and King River and the run of their […]

The first 600 or so of The Jerilderie Letters nearly 7500 words is Ned Kellys explanation of an incident that resulted in him being sentenced to six months hard labor at Beechworth Gaol when he was 15.  By then he was an impressive five foot ten inches tall and weighed 11stone 4pounds.  The incident began […]