Author: David

“Dear Sir, I wish to acquaint you with some of the occurrences of the present past and future……..” So begins Ned Kellys Jerliderie Letter, a polite and deferential beginning to a letter that ends with violent threats and a non-negotiable command “My orders must be obeyed” This is a document that’s truly remarkable not only […]

Iron Icon is Bill Denhelds personal Kelly website, and its mostly about a quest that Bill has been on for many years, to establish the exact place at which the Police Murders took place at Stringybark Creek. However there are many other discussions about related historical Kelly matters that are also fascinating.For example he supports […]

Some people think the guy in the middle is Ned Kelly, but he was no saint. On my original Ned Kelly Truth Forum an amazing number of abusive and vicious Posts were made attacking me and calling me names. I was labeled a liar and a slag and filth, evil personified and various other things […]

Perhaps the most attractive image  of Ned Kelly is of him helping the poor, an image which gave rise to the idea that he was Australias Robin Hood. If anyone knows anything at all about Robin Hood, the first thing they will tell you is that he robbed from the rich and gave to the […]

Ned Kelly is often referred to as “Australias Robin Hood”, a comparison that immediately adorns the image of Ned Kelly with visions of noble acts of bravery, robbing the rich to feed the poor, courageous opposition to evil and corrupt authority,  outlaws defending the defenseless with a cavalier and fun loving  band of merry men […]

NKF Dummy Spit AN EXPLANATION :The Post below about the NKF was first published in June but has recently been removed by Blogger after complaints from NKF. If you make a complaint to Blogger about a Blog Post  – and its very easy to do – Blogger ( i.e. Google ) automatically removes the Post […]

Queen Elizabeth and the Crown Jewels The episode in Ned Kellys life where Constable Lonigan  grabbed him by the “Privates” – the “crown jewels” is what Peter Fitzsimons calls them –   is  one of those events that is recounted and retold to demonstrate yet again what nasty brutes the Police were. This practice, according to […]

If you search You Tube for Ned Kelly material there are a number of interesting clips. One of them entitled “Ned Kelly : Hero or Villain”  features a very brief discussion between Derryn Hinch, the “human headline” who took the view that Ned Kelly was a villain, and Mr Trevor Monti a barrister and self […]

Ironoutlaw.com is a large and longlived Kelly website that is without doubt the most technically expert Kelly place you can find on the Internet. It has clever graphics and multiple pages and links to all sorts of Kelly-related material, including book and movies reviews, current events and a now quite extensive “Feedback” section. I was […]

In the Border Mail a week or so back there was an article entitled “Ned and Ettie, a love story” and it featured a smiling photo of the goateed Mr Trent Cupid posing alongside a soft fabric doll with a Kelly style face mask, and in the background dozens of cheap models of Ned Kelly […]