A Gatling gun – one of these was NOT taken by Police to Stringybark Creek I’m going to make this weeks post a short one because frankly, Ive been very busy with work, and haven’t had as much free time as I usually have for writing Posts. This Post will be especially of interest I […]
In Discussion
Exactly when did Ned Kelly stand up for his family?
On Facebook and elsewhere one of the often-repeated claims made about Ned Kelly was that he ‘stood up’ for his family. The idea seems to be that his family were victims of police persecution from well before Ned Kelly was even a kid, but once he approached adulthood he finally decided ‘enough is enough’, his […]
An Open Letter to the Wangaratta City Council
To All Councillors Wangaratta City Council P.O.Box 238 Wangaratta Victoria 3676 July 15th 2017 Dear Councillors At your regular Council Meeting on June 20th 2017, after receiving a letter from Joanne Griffiths in regard to a proposed Ned Kelly Center in Glenrowan a recommendation was made that the Council: 1. provide in-principal support to the Ned […]
Book Review : “Ned Kelly Iron Outlaw ” by Brad Webb
“Tenth rate” is probably the best synonym for execrable when it comes to describing this book and I should probably leave it at that! But I know people will say of me, as Mandy Rice-Davies said of Lord Astor when he denied even knowing her “(s)he would say that wouldn’t (s)he”. So, I will now explain why this is the […]
The deaths of innocent people at Glenrowan
By the end of the weekend of June 26th to June 28th, 1880, the weekend of Ned Kellys last stand at Glenrowan, six people had been killed: Aaron Sherritt had been murdered by gang member Joe Byrne who was himself later shot and killed by police; gang members Dan Kelly and Steve Hart had committed […]
The Vault is the only credible Kelly Museum, (and another one is not needed.)
The crumbling tourist attraction at Glenrowan I had been giving Joanne Griffiths the benefit of the doubt because when she launched the Ned Kelly Center project in late 2015 she wrote “It doesn’t matter what you believe of Ned Kelly but it is important to understand that pivotal time in our history.” This is what […]
Kelly Myth-making takes a huge hit.
To Steve Jager, Aidan Phelan and Matthew Holmes, Australia has spoken : there are 24,243,756 people who didn’t support your plan to make another movie about the psychopath criminal bully, thief, liar, hostage taker, triple police murderer and failed wannabe mass murderer, Ned Kelly and only 401 who did. There IS a message in those […]
How should “Glenrowan” be remembered?
The 2008 Excavation at the site of the Ann Jones Inn at Glenrowan. No cellar was found. The lines of bricks are nothing to do with Ann Jones Inn but are from 20th century buildings long demolished. The site of Ned Kellys last stand, the place where the Ann Jones Inn once stood is […]
Support for Ned Kelly has always been grossly over-estimated.
The idea that Ned Kelly has ever had huge popular support is a myth Matthew Holmes is probably wishing he had never met the two Kelly fanatics who were named as his co-screenwriters for the proposed Kelly movie, because they persuaded him to abandon his already publicly announced plan to make more movies about Bushrangers […]
The Kellys have to stop lying about Fitzpatrick
Its time to demand justice for Fitzpatrick The Fitzpatrick incident is one of the really key moments in the Kelly story. Essentially what happened was that on April 15th 1878 a policeman, Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick went to Dan Kellys home to arrest him on a charge of horse stealing, but returned empty handed saying he […]