In Discussion

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 […]

“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 […]