Dr. Stuart Dawson, May 1st 2024 This is a simplified blog version of Stuart Dawson’s research paper ‘Ned Kelly’s Avenel School Days’ that can be downloaded at the bottom of the page. It shows that a lot of what has been written about the Kelly children attending school at Avenel is incorrect. Assuming that the […]
The Incredible True Story of Boxing Ned
Image shows Boxing Ned, Fredricksen, Wild Wright The “Boxing Ned” photo from 1874 is probably the best and most compelling of the four known photos we have of Ned Kelly, and the story behind the portrait is possibly the most well-known anecdote from Ned Kellys life before he was on the run. It is […]
THE ‘NEW VIEW’ OF NED KELLY AND THE SASH: ITS A FAIRY STORY
Its been a fascinating journey, tracing the origins of the story about Ned Kelly being rewarded by the Shelton family in 1865 or thereabouts with a green and gold sash for saving Richard when he was six. What one would expect over time is that details became clearer the closer one got to the source […]
THE STORY OF NED KELLY RESCUING DICK SHELTON DIDNT COME FROM THE KELLYS – SO WHERE THE HELL DID IT COME FROM? ( Tough ‘Questions about the Green Sash’- Part Two)
In Part One I pointed out that there is no record anywhere of Ned Kelly nor his mother Ellen, nor his brother Jim nor his cousins Tom Lloyd and James Ryan ever talking about the now well-known story of Ned Kelly being rewarded with a green and gold silk sash for saving Richard Shelton from […]
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT NOBODY DARED ASK ABOUT THE GREEN SASH….TILL NOW (Part 1)
When Ned Kelly was finally brought down at Glenrowan, under his clothes his torso was wrapped with a 2m long green sash with a gold coloured fringe. As noted in the Bulletin in December of 1880 ‘Dr. Nicholson, at Benalla has Ned Kelly’s scarf, which he took off him (Ned) at Glenrowan. It is made […]
The New Display of the Kelly Armour at the SLV: Reviewed by Stuart Dawson.
As most readers will know, the State Library of Victoria’s Ned Kelly display was moved from its longstanding location in the south rotunda to the Redmond Barry Reading Room in November 2023. A few weeks ago I made the trip to Melbourne to see what had been done. This is shown in the photo above. […]
IN REGARD TO FITZPATRICK DO YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO VILIFY HIM?
The purpose of this Post is to focus on trying to understand the facts in relation to just one thing about Fitzpatrick: his cause of death. Justin Corfields Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia (2003) says that he died of cirrhosis of the liver, and because of that, for a very long time, quite reasonably, Fitzpatrick was believed […]
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE KELLY STORY IS GETTING OUT : A BOOK REVIEW
“Australians, along with all other human beings, believe many things that are not true. This is because we have been told about them by people we respect – teachers, those in the media, authors, religious leaders, family members – and the stories have been constantly repeated – in history books, textbooks advertising materials, trivia quizzes […]
Ned Kelly was a juvenile delinquent.
The reason people admire Ned Kelly is more often than not because they’ve been misinformed by the writing of other people who admire Ned Kelly. Perhaps the most striking example of this is the four part 1980 TV Miniseries ‘The Last Outlaw’, produced by the greatest Kelly admirer of all time, Ian Jones. Its still […]
Blundering Kelly ‘research assistant’ bombs yet again…
This is a post for people who value facts, evidence, the truth about things in general, and in the fine detail of the Kelly saga in particular. Its about a small but important piece of the evidence that has been used to try to locate the exact place where the Kelly Gang shot and killed […]