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 […]
Year: 2024
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 […]