This is the book Ian Jones described as ‘poisonously inaccurate”, the one he planned to publically denounce at the Ned Kelly Weekend back in 2005 because he believed it is “marked by persistent vilification of Ned Kelly — unbalanced to the point of psychosis …” surely the kiss of death. As if that wasn’t enough […]
Peter Newman asks : Where are the bodies buried?
Greta Cemetery Graves I’ll start this post by saying I believe Dan Kelly and Steve Hart are most likely buried at the Greta Cemetery. Inspector Sadleir had released the charred bodies to the Kelly family and their friends, but there was a belief the authorities might have had a change of heart and seek to […]
Dan Kelly : Persecuted or Perjuror?
According to the list in Appendix IV of George Farwells 1970 book “Ned Kelly” ( such an original title! ) – these are the Arrests and Convictions of Daniel Kelly : 1871 Illegally using a horse Wangaratta Discharged 1877 Stealing a saddle Beechworth […]
The Last Kelly Warrior and the Ayatollah Khomeini
Ian Jones the last true Kelly Warrior? As I mentioned to Mark Perry recently, I am working my way through a book he recommended called ‘Ned Kellys Last Days’ by Alex Castles. Its subtitle is “Setting the record straight on the death of an Outlaw”. I will Post my review in due course, its not […]
Jim Kelly: violent thief goes back to Gaol
The Entrance to the Darlinghurst Gaol At the very heart of the Kelly story is a belief that it was Police persecution that drove Ned Kelly to the extremes that he went to, and that if it wasn’t for Police and Judicial harassment and corruption, the Outbreak would never have happened. This of course is […]
Jim Kelly gets his shit together…or does he?
According to Sharon this is NOT a photo of Jim and his mother at 11 Mile ! And I believe her. This is supposed to be Jim Kelly but I am not sure what the mans name is. Mark Perry told us that in the end, Jim Kelly got “his shit together” and by all […]
Neds brother Jim
A central part of the Kelly story is that Ned was unfairly hounded, harassed and persecuted by the Police, something which he eventually reacted against, becoming what is often termed a ‘Police-made criminal’. On this Blog a year ago I reviewed the criminal record of Ned Kelly in detail, looking for the evidence of this […]
The Sleeping Giant !
A couple of months ago a moribund Kelly related forum stirred, as if it was coming back to life, made a few unpleasant comments about me and some of the others who contribute to this Blog, called for this blog to be boycotted and then sank back into its death-bed and hasn’t moved a muscle […]
Ned Kelly wasn’t a Bushranger: he was a Terrorist
“The notion that any political agenda would justify the killing of innocent people like this is something that is beyond the pale.” So said President Obama last night ( March 22nd 2016) when discussing the terrorist attacks yesterday in Belgium. No-one is posting pictures of the dead, but the ones below of survivors should remind […]
Discuss the Kelly Gang Unmasked
The Author and his landmark challenge to Kelly mythology I have repeatedly written that my intention in this blog is not to change the minds of the die-hard Kelly sympathisers, but to provide corrections to the errors, and balance to the arguments made by such people about the Kelly story, so that interested and open-minded […]