Funnily enough this isn't the only web site that mentions a bloke called Ned Kelly. Apparently there are a few more out there. But while some of them are crap there are a few gems like Paul O'Keefe's education web site at neducate.com.au which promotes Australian history at primary and Secondary level with talks and lectures from a real live Kelly Gang descendant; and retired County Court judge Graham Fricke self titled site at grahamfricke.com.au which features a speech he gave at the Ned Kelly Beechworth Weekend, back in the days when the weekend was actually about Ned Kelly! Graham also wrote the book Ned's Nemesis.
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We here at ironoutlaw.com invite all those budding poets out there to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards) and send in your best pieces for our Poetry section. The poet area has taken on a life of its own with a number of scribes including Mollie Schollum adding their words on a regular basis. So, any more takers?
[poetry]

While it's always fun to watch the pigeons crap all over the hanging Judge Redmond Barry's head outside the State Library of Victoria in Swanston Street, apparently it's also worth a visit inside. Seems not only is there lots of book to read but Ironoutlaw.com's very own (now that she's written a story for us) Airi Repetti takes punters on a Kelly inspired tour of the establishment. And best of all it's free! For 2010, the tour time table is Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 10.30am during February then from 11.00am March onwards. There will be some weeks when there are no tours and school holiday tours are aimed specifically at kids. Contact the State Library on 03 8666 7214 for more details.
[how a finnish girl ended up as a kelly tour guide]

With a web site this big you tend to lose track of what's going on, so in this section we'll list all the updated stuff from the past few months:
• Feedback - viewer's thoughts
• Thrice - strong language
• Stop The Rumours - poetry
• The Fitzpatrick Conspiracy - Alan Crichton
• Tough To Be A Kelly - poetry
• Chit Chat about the Kellys - Captain Jack
• Aaron Sherrit's Birth Date Revealed - exposé

Blacksmith extraordinare Nick Hawtin is selling his beloved Ned Kelly inspired Harley Davidson 1994 Custom XL Sportster as he's decided to move onto bigger projects. Anyone keen to buy the beast for $25,000 should drop Nick an email (NDKLY was featured in the May 2008 issue of Live To Ride).
[wheels]

In this month's edition of 'Keep Ya Powder Dry' Alan Crichton takes a close look at the shady dealings leading up to the Fitzpatrick Affair and republishes a disturbing interview the Sun Newspaper undertook with Ned's mother Ellen who, in 1912, still bore the deep scars of seeing her family torn apart by a corrupt judicial system. It would pay the half-arsed coordinators of Ambushed! to read this and then hang their heads in shame!
[keep ya powder dry]

All the way from Ireland comes ironoutlaw.com's own reporter Michele Eve who takes us on a trip to Tipperary to have a look into the roots of Ned Kelly's father John 'Red' Kelly. In the process Ms Eve makes an interesting discovery about the plans for a new Ned Kelly tourist centre which sounds disturbingly like the rubbish some folk back in Australia are trying to push for poor old Glenrowan.
[it's a long way from tipperary]