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From stamps to movies to the opening of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Ned Kelly has become one with the Australian psyche. He's had more written about him than anyone else in Australian history. As our greatest folk hero Ned Kelly has become one of the unsuspecting fathers of Australian nationalism, and with each passing year Ned's myth grows stronger. But was Ned Kelly just another crazed bushranger or a victim of the system – a desperate young man forced to shoot and steal to protect his own? Come with us on a journey as we delve into stories from the past 126 years and on the way discover for yourself the true history of the Kelly Gang.
 
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IN THE HEADLINES:
Ned Kelly's bones
spark victim outrage
Doubt on bones find
- Ian Jones

Ned Kelly's grave found
at prison in Australia

Find excites
bone hunters
Debate rages on who
needs history lesson
Rudd to scrap
Howard's history
Kate Kelly's revolver
up for auction

Convict history register
goes online

Lily Arabella Cherry, girlfriend of
Kelly Gang member Steve Hart?
Ned Kelly comes to life
in Beechworth
Leave Ned Kelly in peace,
says heritage group
Kelly remains mystery,
no bones about it

Jerilderie Letter Soundscape using
voice, sound effects and music

Rare photos of Ned's mother
Ellen Kelly in the 20th Century
Ned Kelly's suit of Armour at
the State Library of Victoria
Restoration of The Story
of the Kelly Gang (1906)

THE BOSS IS COMING!

 
NED GROWS IN STATURE
NED GROWS IN STATUREThose generous folk at ConnectEast have given the masses something to gaze at as they sit in traffic jams along the EastLink. Ned by artist Campbell Robertson-Swann (yep, that's the blokes name) has taken inspiration from Sidney Nolan, a bucket load of cash from the State Government, and five tons of steel to create this homage to an Australian icon. It can be found on the EastLink Trail, north of High Street Road.
[connecteast ned.pdf]
WEARING YOUR HART ON YOUR SLEEVE

WEARING YOUR HART ON YOUR SLEEVE Steve Hart descendant Paul O'Keefe has alerted me to yet another ridiculous Kelly Gang claim (the latest in a line of many). This time around Steve escaped the Glenrowan Inn fire and lived a long and happy life in Queensland under the name of Billy Meade. Apparently this Meade character confessed about his double identity on his deathbed in 1938. Must be true then...
[dna could solve kelly mystery]

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NED KELLY
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NED KELLY Why did Ned Kelly live such a larger than life existence, one that has enthralled millions of people over this past century? Why didn't Ned just take what was dished up? Live a poor, honest, harsh life and die a broken man like thousands of other peasants throughout time? Well, if Ned did we would never have heard of him, nor spent countless hours debating his legacy. It's time to read the facts of his life and decide for yourself. But before you pass final judgement, remember you should never impose 21st century sensibilities onto harsh 19th century realities.
[about ned kelly]
MAX BROWN LIBRETTO FROM TROJAN PRESS
Trojan Press Chester Eagle, life long friend of the late author Max Brown, wrote a mini libretto about Max and his inspiration in writing the masterpiece Australian Son. Chester, owner of Trojan Press, was the editor of the fully revised edition of Australian Son, available for purchase in our Shop section.
[kelly country.pdf]
WELCOME TO THE NEW IRONOUTLAW.COM
Ironoutlaw Version 5.0Although Under Construction, Version 5.0 of the web site heralds a new direction for Ironoutlaw.com. After 13 years the site had become an unwieldy monster with 365 pages and no proper way to update or edit content without opening, correcting, saving, then closing every page! The time came for a total redesign incorporating the latest in web techniques. This new site now boasts an comprehensive Site Map as well as dynamic content, cascading style sheets, templates, java scripting, .php coding, server side form editing, and a lot of tender loving care! Over the coming months each page will be updated to reflect the new technology. The team at Ironoutlaw.com hope you enjoy the end result.
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MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT
MAKE NO BONES ABOUT ITSeems Ned Kelly's bones have been discovered among a group of 32 prisoner remains at the old Pentridge Prison. This would be the same prison where his bones were already known to have been buried BUT according to this new find the original location of his resting place was all wrong. Guess they'll have to unbolt that helmet attached to the grave marker in Ronald Ryan's plot and mothball it until this new discovery is officially recognised – with family DNA. Perhaps in this trade-off the Government will let his family finally bury Ned (although he may still be buried under RMIT). Confused?
[ned kelly's bones found]
WIRELESS IRONOUTLAW.COM
Ironoutlaw WiFiNow you can take Ned Kelly where ever you go with Ironoutlaw.com Wireless. The first two sections in our Hand Held Edition include A Short History and The Jerilderie Letter. This exclusively designed web site allows easy access from your iPhone, Pocket PC, PDA, WAP phone, Blueberry, Symbian OS, or Sony PSP.
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A SMOKING GUN
Sucker!I'm having trouble pitying the poor sucker who forked out seventy thousand dollars for a revolver that has about as much to do with the Kelly outbreak as that body buried in the Ipswich cemetery (contrary to that nut-bag Councilor Tully's claims). Thank's to an Age investigation it has now come to light that the weapon was built in 1884, long after Fitzpatrick left the force in disgrace and Kelly swung in the Old Melbourne Gaol. Next sucker please...
[auction house to probe kelly gun]
HAVE YOUR SAY
FeedbackHave a question or opinion on Ned and the boys you would like to share with the rest of us? Then head over to our Feedback section where you can send in your thoughts or read through what's been said before. We also have a Feedback Vault with an archive of thousands of letters from the past ten years. There's enough words here to keep you busy for the next few months...
[feedback]
THE ART OF NED KELLY
Art Gallery It's not just written words which have made Ned Kelly famous. From Sidney Nolan to Norman Lindsay to Maree Coote (and even a few by yours truly), Ned's image has been immortalised on canvas, paper and nearly every other medium you can think of. Our Gallery section is awash with great images of Ned and the people who made up his life, from artists located right around this wide world.
[art gallery]
NED KELLY ON YOU MYSPACE AND YOUTUBE

To keep our readers entertained (we hope), each month we will source a Ned Kelly related MySpace or YouTube clip. This month click, sit back and listen to Bob "a brain box is what I am" Hempel who apparently is keen to get "a internet" but "knows nothing about it". Bob runs the animated Glenrowan bushranger show. The same one that was ridiculed on The Late Show by Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. Buyer beware, Bob uses very colourful language but "if you don't like it you can have your money back". If that's the case then Bob owes us all, big time...
[multimedia]

While not everyone wants to read about Ned Kelly or the ANZAC's or even The Great Depression, we hope they want to learn something about Australian History. Politicians from the now ex-Prime Minister John Howard to a confused NSW Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt have jumped on the teaching history bandwagon. But at what cost? From the Right Wing Liberals (remember them?) to the multitude of State Governments, seems everyone has an agenda. We'd like to let the readers decide what is worth learning. Here at ironoutlaw.com we present the facts, the fiction and everything in between. It all adds to the experience and hopefully makes History an exciting place to be.
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This 312 page book, the first modern account of the Kelly outbreak, was originally published in 1948. Max Brown’s book was the work of an open-minded outsider who’d put time and effort into studying the events of the Gang’s lives on the ground, in the caves, the ranges and the rough dwellings – wherever the incidents occurred.

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Chapters 1 & 2
Kelly Round-Up
Bracken Chapter
Ned: the Exhibition
Chapters 1, 2 & 3
 
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