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Ned Kelly

Born

Beveridge, Colony of Victoria, Australia

Died

November 11, 1880

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Ned Kelly was Australia's most famous outlaw. The son of an Irish immigrant family, Kelly's father died in prison and the young Ned found himself in a life of crime from his teenage years, facing police persecution and the challenges of poverty.

At age 17, Kelly was imprisoned for horse stealing and spent three years behind bars. When he emerged, he joined a group of bushrangers in the colony of Victoria, an area rapidly moving from 'lawless frontier' to civilised society. When his mother was imprisoned in 1878 for assaulting a police officer, and his brother was declared an outlaw after shooting an officer, Kelly and his gang began eluding police capture.

For two years, the Kelly gang battled police across country Victoria, becoming legends ...more

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Ned Kelly’s books

Average rating: 3.57 · 230 ratings · 38 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Jerilderie Letter 3.58 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1930 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023 by Ephraim Cutter (Contributor), Scientific American (Contributor), Thomas Jefferson (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jerilderie Letter and the Cameron Letter liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ned Kelly, the Ironclad Australian Bushranger. By J. S. Borlase by James Skipp Borlase, Ned Kelly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars