Ned Kelly Gang: Detailed Newspaper Reports The Events, the People, Places and Stories

Ned Kelly and his gang are the most infamous bushrangers, bank robbers and folk heroes in Australian history. The Kelly gang consisted of Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Stephen Hart, and Joseph Byrne - four young men from the colony of Victoria named as outlaws in 1878.

The detailed newspaper accounts in this book give you an account of the events as the happened, interviews, victim statements, background stories, and opinions of the time. Included are details Ned Kelly's dramatic capture, his trial and execution.

The contents of this book are sourced from Australian newspapers and journals published between 1878 and 1880, based on material digitised by the National Library of Australia.

Discover the back story where Ned Kelly's mother Ellen Kelly, William Williamson, and William Skillion, were tried for wounding Constable Fitzpatrick, with intent to murder, on the 15th April 1878.

The constable went to Mrs Kelly's house in the Greta district to arrest her son Dan Kelly, when it was alleged Mrs Kelly, William Williamson, William Skillion and Ned Kelly assaulted him and fired several shots from revolvers at him, one of which lodged in the constable’s wrist. Mrs Kelly, Williamson, and Skillion were later arrested, with a verdict of guilty was returned against each.

To Ned Kelly, his brother Dan Kelly and his mates this was the final straw - leading to a chain of events that saw three policemen murdered by the gang, a massive man-hunt, bank robberies and the final infamous battle where Ned Kelly wears his iconic full-body metal armour that took place in Glenrowan.

Also included are detailed accounts from multiple points of view concerning the bank robberies at Euroa (in the colony of Victoria) and Jerilderie (in the colony of New South Wales).

The Kelly gang became outlaws with a price on Ned Kelly's head when on 26th October 1878, a party of four members of the police force, namely, Sergeant Kennedy, and Constables Mclntyre, Scanlon, and Lonigan, were surrounded by four men who presented arms and called upon the said members of the police force to surrender: This occurred near Mansfield (in the colony of Victoria).

Constables Lonigan and Scanlon were shot dead, Mclntyre escaped to Mansfield, with Sergeant Kennedy's body found later.

Ned Kelly was not on his trial for the murder of either Scanlan or Kennedy, but the shooting of Lonigan. He was convicted in less than 30 minutes and sentenced to death.

Ned Kelly's last words were reported as "Ah, well, I suppose it has come to this,".