They were named the Kelly Gang. On June 28, , the Kelly Gang had their last confrontation with the police. All but Ned Kelly were killed in the shoot-out. After the fight Ned was captured and hanged for his crimes. Even today, Ned Kelly is still remembered by many. Some regard him as a hero for resisting against the ruling class while others see him as a heartless criminal.
In this webquest, you will uncover the true story behind Ned Kelly and will be able to answer the following questions:. The Kelly Gang has been stopped!! Ned Kelly has been captured and his trial will begin in one week!
Your task for this WebQuest is to examine the Kelly case and decide whether Ned Kelly is guilty or innocent.
After taking a stance, you must write a letter to Lord Justice Redmond Barry explaining whether Ned Kelly should be freed or punished. Were the Kelly Gang justified for their actions or were they just cold-blooded killers? In order to convince Lord Justice Redmond Barry that Ned Kelly is either innocent or guilty you must first complete the webquest tasks below.
These will give you a great understanding of Ned Kelly and will therefore help you to write your letter next week. Each group will be asked to focus on one of the bold headings below. Do you think that John and Ellen were ideal parents for Ned? Were the Kelly family members victims of their convict and Irish background? What police officer went to Kelly's house in April, ? Ned rode around the surrounding areas and found sets of horse tracks leading to Stringybark Creek, close to where the gang was camped.
The gang ambushed the police camp at Stringybark Creek and found two of the four policemen — Constables Lonigan and McIntyre — standing around a fire. The gang drew their guns and Ned shot Lonigan. McIntyre surrendered. When the other two policemen Sergeant Kennedy and Constable Scanlan returned, they refused to surrender to the gang. In the exchange of shots that followed, Ned killed Scanlan and, later, Kennedy.
From this moment on, these four men were officially outlaws: the notorious Kelly gang. The 'letterbox'-style headpiece and matching body armour worn by Ned Kelly and his gang are recognisable icons that feature prominently in the work of artists such as Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker. In — the year before the Glenrowan siege and Ned's ultimate capture — the Kelly gang began constructing the suits of armour from mouldboards, the thick metal parts of a farmer's plough.
They acquired these materials in various ways — some were bought; others were offered to them by sympathetic farmers; a few were stolen. The suits allowed the gang to walk away unharmed from close-range shooting, but they also served a less practical function: they made the gang members — Ned in particular — seem larger, more intimidating; even ghostly.
The shock factor of the metal-clad Kelly would have been much to Ned's advantage during the Glenrowan siege. After the gang was killed and Ned captured, the police officers involved in the capture wanted to keep parts of the suits as souvenirs.
Various pieces of the suits were separated, some making their way into private ownership. Both shoulder pieces were reunited with the set at later dates — one owned by State Library Victoria, the other by Museums Victoria.
There's no denying that Ned Kelly was a notorious criminal, feared around Victoria and beyond as a robber and murderer. Despite this, he had many sympathisers who believed that he was a symbol of the Australian spirit — an enduring underdog with the courage to challenge the authorities. This perception was no doubt fuelled by Kelly's Jerilderie letter , an word manifesto in which he justified his crimes and exposed what he viewed as unfair police persecution of himself and his family.
Ned dictated the letter to Joe Byrne, who rewrote it in neater handwriting. The letter was written in , around the time that the gang robbed the Jerilderie Bank. Ned gave the letter to the bank's accountant, Edward Living, and told him to have it published.
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Search for:. Search Articles. Search Store. Ned Kelly: Hero or hell raiser? Although Ned Kelly was laid to rest with his family in , the nation is still divided on whether he was a hero or hellraiser.
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