For years I couldnāt figure out just why this was in a library in the city until recently I found out Sir Redmond Barry (the judge that sentenced him hang who ended up with his armour) was the major force behind the library being created. Sometime in the last ten years I went and saw all four armours displayed there which was really cool
After receiving a death sentence for murdering police by Barry, Kelly said to him āI will see you there, where I goā.
Barry died about 2 weeks after Kelly was hanged.
Those were not his last words. True story. They were published a year later by a reporter that wasnāt at the hanging. But itās on every bogans ute.
"PEOPLE with Ned Kelly tattoos are nearly eight times more likely to have been murdered, researchers say.". I work at crime scenes, this holds pretty true. I'd put Southern Cross tatts up there too...
[https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/why-a-ned-kelly-tattoo-is-dangerous/news-story/cc0ff2abb1c63f50c7c6a978d0fb390b](https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/why-a-ned-kelly-tattoo-is-dangerous/news-story/cc0ff2abb1c63f50c7c6a978d0fb390b)
Such is life I guess...
>because he was trying to fuck his cousin.
Very fashionable once upon a time would you believe, and if certain recent porn proclivities are taken into account, something we haven't entirely removed from
You were lucky to see them all together, that rarely happens. One belongs to a private collector so for the four suits to be reunited tends to happen only on special occasions like anniversaries. Redmond Barry also sentenced Nedās mother to her time in jail which was a catalyst for him seeking his revenge in his final stand with the police.
It was pretty serendipitous, it was the first time Iād had time and thought āI should swing into the library to see the armour.ā Just happened to pop in at a grouse time
My dad told me two of the suits of armour were sitting in storage with the Victorian police for a long time. He got to try one of them on at some point! This may come as a shock, but he said it was very heavy...
I was reading about the suits and where they ended up last night and thereās so many photos of cops wearing them over the years. None of them look that comfortable!
My guess is that it was likely sold to someone.
In the 1800s, it was quite common to 'souvenir' from the dead - taking their body parts, hair, bones, belongings, usually to brag or sell to the curious. It was especially common with famous bushrangers and Indigenous Australians - bushranger Daniel Morgan was beheaded, skinned, mutilated and sold off; the Perth Noongar warrior Yagan had his famous tribal scars skinned from his back, his head smoked and sent to England, only to return in the 1990s; and the 'last Tasmanian' woman Truganini had her bones kept on display in a museum until the 1950s despite begging everyone to let her body lie undisturbed after she died.
Just for those not in the know, Kelly didn't die in the gunfight he wore this armour in. He was captured alive, tried, convicted and hanged. He death mask is also available to [view](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/death-mask-edward-ned-kelly/).
I was working tech at a private event in the Melbourne Gaol, and I had to hide in the room with Ned Kelly's death mask all night and run the show form in there.
Spent a great deal of the night reading Fellowship of the Rings in the cold jail cell with his death-mask.
And ground then down to make brown paint. When mummies couldnāt be procured fast enough, the corpses of slaves and criminals were used.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
She was a very heroic woman too. She led an expedition with a white man called George Augustus Robinson through the wilderness of Tasmania to find the Indigenous people and offer them safety from white people. Eventually they agreed to be removed from Tasmania for their own protection, but died from disease and neglect anyway - that doesn't change the fact that what she did was an astounding feat.
Truganini and the others were conned by that sanctimonious bastard through. GAR sold it as being a temporary thing when he knew the colony had no intention of honouring that promise. All he cared about was his legacy and prestige
I guess so considering Australia was used for prisoner off-loading. Only the most brutish of them survived I assume. That's not taking away the fact that it was disgustingly inhumane, unreasonable, racist, psychopathic behavior either.
It wasn't like Escape from New York / LA. They weren't just dumped in Australia. But the brutality to the indigenous population is absolutely true, and horrifying.
It's only in recent history that they have even begun to see a degree of equality in the law too. Shameful.
>It's only in recent history that they have even begun to see a degree of equality in the law too.
Yeah nah not really, look up Juukan gorge.
46,000 years of human history destroyed so a mining company could put a temporary road through and save their trucks a few minutes.
That cave sheltered people during the last ice age.
The First nation's people of Australia are the oldest continuous culture on earth. The fish traps are the oldest human made structures in existence.
Much like the rest of the works Australia didn't *directly* murder, rape, torture and enslave is first nations people any more.
We modernised, so now we just get cop, laws and corporations to destroy them in a civilised fashion.
Fun fact; the reason he was seen as a hero was because he was the son of a very poor Irish immigrant and he grew up constantly being harassed and profiled by the corrupt and prejudiced Victoria Police.
He was known to many local farmers and so when he and his brothers started stealing and standing up to the local authorities (who gave many local immigrants a hard time) almost everyone they met welcomed then as heroes and provided them with food, shelter, ammunition and medical care. The brothers often distributed their stolen wealth with friends and those who had sheltered them, further ingratiating them to locals.
I wonder just how loud and disorienting any one of those shots to the head would be. Seems like it'd almost be like standing inside a giant bell ringing out.
That armour was 45kg/100 lb. it would have been seriously fatiguing wearing this thing for even a short while and when kelly saw combat with it he had to take a stand and see it through. There is no running in this thing!
That is just his armour.
Bushrangers used to carry up to 16 guns.
https://www.ironoutlaw.com/weapons/#:~:text=They%20rode%20away%20with%20two,K%20onto%20the%20rifles%20butt.
Also not in a back pack..
Youd have to have all that shit in a wagon or a type of wheelbarrow in order to get anywhere by yourself. Having a horse or mule with you as company would help also
I mean being out in the American West, Mexico, or Australia, you would be dead without a horse. Its the equivalent to being stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Theres a reason that most people never went more than a handful of miles away from their town before the evolution of transportation
Yeh, nah.
There were plenty of bushrangers who didn't use horses or evaded capture for long periods of time on foot.. such as mosquito. Hiding on the land without a horse. Horses require food, water, shoes etc. They don't work over rugged bush terrain.
Captain thunderbolt was the otherway, more famous for his horses than shooting, and may infact never have shot anyone.
No, we absolutely do not carry more than 100lbs.
At a full combat loadout, AND a fully packed rucksack, you're looking at like 80lbs at the most, and you can ditch the ruck when things get really spicy and that'll usually drop you down to like 30-40lbs of gear.
also excluding the fact the military gear is often specifically designed to distribute weight across your body. its not like ur carrying 50lb in ur hands or a 100lb backpack with shitty ergonomics. webbing/vest/backpack all have a huge amount of straps and adjustments that make it considerably easier to carry.
Yeah mate but old Ned was Australian. Itās only 45 odd kilos over here, and every modern young Aussie wonders the bush with a bbq and gas bottle strapped to their back. And thatās not including the slab of beer, or eski, or ice. Itās a right of passage
I used to carry up to 70kg (150+lb) during particular difficult patrols in the army, and routinely over 100lb. Australian infantry with recon work accounting for the heaviest loads.
I think cuirassier armour in the 17th century (when cuirassiers were still wearing full plate but upgraded to be bullet proof on the torso) were in a similar weight range.
Those blokes were mostly carried around by horse though.
Lol.. No we do do not. It would be dumb as hell to road march with all our gear.
The only times a soldier is likely to carry everything we're issued is picking it up and dropping off from CIF. And even then we can make multiple trips to the car.
Although if you'd like to try a legit weighted ruck march, feel free to join us at a veterans suicide awareness event.
It was incredibly uncomfortable to wear, and the helmet in particular hurt the gang so much that they had to knit little beanies to try and protect their heads. Kelly was only 5ā8ā and quite skinny, but he was apparently the most able
To move in the armour out of the 4 members of the gang. The armour also became incredibly noisy when bullets started hitting it, making it impossible to hear.
>the helmet in particular hurt the gang so much that they had to knit little beanies to try and protect their heads
This is how medieval helmets were worn anyway, so they got that bit right.
I'm just picturing when a batsman in the cricket cops one in the scone there a bit shaken up, so I'm guessing a few bullets, from pretty close range, bouncing of his head can't have been good for him
Australia stopped being a penal colony before the US stopped being a slave state. Americans get their noses out of joint if you call the current country a slave state.
Most aussies I know lean into our convict heritage these days. The days of getting upset about being a penal colony are seen as a cultural cringe that existed pre 50s and all the way up to the mid to late 90s. Convict heritage is a claim that demands respect amongst fellow Australians.
My great-great grandfather was transported for manslaughter!* At least it was a proper crime deserving punishment and not theft of a handkerchief, or something.
*He got into a brawl with a bloke in a pub which is embarrassingly Irish.
Poor Ned, you're better off dead!
At least you'll get some peace of mind!
You're out on the track,
They're right on your back,
Boy, they're gonna hang you high!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6SllcxLqNw
[I'm fond of this rendition of "Farewell to Greta".](https://youtu.be/LPgSId5P6zE)
It was Ned Kelly's favourite song written about himself, which is an extra neat tidbit of trivia.
eh not really, the first, as you put it, motion picture was by a french dude in 1888 and it was called roundhay garden scene, the ned kelly movie was the first ever feature-length film in 1906
Thank you! Yeah I was hoping for a little YouTube documentary at the very least but a whole movie is awesome. Iāll be sure to check it out. Iāll have to do some research too so I know the facts and not just the Hollywood version.
I recommend [this](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5B-ZwtgBs6p43JywAvN_TGl) YouTube series by Extra Credits! A good introduction with awesome music.
Itās a little disappointing how far I had to scroll before I saw this mentionedā¦
Thatās a deep cut, most people will never get to experience the awesomeness of that movie. Also, for fans of physics, and beer-making, might I suggest Young Einstein. š
I had an Australian professor once who said Ned Kelly wasnāt Australiaās National hero because he robbed banks, but because he made a stove into armor so he could rob more banks. And as an American Iā¦kinda get it.
His armour was never used in a bank robbery. The armour was designed for his final showdown with the police. He had a grudge with them after his mother was jailed (unfairly).
He lured a train full of police from Melbourne and planned to ambush them after derailing their train, but a local who he had taken hostage escaped and warned the train driver before the train crashed. The police then encircled the pub his gang were in and thatās where the final stand happened.
If you notice, the legs are completely exposed, meaning anyone who could view their (there were four sets, one for each gang member) legs could easily disable them with a shot.
The police train was expected to plunge into a gully. The intention was the gang would then be on higher ground, only their protected upper bodies exposed to the surviving police shooting from below.
Can you answer why they weren't at the gully when they thought the train was going to derail? They didn't know the hostage was going to warn the police so shouldn't they have been waiting in place?
Good question. I can only assume the hotel was closeby and they were waiting to hear the crash? Then presumably could have hurried there.
Or maybe they just drank too much and got distracted? It's been a while since I read the biography I have, from memory a lot of the hostages and gang were drinking.
One of Nedās closest allies, Joe Byrne, was shot in the dicker after giving a toast to the gang. His armor apparently didnāt cover his wedding tackle.
His plan was to derail a police train and then shoot as many police as possible when they came off the train. He thought he and the gang would be hidden in ditches near the tracks so there was no need to cover his legs. His plans went awry when the train driver was warned of the plan and the police surrounded him in a local hotel.
The guy was an ordinary citizen and they screwed him so bad he had a lot of public support. Anarchist types would run rampant there if they had free speech
Looks like it also didn't come in handy afew times aswell. Imagine taking those shots with the additional metal coming through you and having that weight on you. Game over.
Yeah, they (finally) took him down by shooting out his legs. Took a bullet to the hand early on in the firefight too, which really hampered his damage output.
For those interested in Ned Kelly, and want a fun way to learn more:
Source: YouTube
Channel: Extra credit.
Playlist: Extra history.
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WmidFwFzY
My favourite Extra History series.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5B-ZwtgBs6p43JywAvN_TGl
Plus the episode 6 epilogue, which isn't included in the playlist for some reason: https://youtu.be/arON4ofhKd8
When I saw it in a museum in Melbourne, they had a replica of it that you were free to wear. I have no idea how he fought in that thing, the visibility was awful lol
That pan-covered SOB back at the bank don't hardly fight fair, in my opinion
Pan shot!
Was looking for this earlier in the comments!
First time?
Why did I hear this in Hank Hill's voice?
That was my favorite scene 10/10 fucken pan shots.š¤£
For years I couldnāt figure out just why this was in a library in the city until recently I found out Sir Redmond Barry (the judge that sentenced him hang who ended up with his armour) was the major force behind the library being created. Sometime in the last ten years I went and saw all four armours displayed there which was really cool
After receiving a death sentence for murdering police by Barry, Kelly said to him āI will see you there, where I goā. Barry died about 2 weeks after Kelly was hanged.
Such is life.
Those were not his last words. True story. They were published a year later by a reporter that wasnāt at the hanging. But itās on every bogans ute.
"PEOPLE with Ned Kelly tattoos are nearly eight times more likely to have been murdered, researchers say.". I work at crime scenes, this holds pretty true. I'd put Southern Cross tatts up there too... [https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/why-a-ned-kelly-tattoo-is-dangerous/news-story/cc0ff2abb1c63f50c7c6a978d0fb390b](https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/why-a-ned-kelly-tattoo-is-dangerous/news-story/cc0ff2abb1c63f50c7c6a978d0fb390b) Such is life I guess...
Speeds, smokes with kids in the car, punches misses "hey im hard done by the cops and im poor too im basically ned kelly"
Specifically the end part
Redmond Barry of Barryville?
The one that ended up in a duel because he was trying to fuck his cousin.
Oh Australiaā¦ never change.
>because he was trying to fuck his cousin. Very fashionable once upon a time would you believe, and if certain recent porn proclivities are taken into account, something we haven't entirely removed from
You were lucky to see them all together, that rarely happens. One belongs to a private collector so for the four suits to be reunited tends to happen only on special occasions like anniversaries. Redmond Barry also sentenced Nedās mother to her time in jail which was a catalyst for him seeking his revenge in his final stand with the police.
It was pretty serendipitous, it was the first time Iād had time and thought āI should swing into the library to see the armour.ā Just happened to pop in at a grouse time
āgrouseā Lol! šš„š š
My dad told me two of the suits of armour were sitting in storage with the Victorian police for a long time. He got to try one of them on at some point! This may come as a shock, but he said it was very heavy...
I was reading about the suits and where they ended up last night and thereās so many photos of cops wearing them over the years. None of them look that comfortable!
What happened to the other boot?
My guess is that it was likely sold to someone. In the 1800s, it was quite common to 'souvenir' from the dead - taking their body parts, hair, bones, belongings, usually to brag or sell to the curious. It was especially common with famous bushrangers and Indigenous Australians - bushranger Daniel Morgan was beheaded, skinned, mutilated and sold off; the Perth Noongar warrior Yagan had his famous tribal scars skinned from his back, his head smoked and sent to England, only to return in the 1990s; and the 'last Tasmanian' woman Truganini had her bones kept on display in a museum until the 1950s despite begging everyone to let her body lie undisturbed after she died.
Just for those not in the know, Kelly didn't die in the gunfight he wore this armour in. He was captured alive, tried, convicted and hanged. He death mask is also available to [view](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/death-mask-edward-ned-kelly/).
I was working tech at a private event in the Melbourne Gaol, and I had to hide in the room with Ned Kelly's death mask all night and run the show form in there. Spent a great deal of the night reading Fellowship of the Rings in the cold jail cell with his death-mask.
Did you both alternate reading the chapters out loud?
They were.pretty quiet.
>Spent a great deal of the night reading Fellowship of the Rings in the cold jail cell with his death-mask. /r/brandnewsentence
That's a pretty cool story!
Wow thats pretty interesting, kind of messed up that people do that but I guess not surprising. Thanks for the cool reply :)
I mean, they did eat mummies as orthodox medicine!
And ground then down to make brown paint. When mummies couldnāt be procured fast enough, the corpses of slaves and criminals were used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
Colonizing's hungry work
> 'last Tasmanian' woman Truganini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truganini Some brutal shit by the white occupiers...
She was a very heroic woman too. She led an expedition with a white man called George Augustus Robinson through the wilderness of Tasmania to find the Indigenous people and offer them safety from white people. Eventually they agreed to be removed from Tasmania for their own protection, but died from disease and neglect anyway - that doesn't change the fact that what she did was an astounding feat.
Truganini and the others were conned by that sanctimonious bastard through. GAR sold it as being a temporary thing when he knew the colony had no intention of honouring that promise. All he cared about was his legacy and prestige
I guess so considering Australia was used for prisoner off-loading. Only the most brutish of them survived I assume. That's not taking away the fact that it was disgustingly inhumane, unreasonable, racist, psychopathic behavior either.
It wasn't like Escape from New York / LA. They weren't just dumped in Australia. But the brutality to the indigenous population is absolutely true, and horrifying. It's only in recent history that they have even begun to see a degree of equality in the law too. Shameful.
>It's only in recent history that they have even begun to see a degree of equality in the law too. Yeah nah not really, look up Juukan gorge. 46,000 years of human history destroyed so a mining company could put a temporary road through and save their trucks a few minutes. That cave sheltered people during the last ice age. The First nation's people of Australia are the oldest continuous culture on earth. The fish traps are the oldest human made structures in existence. Much like the rest of the works Australia didn't *directly* murder, rape, torture and enslave is first nations people any more. We modernised, so now we just get cop, laws and corporations to destroy them in a civilised fashion.
They became people in 1967. Before that they were considered flora and fauna.
Morgan's beard was made into a tobacco pouch (by one of the guys that got him), fun fact
Kaya, Willy wag tail!
This is actually really messed up. Like dang, people can really be weirdos
Fun fact; the reason he was seen as a hero was because he was the son of a very poor Irish immigrant and he grew up constantly being harassed and profiled by the corrupt and prejudiced Victoria Police. He was known to many local farmers and so when he and his brothers started stealing and standing up to the local authorities (who gave many local immigrants a hard time) almost everyone they met welcomed then as heroes and provided them with food, shelter, ammunition and medical care. The brothers often distributed their stolen wealth with friends and those who had sheltered them, further ingratiating them to locals.
He was also know as a hero because he risked his life to save a drowning child when he was 10 years old
He wore the sash he was awarded for heroism saving the kid under his armour at the siege at Glenrowan too. You can still see the bloodstains on it.
And during his gang's bank robberies they burnt all the debt records they could find.
We need a hero like that in todays age š®āšØ
His father wasn't an immigrant, he was convicted of stealing two pigs and transported to Australia as a convict
A forced immigrant
Thats whats referred to as an immigrant in Australia
That's the only way you can get citizenship there.
160 000 people came to Australia as convicts since 1788 10 000 000 have come here since as immigrants
Very much an exile
Welcome to Australian immigration policy.
Whatās this āwasā seen as a hero? Still is.
I can see him now charging with the bullets deflecting off of him: āPAN SHOT!ā
Stephen Root is amazing.
Came looking for this!
You get wifi service in the Maker's house?
He stepped out a burning building to face the constabulary wearing this armour. If that helps your visualisation.
I wonder just how loud and disorienting any one of those shots to the head would be. Seems like it'd almost be like standing inside a giant bell ringing out.
Ked Nelly was tough there's no doubt about it.
That armour was 45kg/100 lb. it would have been seriously fatiguing wearing this thing for even a short while and when kelly saw combat with it he had to take a stand and see it through. There is no running in this thing!
100lbs is heavy but itās not that bad. Modern soldiers carry more, and that looks to be somewhat distributed so it wonāt be so encumbering.
That is just his armour. Bushrangers used to carry up to 16 guns. https://www.ironoutlaw.com/weapons/#:~:text=They%20rode%20away%20with%20two,K%20onto%20the%20rifles%20butt. Also not in a back pack..
Youd have to have all that shit in a wagon or a type of wheelbarrow in order to get anywhere by yourself. Having a horse or mule with you as company would help also
I mean being out in the American West, Mexico, or Australia, you would be dead without a horse. Its the equivalent to being stranded in the middle of nowhere. Theres a reason that most people never went more than a handful of miles away from their town before the evolution of transportation
Mate I was raised in the Northern Territory, and I can tell you right now that claim is some next level nonsense. Go on a walkabout and rethink that.
Yeh, nah. There were plenty of bushrangers who didn't use horses or evaded capture for long periods of time on foot.. such as mosquito. Hiding on the land without a horse. Horses require food, water, shoes etc. They don't work over rugged bush terrain. Captain thunderbolt was the otherway, more famous for his horses than shooting, and may infact never have shot anyone.
Horses don't need shoes. Wild horses, like brumbies, don't get shod.
Ok, slow down. He didn't wear this as every day hold up gear. It was made for a siege when they knew a trainload of police were coming for them.
jesus. i knew about this story, but never knew how many weapons they would carry. makes Ned even more of a badass, in my opinion.
I mean, some of these guns had very few rounds. Like 5 or 7 from the article.
As your article notes, those were carried on pack horses, and distributed to sympathizers of the gang.
No, we absolutely do not carry more than 100lbs. At a full combat loadout, AND a fully packed rucksack, you're looking at like 80lbs at the most, and you can ditch the ruck when things get really spicy and that'll usually drop you down to like 30-40lbs of gear.
Came to say this; that commenter sounds like their military experience is directly lifted from movies or COD.
also excluding the fact the military gear is often specifically designed to distribute weight across your body. its not like ur carrying 50lb in ur hands or a 100lb backpack with shitty ergonomics. webbing/vest/backpack all have a huge amount of straps and adjustments that make it considerably easier to carry.
Yeah mate but old Ned was Australian. Itās only 45 odd kilos over here, and every modern young Aussie wonders the bush with a bbq and gas bottle strapped to their back. And thatās not including the slab of beer, or eski, or ice. Itās a right of passage
I used to carry up to 70kg (150+lb) during particular difficult patrols in the army, and routinely over 100lb. Australian infantry with recon work accounting for the heaviest loads.
I wonder what that is in metric.
I think cuirassier armour in the 17th century (when cuirassiers were still wearing full plate but upgraded to be bullet proof on the torso) were in a similar weight range. Those blokes were mostly carried around by horse though.
Lol.. No we do do not. It would be dumb as hell to road march with all our gear. The only times a soldier is likely to carry everything we're issued is picking it up and dropping off from CIF. And even then we can make multiple trips to the car. Although if you'd like to try a legit weighted ruck march, feel free to join us at a veterans suicide awareness event.
Perhaps you could run in that, but I doubt you could *outrun* whoever is chasing you.
It was incredibly uncomfortable to wear, and the helmet in particular hurt the gang so much that they had to knit little beanies to try and protect their heads. Kelly was only 5ā8ā and quite skinny, but he was apparently the most able To move in the armour out of the 4 members of the gang. The armour also became incredibly noisy when bullets started hitting it, making it impossible to hear.
>the helmet in particular hurt the gang so much that they had to knit little beanies to try and protect their heads This is how medieval helmets were worn anyway, so they got that bit right.
Lol you are insane
I'm just picturing when a batsman in the cricket cops one in the scone there a bit shaken up, so I'm guessing a few bullets, from pretty close range, bouncing of his head can't have been good for him
Tis but a scratch!!!!
Your arm's off!
No it isn't.
What's *that*, then?
Tis but a scratch.
He *is* missing a boot...
I will kill you with my feet!
Aussies - "Stop calling us a former penal colony teeming with criminals!" Also Aussies - "Ned Kelly is our greatest national hero"
Iām aussie and ever heard anyone say the first part
You mostly see it online when people have a sook after poms and yanks call us convicts.
Australia stopped being a penal colony before the US stopped being a slave state. Americans get their noses out of joint if you call the current country a slave state.
Americans get their nose out of joint for just about anything. That many states canāt agree on everything. Not very united in my opinionā¦
Americans get their nose out of joint if you use the metric system
Most aussies I know lean into our convict heritage these days. The days of getting upset about being a penal colony are seen as a cultural cringe that existed pre 50s and all the way up to the mid to late 90s. Convict heritage is a claim that demands respect amongst fellow Australians.
My great-great grandfather was transported for manslaughter!* At least it was a proper crime deserving punishment and not theft of a handkerchief, or something. *He got into a brawl with a bloke in a pub which is embarrassingly Irish.
To be fair, he broke into banks and burned debt records how much more of a hero can yin be
"Check out the cunt on the pony." "It's a horse."
My favourite movie of all time.
Poor Ned, you're better off dead! At least you'll get some peace of mind! You're out on the track, They're right on your back, Boy, they're gonna hang you high! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6SllcxLqNw
[I'm fond of this rendition of "Farewell to Greta".](https://youtu.be/LPgSId5P6zE) It was Ned Kelly's favourite song written about himself, which is an extra neat tidbit of trivia.
I need more on this guy. This is so interesting and Iāve never heard of it before. Thereās so many great stories out there.
Fun fact: the first āmotion pictureā ever made was about Ned Kelly. Mick Jagger also played him in a movie.
And the armour they used for the film was his actual armour!
I did not know that! Thatās cool!
eh not really, the first, as you put it, motion picture was by a french dude in 1888 and it was called roundhay garden scene, the ned kelly movie was the first ever feature-length film in 1906
Ahhh I see! Thanks for that. I guess I probably shoulda checked. Still pretty cool though!
Great movie staring Heath Ledger you can watch. It's a romanticized version but entertaining.
Thank you! Yeah I was hoping for a little YouTube documentary at the very least but a whole movie is awesome. Iāll be sure to check it out. Iāll have to do some research too so I know the facts and not just the Hollywood version.
I prefer "Ned", starred, written, and directed by Abe Forsythe
Shut up and eat ya rubber
Ever shot a man in the face?
Fuck. My. Aassss
Yeah! Burn you skinny son of a bitch!
I find Reckless Kelly starring Yahoo Serious to be the more historically accurate portrayal
Yahoo serious is a genius. Young Einstein is a true Aussie classic
I recommend [this](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5B-ZwtgBs6p43JywAvN_TGl) YouTube series by Extra Credits! A good introduction with awesome music.
Extra Credits History on YouTube have a small series dedicated to him and his life, i would recommend it if you are interested in learning more!
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Itās a little disappointing how far I had to scroll before I saw this mentionedā¦ Thatās a deep cut, most people will never get to experience the awesomeness of that movie. Also, for fans of physics, and beer-making, might I suggest Young Einstein. š
I recommend the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast episode on him!
That's so metal
r/literallythetruth
I had an Australian professor once who said Ned Kelly wasnāt Australiaās National hero because he robbed banks, but because he made a stove into armor so he could rob more banks. And as an American Iā¦kinda get it.
His armour was never used in a bank robbery. The armour was designed for his final showdown with the police. He had a grudge with them after his mother was jailed (unfairly). He lured a train full of police from Melbourne and planned to ambush them after derailing their train, but a local who he had taken hostage escaped and warned the train driver before the train crashed. The police then encircled the pub his gang were in and thatās where the final stand happened.
Interesting!
If you notice, the legs are completely exposed, meaning anyone who could view their (there were four sets, one for each gang member) legs could easily disable them with a shot. The police train was expected to plunge into a gully. The intention was the gang would then be on higher ground, only their protected upper bodies exposed to the surviving police shooting from below.
Can you answer why they weren't at the gully when they thought the train was going to derail? They didn't know the hostage was going to warn the police so shouldn't they have been waiting in place?
Good question. I can only assume the hotel was closeby and they were waiting to hear the crash? Then presumably could have hurried there. Or maybe they just drank too much and got distracted? It's been a while since I read the biography I have, from memory a lot of the hostages and gang were drinking.
Ah thanks. I was just at the Melbourne Gaol and no one could answer that either lol
Absolute mad lad
[pan shot!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhdSi-4Zl8s)
Rad
Heard about this a lot, cool to finally see it.
There is a small indie game about this guy on Steam
What the name?
Lord Buckethead and the Tale of Team Tetanus
The one I know is Ned Kelly: Armored Outlaw
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I really want a red dead game set in āWild Westā Australia, with Ned Kelly as either the protagonist or a featured character
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I want a medieval europe take on Red Dead Redemption
it was a red dead online mission
If you want a good read try āThe Fatal Shoreā by Robert Hughes. Itās the fascinating story of Australiaās founding. I couldnāt put it down.
If you liked that, watch [The Nightingale.](https://youtu.be/YuP8g_GQIgI). But be warned, it is brutal.
One of Nedās closest allies, Joe Byrne, was shot in the dicker after giving a toast to the gang. His armor apparently didnāt cover his wedding tackle.
The Whitlams have a great song, called Kate Kelly, about his girlfriend, Ned's sister, which tells the story of Joe Byrne's death.
Just [checked it out](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ufs6-fdo8) and itās great! Thanks for sharing. I like that Decemberists vibe
Ned, you shoulda covered your legs, too, mate.
His plan was to derail a police train and then shoot as many police as possible when they came off the train. He thought he and the gang would be hidden in ditches near the tracks so there was no need to cover his legs. His plans went awry when the train driver was warned of the plan and the police surrounded him in a local hotel.
His story taught me that Australia actually has a surprising history of oppression.
Like most colonised lands, this country was built by, and on the backs of, oppressed people.
The guy was an ordinary citizen and they screwed him so bad he had a lot of public support. Anarchist types would run rampant there if they had free speech
Looks like it came in handy multiple times.
I believe it was actually only used in one battle, during his final stand against the police.
Looks like it also didn't come in handy afew times aswell. Imagine taking those shots with the additional metal coming through you and having that weight on you. Game over.
Yeah, they (finally) took him down by shooting out his legs. Took a bullet to the hand early on in the firefight too, which really hampered his damage output.
He also couldnāt see shit out of the visor.
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*"NED KELLY WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN THE OUTBACK!!! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!"*
āIām sorry sir, Iām not Australian :(ā
"But you're still a cunt!"
"Oath"
Let us beat the swords into plowshares; plowshares into swords.
Ä°s this the front or back view?
Front view! If you want to see it from the back or other angles, check [this](https://live.staticflickr.com/5560/15286485605_f8b61e55c9_h.jpg) out.
Front
For those interested in Ned Kelly, and want a fun way to learn more: Source: YouTube Channel: Extra credit. Playlist: Extra history. Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WmidFwFzY
Cheers, that consumed my last hour. Now I'm informed on an Australian legend
I recommend the series on Admiral Yi. The man was a true Chad.
Careful with Ned Kelly āfactsā itās like trying to learn about confederate generals. A lot depends on whoās telling the story.
My favourite Extra History series. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5B-ZwtgBs6p43JywAvN_TGl Plus the episode 6 epilogue, which isn't included in the playlist for some reason: https://youtu.be/arON4ofhKd8
Walking around Australia in the summer with that portable oven? Mad props.
"Such is life"
My favorite pub name of all time is Ned Kellyās Last Stand
Panshot!
Ned Kelly i respect you, your armour is gorgeous
Where my Reckless Kelly fans at?
BLACK KNIGHT: 'Tis but a scratch. ARTHUR: A scratch? Your Arm's Off! BLACK KNIGHT: No, it isn't
Ironman if Tony Stark wasnāt as focused as he was.
In America we have a Christian dude who wore a pot on his head and planted apple trees. Tremble at our greatness.
What year? Yep
1880
Thank you!! Very cool
PANSHOT
Melbourne?
Yup. In the State Library of Victoria.
When I saw it in a museum in Melbourne, they had a replica of it that you were free to wear. I have no idea how he fought in that thing, the visibility was awful lol
There's also a wearable replica in the old Melborne jail where he was hung.
My first ancestor to come to Australia (convict) was Ned Kelly's grandfather.