The armour worn by bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang 140 years ago might have been inspired by a Japanese samurai suit tucked away in a regional Australian museum. The Kelly Gang famously wore ...

Newspaper illustrations of Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly ... or that Ned had visited the museum in Melbourne and had seen a European suit of armour. Metal was taken from the plates of a plough machine ...

Green sash at Benalla Costume Museum presented to Ned Kelly by the Sheltons and worn under his armour at Glenrowan during the famous shoot out.Credit: Simon O'Dwyer In 1865, at the small village ...

and we learn about the iconic armour worn by Ned Kelly and his gang. Special thanks to Dr Meg Foster, Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, State Library Victoria, National Museum of Australia ...

But if you thought Ned’s life was controversial ... surfaced interstate then was proved not to be his. Kelly’s iconic helmet sits atop his bullet-dented armour in the State Library of Victoria.

In an eerie twist of fate, Ned Kelly is again facing off with the man who sentenced him to death 143 years ago. The notorious bushranger’s armour has been relocated to Melbourne - directly ...