Kelly used home-made armour in a final shoot-out with police Ned Kelly became a folk hero of Australia's colonial past with his gang's daring bank robberies and escapes Forensic tests are to be ...

But questions linger over how they were actually made, and who helped the Kelly Gang design them. A wood cut depicting Ned in action with his armour during his last stand. Picture: State Library ...

The infamous armour was used only once, by the Kelly gang of bushrangers in their battle ... The story follows the armour of Joe Byrne, Ned Kelly's second in command, on a journey of discovery ...

Research for a new exhibition on Ned Kelly has revealed new details from reports by a journalist for The Age who covered the ...

We hear a first-hand account of the aftermath of the siege at Glenrowan, and we learn about the iconic armour worn by Ned Kelly and his gang. Special thanks to Dr Meg Foster, Professor Hamish ...

"One of the reasons Ned Kelly appeals to so many people, I think, without the armour he and the gang would be just another bunch of bushrangers, but that dark eye slit in the armour allows people ...

The Kelly Gang’s armour, captured by police at Glenrowan. Picture: State Library of Victoria Ned had planned to kick off a sort of revolution by derailing a specially scheduled train that was ...

If the Kelly Gang were social bandits they ... Today a statue of Ned stands six metres tall in painted fibreglass armour, carrying a rifle and presiding over a Glenrowan tourist park devoted ...

Since four Victorian journalists witnessed Ned Kelly’s ... The Story of the Kelly Gang, the world’s first feature film, shows Kelly shooting at police in his iconic armour, then collapsing ...

songs have been written about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang than any other group of Australian historical figures". The State Library of Victoria has on permanent display the homemade armour Kelly ...

Kelly used home-made armour in a final shoot-out with police Ned Kelly became a folk hero of Australia's colonial past with his gang's daring bank robberies and escapes Forensic tests are to be ...