Ned Kelly
Ok, so I came upon this story today in my intertube journeys….
Legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly will finally be buried by his family 131 years after he was hanged for murdering three policemen.
Authorities announced Wednesday they would give his remains, recently identified through DNA testing in August, back to his descendants for burial.
Kelly, who was 25 when he died, is something of a folk hero in Australia. To some he was a common criminal but others regard him an icon of Irish-Australian resistance.
Somewhat suprisingly, I don’t know Jack Shit about Ned Kelly. I don’t believe I’ve ever even heard of him. Now, as is typical for me, I am completely interested in the story, and have been reading everything I can find for the past hour. I even read the ridiculously long Jerilderie Letter which is damned entertaining.
Anyway, want to continue research on this. Anyone have any insight on what I should read? I noted a movie by the same name staring Heath Ledger and others, and never heard of that either. Anyone seen it, and is it worth hitting up iTunes to buy it or what?
Category: Politics
He was Australia’s version of our Billy the Kid or Jesse James
He ran around with a suit of homemade body armor robbing banks and killing the British Constabulary at a time when the Irish immigrant was oppressed in America, Australia and even at home… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_kelly
Make sure you get the right Heath Ledger frontier justice movie…because there was another. Don’t want that one.
The other one was about some mountaineering he did or something right?
>The other one was about some mountaineering he did or something right?
Is that what their calling it these days??? 🙂
I seem to recall a spoof called “Reckless Kelly” starring Yahoo Serious. I have no idea why I remember that, and I have no other recollection of the movie.
Mick Jagger in his younger days (if that’s even possible) played Ned Kelly back in 1970.
Interesting
Try looking here. http://badassoftheweek.com/nedkelly.html