NED KELLY - PRIMARY &
SECONDARY SOURCES
You are an historian studying the
life and times of Ned Kelly
(June 1854 – 11 November 1880).
WORKSHEET
• Write on your worksheet if the following
are primary or secondary sources
• Imagine that these sources were in front of
you.
Photograph of Ned Kelly in
1878
JERILDERIE
. LETTER
•
Originally penned in 1879 by Joe Byrne as dictated to him by Ned Kelly, this
.
letter was first published in the 1948 edition of Australian Son
QUICK FACTS from
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/fact-sheets/ned-kelly-factsheet 2013
•Ned Kelly:
•was born in June 1855, in Beveridge, Victoria
•died at the gallows in Melbourne Gaol, on 11 November 1880
•was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn
•as a child, saved another boy from drowning – the boy's family awarded him a
green silk sash in recognition of his bravery
•was in love with his cousin, Kate Lloyd, whom he visited just days before the
siege in Glenrowan
•uttered the famous last words 'Ah well, I suppose it has come to this' or 'Such
is life', depending on which version of the story you hear.
BOOKS
• Australian Son
The Story of Ned Kelly
Max Brown
First published 1948
This edition 2005
COMIC BOOKS from the 1940’s
PHOTOGRAPHS
• Ellen Kelly’s (Ned's mother) eventual
release from prison was celebrated by this
photograph taken at the Kelly homestead
in early 1881.
Photograph of Ned Kelly’s sister
taken in 1880.
• Kate Kelly played a lesser role in the Kelly saga than her
older sister Maggie. At age fourteen she became the
centre of Constable Fitzpatrick’s infatuation which led to
the fateful confrontation.
Photograph of Jim Kelly, 1880
•
Jim Kelly, four years Ned’s junior, was serving a three year sentence for
horse stealing when his brothers were outlawed and was not released until
January 1880.
KELLY’s Original ARMOUR
• Kelly Gang’s individual armour
DRAWING by a news artist
29 th June 1880
• Aaron Sherritt’s murder( 26 June 1880) as
imagined by a Newspaper artist. Joe fired the
fatal shots; Dan Kelly holds neighbour Anton
Wick. Wick was used to call Aaron outside.
Ned Kelly’s death mask 1880
FILMS of Ned Kelly’s life 19872003