Australian Hero Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly The man known as the Iron Outlaw, Ned Kelly was a man who is Australians first true hero. ... Growing up in a time when the slightest law bend can mean three months imprisonment is never easy, and Ned had a hard life. During his early twenties, Ned decided that the injustice of the Australian laws was unfair, and that he would make a stand. ... The French have their Joan of Arc, England have Robin Hood, and Australia has Ned Kelly. Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly was born in December 1854, at Beveridge, Victoria. Being the eldest of the Kelly boys, he was forced to leave school at the age of twelve to become the man of his family, when his father John died. It was inevitable that Ned should become a resourceful bushranger in his early teens. Ned quickly discovered the unfair advantages the rich had over the poor. ... Ned and his mates would often meet at the Kelly household to plot new ways of annoying the police, making their life tougher. The police eventually realised that Ned was the leader of this little gang, but as they couldn’t prove it, they framed him for other reasons, such as stealing animals, abusing Chinamen, all little crimes which they exaggerated out of proportion.