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Big Ned loses a bit of steam.
Wangaratta Chronicle June 2010.

ON THE MOVE: A favorite with tourists, the steam engine that once sat
near the Ned Kelly statue in Glenrowan has been moved

The engine was moved from near Kate's Cottage and will now reside
just up the road in front of a local residence.

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Wangaratta Chronicle

December 18, 2009


Kelly descendant, likes shooting, the environment, and he is... Our new mayor


My great grandmother was Ned's (Kelly) younger sister.

GREAT great nephew of Ned Kelly.

A beef cattle farmer who enjoys shooting feral animals.

Environmental warrior.

Anthony Griffiths wears a lot of titles, but his latest one, mayor of
the Rural City of Wangaratta, represents one of the biggest changes in
his life.

After 21 years working at the tax office in Albury, Cr Griffiths has
taken 12 months leave to concentrate on his new responsibilities.

And two weeks into the job, he has had a taste of what lies ahead of
him, having chaired a council meeting, met with two state ministers,
and attended a meeting of Regional Cities Victoria.

But outside of his life as mayor, who is Anthony Griffiths?

Yes, he is a Kelly descendant, and Cr Griffiths still lives in Greta
West, just kilometres from the old Kelly homestead.

"My great grandmother was Ned's (Kelly) younger sister," he said.

"There's a lot of people track us down, and because we still live in
the area there is that connection."

Cr Griffiths also runs 400 head of beef cattle with his parents -
something he has managed to juggle around work commitments.

"It's the quintessential family farm," he said.
"We usually run a fair few more cattle, but with the drier conditions,
our numbers are a bit down, as is the case with a lot of other farmers
around the region."
In his "spare time", Cr Griffiths is a board member of the North East
Catchment Management Authority, and is secretary treasurer of Greta
Valley Landcare.

He is also a pretty keen shooter, enjoys family history and is a
collector of vintage machinery. Meanwhile, Cr Bill Hill has been re-elected
unopposed as the mayor of Benalla Council.

Cr Hill said the implementation of Council Plan actions, such as the development
of a long-term community plan, and completion
of major projects would be a major focus in the coming 12 months.

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WANGARATTA CHRONICLE

December 12, 2009

Siege results in new year

Council awaits full extent of what Kelly dig unearthed

Written by STEVEN BURKE.

RESULTS of the archeological dig at Glenrowan last year are expected to
be made public early in the new year.

Archeologist, Adam Ford, conducted the dig last May at the site of the
Ann Jones Inn, after the Rural City of Wangaratta received a $121,000
grant from the Department of Transport and Regional Services.

The project attracted international interest, with the ABC airing a one
hour special about the dig in June this year.

Findings from the site included a percussion cap, as well as several gun
cartridges from the battle between Ned Kelly's gang and Victoria Police
in 1880.

Council has already received a draft report into the findings of the
dig, but is waiting for a final report to be submitted.

Council's acting manager of economic development, Shivaun Brown, said
two reports would be made public, one in a technical, scientific format,
while another will be made easy for the general public to understand.

"We've still got the draft, but we'd hope to have the full report by the
end of the year," she said.

Ms Brown said the report would help provide a context for the Kelly
siege.

"As well as artefacts relating to the siege, there were artefacts
recovered that relate to the time of the siege," she said.

"So that will help provide more of a social context for the seige."

Ms Brown said Mr Ford was still working on the second document, which
will include all references and scientific information.

(thanks Sharon Hollingsworth for alerting me to this)

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In the land where Ned still rules

• Ned Kelly is commemorated with a 40ft statue in the town of Glenrowan.

Tom Adair

Published on 25 Oct 2009

The ghost of Ned Kelly has me spooked.

I have been here before, gripped by the Aussie bush ranger’s legend for 40-odd years and I need a fresh fix, a chance to finger the memora­bilia,
and to hear again a rendering of The Wild Colonial Boy.

Ned was an outlaw turned national hero – which he remains, against the odds in some parts of Australia. In truth, the Kelly gang was a bunch of ruthless
19th-century bush rangers, robbing small businesses, which small businesses? making their getaways on horseback, wearing armour plate beaten
from ploughshares, touting helmets that looked like saucepans  I think you better take another look...  and taking on the British troopers,
the what????????    committing murder.

I’ve been to Beechworth and stood in the dock where Ned was arraigned. I’ve been to Greta and Stringybark Creek, among his bolt-holes. And now I’m
braving it at the Kelly shrine at Glenrowan, a few hours drive into wispy bush due north of Melbourne.

This town is more colourful and wackier than a kangaroo on wheels. Yes, there are tourists, and other obsessives here, men disconcertingly like me, with
ample bellies and stringy hair. Standing in huddles are blokes with dogs, one of which (ominously) is called Yum-Yum.one has to wonder if this
bloke was actually in Glenrowan... By far the fiercest tourists are among the bus-load of Kiwi pensioners buying boomerangs at a gift shop.
I, too, am a boomerang of sorts.

It’s my third time here, and I still find it difficult to picture the massive shoot-out for which this town is infamous – Australia’s bloody answer to the gunfight at
the OK Corral – which saw Ned Kelly taken prisoner and led to martyrdom on the gallows.

Main Street, Glenrowan, today is busy with weekend visitors, a posse of them staring up at the 40ft statue of Ned with his rifle. Ned stares back through the
visor of his helmet. “He’s bigger than Skippy the kangaroo,” says a passing belly. “He’s bigger than Vegemite,” adds his stringily-coiffured mate.

A bunch of yawning, somewhat lackadaisical tourists is now emerging from the Ned Kelly Computerised Theatre. One, a woman, is looking teary, as if it’s
hot news to her that Ned did not survive the hangman’s noose and she’s just lost a bet that he’ll be acquitted.

“Come, Have the Adventure of Your Life,” shouts the theatre’s hoarding. “This attraction can and does frighten people.” In mockery of this claim, the
unruffled punters shuffle quietly towards the famous Billy’s Tea Rooms, passing a statue of Lazy Harry. The statue is singing, but no-one is paying any
attention. I head for Cobb and Co, two doors away, where they house a Ned Kelly Museum.

There you can buy the tackiest souvenirs – from a heavy suit of armour in black or puce, to cuddly Ned dolls, to Kelly fridge magnets. For serious devotees,
however, a heavy display of information about Ned’s ancestry (rural Irish), lots of old pictures in black-and-white, and a sense of devotion and sombre
vaunting of Ned’s status as an Australian version of Robin Hood (without tights – not recommended for Aussie heroes) is pinned in abundance to the walls.
There are plenty of Kellys still around, very much doubt it!  I’m told, and they don’t take kindly to critics of their boy.

So, after feasting myself on Ned’s credits, I saunter forth. The surrounding landscape is unremarkable. Fingers of sunlight spear the clouds.
There are bowers of gum trees, and gently undul­ating hills with little hollows, puddled by billabongs under the great Australian sky.
was this drongo even in Glenrowan?

Knowing my duty, and needing my fix, I pass underneath the gigantic Ned with his giant boots, before boldly entering the Computerised Theatre.
funny as 'Big Ned' is at the other end of town to the Animated Theatre.
The proprietor smiles, overlooked by a portrait of Ned with his infamous Colt 45.

I join a small queue as we file through the foyer into a darkened intimate space.

“It’s all right to scream,” the proprietor tells us. The lights are dimmed, the show begins – with a roll of thunder, a crackle of lightning. And then a
spotlight falls on a clock, the hands of which zoom back to 1878. Unsurprisingly, the commentary massages Kelly’s fame, carefully editing his exploits,
and then the shoot-out is duly signalled by a gunshot from the murk.

There follows the tale of Kelly’s last days of derring-do, unveiled to a backing track of The Wild Colonial Boy and a blur of animatronic action, apeing
the stand-off, deploying crudely constructed figures, life-sized in armour and troopers’ uniforms.

Simultaneously, the robots jerk and twist to the rattle of gunfire which goes on forever until the audience looks like it, too, is probably dying – most likely of lethargy.
The final twist is a rainstorm, a great effect, and the figures collapse. In the rainy aftermath, there is silence, occasional dripping.

Ned, though shot in the legs, has, of course, survived, to be carted off to Melbourne gaol – his last, and fatal, port of call.

All in all, I’m impressed by Glenrowan’s colourful chutzpah and by its innocent sylvan setting, more like a picnic venue than somewhere you’d set a bloodbath.

The next morning, I follow Ned’s journey southward, detouring past ghostly Hanging Rock – just because I like it – its swathes of gum trees silhouetted in the mist.
High-rise Melbourne looms before me and in its midst lies Old Melbourne Gaol, the must-see last niche on the Kelly fan’s hit list.

There, at dusk, with a dozen others, after a typically great Melbourne dinner, I take the magni­ficent after-dark tour. They give you a candle, and tell you tales of
execution as your footsteps ring on the flagstones, and noises-off emerge unexplained from black cells. It is not to be missed.

Then I ask about Ned’s remaining days and they show me his armour.for what its worth, Ned's armour is at the State Library of Victoria.
 I see his death mask, then stand by the gallows on which he stood on November 11, 1880.
Seconds before the trap door opened, Ned reputedly said: “Such is life.” A remorseless remark. Was he being ironic, or just mistaken? He may simply have meant
“such is death”.

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Bone 'unlikely' to belong to Kelly Gang.

"The coroner's of the opinion that it's more than likely not human and while my initial reaction was of disappointment I
am a scientist first and foremost, so I accept results and I think it shows how thorough we've been throughout the process,"
he said.

Source:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2694168.htm

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Kelly centre 'needed'

$20m bid 'laughable', but support for realistic bid for Glenrowan

Written by TRISH GALLAGHER.

A NED Kelly collector and curator, involved in an unsuccessful bid to
get a $3m Kelly interpretive centre off the ground at Avenel, wants to
see Glenrowan succeed.

Matt Shore yesterday welcomed the Rural City of Wangaratta's moves to
review a centre concept for the town, funded by a $20,000 allocation in
council's budget.

Council pursued for several years a centre concept costed at around
$20m, but has said a revised look would be much more modest.

That makes far greater sense to Mr Shore, who said the earlier ambitions
for Glenrowan were "laughable".
no doubt about that, the plan was a joke! Glenrowan does not need a monster above town.

But he said a centre is 'needed' so rare 1880s and 1890s material
relating to the Australian legend can be respectfully displayed and
admired, not hidden away in cupboards.

Mr Shore curated 'Ned: The Exhibition' at the old Melbourne Gaol in
2001-02 and another Kelly exhibition at Beechworth's Burke Museum in
2005-06.

Both displayed a lot of original artefacts held by private collectors,
such as Ned Kelly's favorite Snider-Enfield rifle that he called
'Betty', after he 'souvenired' it from kangaroo hunter Henry Dudley in
Euroa.

Other material in private hands are books worth about $80,000, photos,
documents, songs, films, scripts, and the armor worn by Mick Jagger in
the 1970s Kelly film.

"I have access to all this material but there's nowhere to put it," Mr
Shore said.

"There has to be a nationally significant centre - people are willing to
put this material on display, anonymously.

"If Glenrowan is fair dinkum about doing something for less than $20
million, I'm out there putting my hand up."

Mr Shore said the Avenel project was proposed for land owned by Bill
Shelton, a grandson of Richard Shelton, the boy Ned Kelly famously saved
from drowning and received a green sash for bravery.

The Avenel feasibility study and business case was carried out by
consultants, Urban Enterprise, whose managing director, Matt Ainsaar,
said the project failed because it couldn't attract the $3 million in
funding.

lets hope a home is found before it is too late.
 

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Smoke reignites horror memories of icon destroyed


Written by STEVEN BURKE. (Wangaratta Chronicle)

When the chips were down and the pressure was on, Bob Hempel's true
character came to the fore.

Mr Hempel faced his worst nightmare yesterday when smoke billowed from
the ceiling of the Glenrowan Tourist Centre, reviving memories of the
1997 fire that destroyed his iconic business.
the business was not destroyed, it was damaged in part...the show went on the next day!

"I smelled it and then the smoke started to get thicker," he said.

"The beautiful thing is, I stayed calm and panicked like everyone else."

Mr Hempel immediately sought help from his neighbors at the Billy Tea
Rooms and evacuated the small number of people who were on a tour in
his building at the time.

Four CFA units attended the call-out, which fortunately didn't develop
into a full blown fire.

Wangaratta CFA fire officer, Greg Mitchell, said the smoke was caused
by a small fire in an electrical transformer.

"The CFA and the owner got an electrician in who eventually got to the
source of the problem," he said.

"We were reluctant to leave without first finding the cause of the
smoke as the building has a high fuel load.

"It's an icon of the North East and because of the past fire, we would
hate to not have figured out the cause and then for another fire to
occur."

See also: Blaze in Town

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Glenrowan Railway Station – Encouraging Response from Minister

Source: Media Release Bill Sykes

“Encouraging” is the word Nationals MP Bill Sykes used to describe the Minister for Public Transport’s response to his
request in Parliament that Glenrowan Railway Station be re-opened as part of the upgrade and standardisation of the
North East Victoria rail corridor.

Dr Sykes said, “Whilst it is still early days, it is encouraging that the Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky, has
acknowledged the limited public transport services at Glenrowan.

“The Minister wrote, “I appreciate that Glenrowan currently has very limited transport services particularly for local
residents, and DOT (Department of Transport) is committed to improving public transport access for both the residents
of Glenrowan as well as visitors and tourists to the
region.”

Dr Sykes continued, “The Minister is also supportive of surveys being undertaken by the Department of Transport in
conjunction with Glenrowan residents to assess local community and tourist transport needs.

“The surveys are to be undertaken this month which is also encouraging. The survey results will provide valuable
quantitative data on current public transport needs.

“However it is critical that the Minister recognises the expected growth of Glenrowan when the township’s water supply
is upgraded and a sewerage system is put in place.

“It is also critical that the Minister considers the increased tourist visitation expected when Tourism Victoria’s priority
project of the Ned Kelly Interpretative Centre becomes a reality and when Mokoan wetlands are restored.

“The Government has committed $20m to restore the Mokoan wetlands and they expect 300,000 visitors per year.

Dr Sykes concluded, “Now is the time to re-open the Glenrowan Railway Station – it is a once in a lifetime opportunity
to put in place public transport infrastructure to meet Glenrowan’s future needs.

“I will continue to work with the Minister for Public Transport to achieve this outcome.

Time to bid Ned goodbye

...after 23 years with legend       Written by JACQUIE SCHWIND. Source: www.nenews.com.au AFTER 23 years, Chris and Rod Gerrett are parting with their major Glenrowan contribution to keeping the Kelly story alive. Their Gladstone Street tourism trio - the Ned Kelly Museum, Kelly Homestead replica and Kate’s Cottage Gifts and Souvenirs -        is up for sale with expressions of interest being handled by Melbourne agent, Wollermann and Associates. The Gerretts took over the complex from Nanette Green in the mid 1980s and have since doubled both the shop and museum in size. The museum and homestead replica are located behind Kate’s Cottage and there is also a covered barbecue area used by tourists       and for Chris’ talks to school groups. The Gerretts also arranged for the big Ned Kelly statue to be built. "It’s our donation to the town really," Chris said. "It’s the most photographed item there." The Kelly complex has received praise from many visitors including well-seasoned travellers who have seen it all. Chris said three years ago, Catriona Rowntree and the Getaway team visited the Ned Kelly complex to shoot a segment. "She said it’s just the best Kelly museum," Chris recalled. "They spent about one and a half hours just looking at everything. "It aired at least three times that we know." Chris said it was amazing how many visitors had some form of family link to the Kelly story, such as relatives who were in the Ann Jones Inn       at the time of the siege, went to school with Kate Kelly, or knew Steve Hart. She said there was even a visitor whose grandfather was a cobbler approached by Ned Kelly to make a pair of boots and requested to provide a       cavity inside one heel. It turned out the cavity was to hold a gold sovereign. "I don’t know if it was a luck thing or so he always had some money on him," Chris said. She and Rod said they thought the time was ripe now to focus on other aspects of their lives. "Our kids have seen more of the world than we have. "We want to see more of Australia," they said. "Rod and I are studying art. "We’ve just started with acrylics. "We want to do more of that." Chris believes Glenrowan’s attraction as a tourist destination has been enhanced by the recent archaeological dig and the streetscape works. "I think the future is only going to get better there," she said. "As time goes on, every new generation picks up the thing with Ned Kelly. "Ned is THE Australian icon - the human icon - ahead of Bradman. "The next step for us is selling the business to someone who comes along and has a passion for the story and doesn’t just think of it as a commercial thing." Chris said there was also huge interstate and overseas potential for the new owners to introduce online stock ordering to the complex’s web site. "It will take some other younger brain to take that further," Chris said.

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Ned Kelly trio stage ‘hold-up’ over line. The Border Mail. 16 June 2008.

Those on board the train making what is likely to be steam's final journey to Albury had an unscheduled stop at
Glenrowan on Saturday afternoon after they were held up by “Ned Kelly”.

Gary Dean, one of three Ned Kellys in full metal gear, had gathered with almost 100 townspeople and flagged down the
train to protest the failure to include Glenrowan as a scheduled stop in multi-million dollar plans to convert the broad
gauge track to standard gauge.

Mr Dean, who operates the town’s Cobb and Co store, believes it will cost nothing to redesign the new northbound track
to move it the two metres required to bring it in line with the existing Glenrowan platform.

Alternatively, he said a branch line and switching point could be constructed at a cost of about $1 million.

Mr Dean said locals were also considering seeking Federal Government funding for the reconstruction of a replica timber
platform to align with the existing south-bound line where a branch line already exists.

He said the “hold-up” had given locals the chance to create a photo opportunity for passengers on the steam train, raise
the profile of their cause and speak with former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer, a passenger on the train and chairman
of the Rail Freight Network Review Committee.

Mr Fischer said he supported moves to build a platform at Glenrowan, citing the desire of locals to encourage more Ned
Kelly-related tourism in the region.

Mr Dean said Mr Fischer had been supportive in advising the bid to return the rail service to Glenrowan.

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NED KELLY HALTS TRAIN 14 JUNE 2008 (SOURCE SMH)

Ned’s hiding spot pinpointed in dig BRAD WORRALL 31/05/2008 12:00:00 AM   ARCHEOLOGISTS now believe the Kelly Gang took refuge in a bedroom completely protected from the hail of bullets fired by police during the Glenrowan siege. Yesterday at the end of a month-long dig of Ann Jones’ Inn, project leader Adam Ford said the discovery had redefined the site. He said it now had international significance and compared it to Custer’s Last Stand at Little Bighorn. “We can now map the movement of the Kelly Gang in their last hours,” Mr Ford said. “The bullets that came in from police smashed through the front wall but didn’t penetrate the rear wall. “Behind that wall, which was one of the bedrooms, is a host of cartridges used by the Kelly Gang as they took refuge and reloaded and then came out and re-engaged the police. “To find that dynamic movement and understand that is incredible. “I don’t recall any other site, perhaps only work done on the Little Bighorn dig in the 1980s, having that. “It is beyond our wildest dreams.” Thousands of artefacts, some relating directly to the siege and the inn, have also been recovered. But the most exciting discovery may well be one of the smallest items found on the site. A tiny copper percussion cap from an early musket or revolver may well have belonged to Ned Kelly himself. “We know of only three weapons involved in the siege that used such percussion caps — and all three were actually owned and used by Ned,” Mr Ford said. “And because the firing cap was found within the remains of the original Ann Jones’ Inn we can reasonably surmise that it was Ned Kelly himself who last handled this tiny but hugely significant object.” Mr Ford has not ruled out returning to the site. “We can walk away from here knowing we have exhausted all the avenues on the inn site but I would like to get to the residence behind the inn,” he said. A final report on the findings is not expected to be completed until later this year. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7500 treasures found at Ned Kelly site By Katie Bradford May 30, 2008 SEVEN-and-a-half thousand archaeological treasures have been uncovered at the site where outlaw Ned Kelly fought his way into Australia's history. The artefacts tell more about the battle of Glenrowan in June 1880, where Kelly and his gang held locals hostage at the Ann Jones Inn, than ever known before. A month-long dig at the site in northern Victoria ended today. Kelly was arrested and later hung for his actions, while his partners in crime were killed during a shoot-out that ended the siege. The inn was burnt to the ground during the siege and its remains lost to history - until now. Adam Ford, of Dig International, led the team of archaeologists involved in the groundbreaking project. Cartridges from rifles fired by the police during the siege, cartridges from the Kelly Gang's weapons and melted lead bullets that were fired into the hotel as the battle raged, were uncovered. Mr Ford said those cartridges told historians more about the battle than was ever known before. "The physical evidence of the battle is an amazing discovery, we can look at it in full details," he told AAP. "We can see where police fired rounds from outside the building, coming through the front walls and hitting the back of the wall near where the Kelly gang were. "We know this because all the cartridges are lying in a line." It's also now known where the Kelly gang was hiding out. "In the back bedroom, we found cartridges and percussion caps, so it appears the Kelly gang were going in there and reloading and getting protection, then heading back out again to the front of the building." Potentially the most exciting find was a tiny copper percussion cap from an early musket or revolver, which may well have belonged to Ned Kelly. Mr Ford believes a large part of a 128-year-old mystery has now been solved. "It's absolutely outstanding, amazing. The preservation of the artefacts, what we've found is beyond our wildest dreams." The burnt post holes and charred foundation timbers of the inn have also been uncovered. "For the first time since the siege itself, we have an accurate picture of how the famous hotel looked, how big it was, how it was built and of what was going on during the desperate, brutal hours of the gun battle." Coins dating back to the late 1850s and personal items such as jewellery, glass buttons and slate pencils were other discoveries. Melted window glass and bottles that were uncovered show the ferocious heat of the fire, Mr Ford said. Ian Jones, who has written books about Ned Kelly, was at the site today and was completely amazed by what archaeologists had found, Mr Ford said. "It's sad it's the last day, but we can walk away happy that we've found everything we could," he said. The artefacts will now be taken away and examined in close detail by specialists and reports compiled. Mr Ford's final wish is for the artefacts to be stored on public display in Glenrowan - although not on the site of the inn itself. The dig was funded by Heritage Victoria. SOURCE: NEWS COM.AU ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................   Smallness of siege site is shown up BRAD WORRALL The Border Mail 22/05/2008 12:00:00 AM Ann Jones' inn was tiny, not much larger than a garden shed. The site of Ned Kelly's last stand, where more than 40 people including hostages and the bushranger's gang took refuge, is now emerging from the dust at Glenrowan. Archeologist and team leader of the month-long dig Adam Ford says it is one of the major points to emerge from their work. Charred wooden posts that had fallen when the five-room inn was torched to end the siege have been uncovered for the first time in 128 years. Molten glass, another remnant of the arson, also litters the site. arson? I always thought the police set fire to the inn? "The outline of the inn is contained within the confines of the brick foundations of a wine shanty that was built on the site much later," Mr Ford said. "To think so many people would have been inside. "It is said that they were laying on top of each other as the hail of bullets crashed through the walls. they were crammed in, but not on top of each other. "It would have been terrifying." Mr Ford said progress had slowed in the past week. "We have worked through five periods of occupation to get where we are," he said. "It is quite complex and now that we have reached this level we need to be meticulous, it is slow going, almost tedious. "But this is our only chance to do this, we need to squeeze the life out of it, get as much information as possible —it is unlikely this will ever be done again." luckily it WAS done again, in November of the same year in fact. The team of about 20, including archaeologists and university students, is expected to move up to 400 tonnes of dirt in the dig that winds up tomorrow week. Last week two Martini-Henry shell cases, almost certainly fired in the battle, were uncovered. ....................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................... 'Exciting' finds in Ned Kelly dig. (The Age May 14) Two cartridges and burnt artefacts have been excavated from the site of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly's last stand. Kelly was badly wounded and captured at the Ann Jones Inn at Glenrowan, in north-eastern Victoria on June 28, 1880 after he took 60 locals hostage and was involved in a ferocious gun battle with police. Heritage Victoria is overseeing the month-long project involving six archaeologists, a conservator and 40 students who are mapping out the site and searching for relics. Project director Adam Ford said the discovery of the two hard brass cartridges is "fabulous" and he is confident they date back to the siege. "They are the right age, right location, so we are pretty confident they are evidence of the gun battle." Police moved from using soft brass cartridges to hard brass, just weeks before the siege. "This is very exciting. We had spent a whole week here moving very slowly and trying to understand the site so to find this is amazing," Mr Ford said. The cartridges, which came from a Martini-Henry rifle, were uncovered last Friday during a dig to the north of the main site. Mr Ford said an important part of the project was trying to identify the original outline of the inn. Two posts that date back to the original inn, burnt nails and other burnt or ash covered remnants also have been found this week. "Today is very significant because we are really getting down to where we are identifying outlines, form and function. "We're very happy with the progress at the moment, the remains are in very good condition," Mr Ford said. "The information is coming out of the ground every second, really." He said the burnt nails and posts were very "evocative" of what happened on the site. The archaeological site is very shallow - with many of the remnants being found just 20 centimetres below ground - because there has been only two other buildings on the site since. Once the dig is finished, all information gathered will be sent to Heritage Victoria and LaTrobe University. The data will be researched and analysed then added to the existing history of the battle. "The great thing about archaeology is we can look at it in a very objective way," Mr Ford said. "We're finding stuff that has not been looked at before, or seen since the siege. That information can add to the story of the siege, it's very exciting." The dig, which started on May 5, continues for two and a half more weeks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Archaeologists find bullet cartridges from Kelly siege Wed May 14, 2008   One of the cartridges found at the scene of Ned Kelly's last stand. (ABC News: Narelle Graham)   Archaeologists believe they have found more evidence of the 1880 gun battle between Ned Kelly's gang and police at Glenrowan, in central Victoria. Bullet fragments were uncovered during excavations at the former Anne Jones Inn site earlier this month. Now archaeologists have revealed that two bullet cartridges from a Martini-Henry rifle were discovered in the northern section of the site on Friday afternoon. Excavations Director, Adam Ford believes they came from weapons that would have been used by police at the time. "They [the cartridges] were only released to the police approximately two weeks before the siege event," he said. "They were superseded reasonably quickly after the event. I mean within a couple of years. S I feel quite certain that they are physical evidence of the gun battle." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Site of Ned Kelly's last stand being excavated. Archaeologists have begun scouring the site of Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan. It has been nearly 130 years since the shootout but they hope to find artefacts from the siege that will shed new light on the episode. The dig is being conducted at what had been a vacant block of land for the past 30 years. Now the site of Ned Kelly's last stand is being scraped, dug and sifted. Project director Adam Ford says no stone is being left unturned in the hunt for Kelly artefacts. "I'm pretty sure we will find physical remains that I can attribute to that night in June 1880," he said. Kelly historian Gary Dean thinks the dig could help substantiate rumours that Ned Kelly's brother Dan escaped the siege and subsequent fire by hiding in a cellar. "Actually locating the cellar means the story, the actual oral histories from families that tell this story, means it's probably a true story. Archaeology students from La Trobe University will spend the next four weeks working on the dig and they are excited about working on the site of one of Australia's most fabled legends. Student Luke Falvey says it is a fantastic opportunity. "I never thought that I'd be working on a site like this. The guy's a legend and to be working on the famous shootout site, it's just indescribable, really," he said. As the dig begins, the exhumation of 20 sets of remains has ended at the old Pentridge Prison. It is hoped the remains include the bones of Ned Kelly. 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THE fate of Ned Kelly may remain forever a mystery because the State Government
will not spend $200,000 to identify his remains.

In a major archeological coup, the skeleton of Australia's most famous bushranger is believed
to have been exhumed in March, among those of 31 other executed prisoners, from a plot at
Pentridge Prison.

The sets of remains are being held under the jurisdiction of the State Coroner at the Victorian
Institute of Forensic Medicine at Southbank, where it was intended they would be identified
using the latest forensic technology - including DNA testing.

But sources close to the exhumation say the Department of Justice is refusing to pay for the
identification of all but two of the sets of remains.

The remains of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Victoria, and Colin Campbell Ross, who
was executed for murder in 1922 and later proved to be innocent, have been claimed by their
descendants and will be identified and handed to their families

Source Herald Sun 25 May 2008.

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Kelly 'not guilty' in trial re-enactment

SOURCE: ABC NEWS 15 MAY 2008.

Folklore hero or terrorist? Bushranger Ned Kelly (file photo). (Anne Delaney)

 

In 1880, bushranger Ned Kelly was found guilty of the murder of three policemen and
sentenced to death by hanging.

The Irish Catholic Kelly became a popular folklore figure. But how would Kelly be viewed
and treated if he was alive today and charged under Australia's terrorism laws?

Last night the idea was tested by an all-star cast of defence lawyers and prosecutors along
with a real life Supreme Court judge.

An actor playing Kelly went on trial for terrorism offences, all part of Law Week in Melbourne.

His defence team included veteran barrister Gerry Nash, who once represented Tony Mokbel,
and Rob Stary who is currently representing several men charged with terrorism offences in
Melbourne.

The prosecutor was played by the maverick former chairman of the NCA (National Crime Authority),
Peter Faris, who did not have a high opinion of the bushranger.

"Kelly is nothing more than a Irish Catholic secessionist dog," he said.

Playing the part of Justice Redmond Barry, who sentenced the real life Kelly to death, was Victorian
Supreme Court judge Justice Lex Lasry:

"Have the prosecution satisfied you beyond reasonable doubt that the prisoner, Kelly, committed a
terrorist act, that the prisoner caused a death or several deaths for the purpose of coercing or
influencing by intimidation the Government of the Colony of Victoria?"

In his defence, Kelly claimed he was acting in self-defence when he shot three policemen at
Stringy Bark Creek.

"Was it ever your intention to shoot them?" the counsel asked Kelly at the mock trial.

Kelly replied that it was not.

The counsel then asked if Kelly if he had disarmed them, what would he have done?

"Sent them packing with the message that I'm an innocent man, that my family has been
wronged and that this needs to come to an end," the actor playing Kelly said.

"I'm only defending my family."

When the jury found Kelly not guilty, the audience applauded and cheered.

Speaking to the audience after the trial, Mr Stary detailed his ongoing concerns with Australia's
terrorism laws.

"They can encapsulate any conduct," he said.

"Any person who promotes disaffection, any person who suggests or any person who thinks that
there ought to be a change of government or that there ought to be some change in the way society
is structured really is vulnerable to the commission of a terrorist offence."

Mr Faris hit back, defending the laws.

"We have a genuine problem with Islamic terrorism in this country," he said.

"We need to be as safe and secure as we can."

Based on a report by Alison Caldwell, first aired on AM.

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Bid for Ned Kelly's head (Source HeraldSun) Apr 20 2008.

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                                       27 March 2008.

AN archaeological dig of Ned Kelly’s last stand at Glenrowan has divided the community.

In May archaeologists and university students are expected to start work on the Ann Jones
Inn site.

The four-week dig will peel back about 1m of top soil on the block of land where the
weatherboard inn stood at the time of the siege.

It is expected to reveal the foundations of the inn and other artefacts.

Professional archaeologist and project director Adam Ford from Dig International will work
with La Trobe University to excavate the siege site by hand.

“These archaeological excavations at the site of the former Glenrowan Inn, the location of the
siege and last stand of the Kelly Gang in 1880 aim to uncover, record and conserve physical
remains of the bloody siege which claimed the lives of three members of the Kelly gang and
two hostages,” Mr Ford said.

But the owner of one of the town’s tourist attractions says “they’ll find next to nothing”.

“People have been poring over that block of land for the past 100 years,” Bob Hempel said.

“They have been digging, standing shoulder to shoulder with metal detectors, they have gone
over it with a fine-tooth comb.

Glenrowan historian Gary Dean, who also runs a Kelly-inspired tourist attraction, believes they
will pinpoint the site of the inn.

“All they are likely to find is the site of the second hotel she built six months after the siege.”

He said it was one of the most important digs in Australian history.

“We only get the chance to do this once, we need to get it right,” he said.

“I have no doubt we will locate the post holes from the first and second inns and most importantly
finally determine where everything stood at the time of the siege.”

Glenrowan blacksmith Gary Nicholls said it had created great interest in the town.

“People are coming up with all sorts of theories, some are wanting to help, others think it is a
waste of time,” he said

The dig is a collaboration between Wangaratta Council, Heritage Victoria and the Federal Government
and is expected to cost more than $200,000.

It was originally planned to start in late 2006.

Find excites bone hunters.

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National Trust finds some Faine friends in deed

IN 1992, ABC broadcaster Jon Faine made an incredible find in the Trading Post. For sale was an 1880 document related
to the Kelly Gang's murder of three policemen at Stringybark Creek, near Mansfield.

Two of the slain policemen, Sergeant Michael Kennedy and Constable Thomas Lonigan, left nine children between them.

The document, dated July 23, 1880, was a Deed of Settlement drawn up by the State Government, stating it would leave
£900 in trust for those children until they were 21 years old.

The Trading Post seller told an amazed Faine that he had found the deed, handwritten on three pages of vellum, folded
and tied with a pink ribbon, in a shoebox in a house he had moved to.

With no acquisition interest from the State Government, Faine teamed with two fellow history buffs, the then Supreme
Court chief justice John Phillips and barrister Jack Hammond, to buy it themselves, for an undisclosed sum.

The trio have donated the deed to the National Trust. Mr Faine and Mr Phillips were unable to attend a cocktail party
handover ceremony at the City Watch House last night, so Mr Hammond did the honours.

The trust's Victorian chief executive, Martin Purslow, said it was an "extremely generous gift" that would be displayed
at the Old Melbourne Gaol.

CAROLYN WEBB The Age Oct 17 2007.

Thanks Sharon for alerting me to this article.

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Source: The Border Mail 21 Sep 2007 (Thanks Sharon USA)
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NED Kelly's remains may be in a suburban Melbourne park.

But Heritage Victoria, which last month revealed the outlaw's remains probably vanished from Pentridge Prison in the 1950s or 1960s, has ruled out looking.

Suggestions are the bushranger's final resting place is one of two bluestone quarries - one of which has been turned into Fr Brosnan Community Park - in Coburg near Pentridge.

Heritage Victoria believes the remains of Kelly and some other prisoners may have been removed during drainage works at the jail.

Heritage Victoria's acting executive director Jim Gard'ner said the search for Kelly's bones had ended unless significant new evidence was produced.

"Anecdotal evidence suggests the remains were discarded in nearby quarries," Mr Gard'ner said.

"However, Heritage Victoria regards this theory as speculative and one of many possibilities.

"Heritage Victoria does not consider there is sufficient evidence to warrant excavation of the quarry sites."

Mr Gard'ner said it was possible the remains had deteriorated beyond recognition.

Kelly was executed at Old Melbourne Gaol's gallows in 1880.

His decapitated body was buried in an unmarked grave at the prison until it closed in 1929.

The remains were then transferred to Pentridge.

The disappearance of the grave was discovered during an archeological study.

The site is being turned into housing.

Heritage officials found the grave of Ronald Ryan, the last prisoner executed in Australia, and a memorial garden will be created at the site.

Source HeraldSun June 3 2007.
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Australia's favourite murderer is still giving the Establishment the run-around, writes Sushi Das.

IF ONLY they hadn't sawn off his head. At least then it might have been easier, in some small way, to identify Ned Kelly's remains. Even if you're not a Ned tragic, the mystery of the notorious bushranger's missing bones is an intriguing tale that shows that when it comes to Australia's favourite legend, there's no such thing as truth. Not one truth, anyway.

The latest in the skeleton saga came this week when Heritage Victoria announced that Kelly's remains, for decades thought to have been buried in the grounds of Pentridge Prison in Coburg, had disappeared. The likelihood was that they had been unceremoniously dumped in a nearby quarry after drainage works at the prison in 1960. Newspapers from Melbourne to London reported the story.

"It's quite amazing, given the historical role of Ned Kelly, the myth, the legend, the tourism potential and all the rest of it, that we seem to have been so careless about his final resting place," said a Melbourne radio announcer.

Just when you think Kelly's final resting place has been identified, up pops another expert with a different theory. Monash University heritage expert Warwick Frost says the "bones in the rubbish tip" theory is, well, rubbish. They are in fact buried under RMIT — probably in the vicinity of buildings three, five, seven and nine. (The area to the east of Bowen Street in the city).

Hooray! Finally someone who understands the real story.
Thank you Warwick Frost for setting them straight, now all we need
is to get Mr. Smith to understand the full story. Dave.

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Benalla Ensign

May 23, 2007

Firearm Donated

A police-issue firearm found at the site of the Glenrowan Siege has been
donated to Benalla and District Historical Society.
The Martini-Henry rifle is now on display at the society's museum.
Discovered when the donor was digging for bardi grubs along the former
creekbank, the rifle was about 16 cm below the present surface.
Historical Society president Robin Sadler said after 120 years buried in
wet and dry soil, the butt of the single-shot weapon had rotted away.
But combined with the society's existing display of Ned Kelly's
blood-stained cummerbund, it remains a significant addition to the
museum collection.
Mrs Sadler said it was believed the gun had been dropped in the
confusion of Kelly's capture.
"The society is very appreciative of the opportunity to display this
interesting piece in the security of the Kelly Cell with the sash and
other memorabilia."
On Friday, the society will welcome Neil Colston, an expert on antique
firearms, to its general meeting.

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Ned Kelly's remains 'most likely discarded'

Dead Australian outlaw Ned Kelly still eludes authorities Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours ago Mr. Kelly, who became a folk hero of Australia's colonial past with his gangs' daring bank robberies and police shoot outs, was hanged for his crimes in ... Dead Australian outlaw Kelly still eludes authorities Reuters India, India - 3 hours ago By Michael Perry. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most notorious outlaw Ned Kelly, dead for 126 years, is again eluding authorities. ... Dead Australian outlaw Kelly still eludes authorities Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 3 hours ago By Michael Perry. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most notorious outlaw Ned Kelly, dead for 126 years, is again eluding authorities. ... Dead Australian outlaw Kelly still eludes authorities Reuters.uk, UK - 3 hours ago By Michael Perry. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most notorious outlaw Ned Kelly, dead for 126 years, is again eluding authorities. ... 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Ned Kelly eludes authorities once again NEWS.com.au, Australia - 6 hours ago NED Kelly is on the run once again and authorities have no idea where he is. But this time it's the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger that have ... Outlaw Ned Kelly gives authorities the slip again Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - 31 minutes ago Make no bones about it - Australia's most notorious outlaw, Ned Kelly, has once again eluded authorities. More than 120 years after the bushranger's ... Dead Australian Outlaw Still Eludes Authorities Javno.hr, Croatia - 2 hours ago Kelly, who became a folk hero of Australia's colonial past with his gangs' daring bank robberies and police shoot outs, was hanged for his crimes in 1880 ... Ned Kelly eludes officials again Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - 3 hours ago NED Kelly is on the run once again and authorities have no idea where he is. But this time it's the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger that have ... 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Kelly remains mystery, no bones about it The Wimmera Mail Times, Australia - 5 hours ago But this time it's the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger which have gone missing. Heritage officials in Victoria say Kelly's skeletal remains ... Ned Kelly dodges the authorities after death The West Australian, Australia - 5 hours ago Once again, Ned Kelly has authorities scratching their heads. But this time it’s the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger which have gone missing. ... Kelly remains mystery, no bones about it Brisbane Times, Australia - 6 hours ago But this time it's the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger which have gone missing. Heritage officials in Victoria say Kelly's skeletal remains ... Ned Kelly escapes jail Courier Mail, Australia - 6 hours ago ONCE again, Ned Kelly has authorities scratching their heads. But this time it's the skeletal remains of the notorious bushranger which have gone missing. ... 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The HeraldSun Newspaper.

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Police anger over Ned Kelly logo proposal

CURRENT and former veteran police officers are offended that bushranger Ned Kelly 
was suggested as the emblem for a taskforce that investigates the state's most dangerous 
armed criminals.

Sources said a suggestion the new armed crimes taskforce take on a logo of Kelly - a bank robber 
who killed a policeman - was insulting to former armed offenders squad detectives and the force in general.

The armed crimes taskforce has replaced the armed offenders squad as part of the major crime management model.

The Herald Sun believes the logo was suggested in good faith because Kelly was a notorious bushranger captured 
by police at Glenrowan in 1880.

But former armed robbery squad stalwart Ray Watson, instrumental in the capture of notorious bandits during the 
violent 1980s and early '90s, said the mere suggestion of using a Ned Kelly image was shameful.

"I'm outraged about it," Mr Watson said.

"Does that mean Carl Williams is going to be considered as a squad emblem in the future?

"Ned Kelly is iconic, but certainly not a hero.

"That emblem idea would have revered the man, not the taskforce."

One current officer said: "It's common knowledge that former members of the armed offenders squad and the old 
armed robbery squad were disgusted with the idea of the Ned Kelly emblem and what it represented."

Many armed robbery squad detectives were close friends with Sgt Gary Silk, who with Sen-Constable Rod Miller, 
was shot dead by two bandits in 1998.

The Ned Kelly idea, floated late last year, has been rejected.

"I can say that a logo containing any reference or image related to Ned Kelly would definitely not be considered," 
police spokesman Sgt David Spencer said.

Source: Sunday HeraldSun.

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Kelly spirit rides again as sympathisers gang up on Beechworth jail developer

WHEN authorities installed iron gates outside the old Beechworth prison in the late 1800s, they intended to thwart attempts to free Ned Kelly sympathisers.

As town residents peer in through the imposing white bars today, they cannot help but feel locked out of decisions about the historic site's future.

Opposition is mounting to plans to redevelop the prison and surrounding grounds, where a young Ned Kelly served sentences spanning two years in the early 1870s and was held during his committal hearing for murder in 1880.

The 147-year-old jail, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, was shut in December 2004 when a minimum-security, 120-bed prison was built just out of town. Salmore Developments secured the site, including buildings, from the State Government for more than $1 million through a tender process.

Heritage Victoria is considering an application by the Melbourne-based developer to subdivide the land behind the main prison buildings into 23 allotments, including 18 residential blocks where some two-storey townhouses may be built.

The developer also intends to convert the former jail's interior, transforming it into a hotel, restaurant and retail precinct.

Mal Wilson, who lives opposite the site, says the community has had virtually no contact with developers about their plans and has been denied access to the site. The grounds have shown signs of neglect, including overgrown gardens.

"We're frustrated and we're trying to frustrate the developer," Mr Wilson said. "It's undeniable that we have very little power in the decision. The only thing we can do is bond, and create a barricade to the process."

A hastily convened public meeting this month to oppose the plans attracted 100 residents, and more than 1000 signatures have been collected in a petition.

Among those against the plans is well-known Kelly historian and local resident Ian Jones.

Source: The Age Orietta Guerrera
February 14, 2007

They destroyed Pentridge, now it seems Beechworth is next.
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