Anglais
Anglais
Anglais
-Irish
-father was a former convict who moved the family to Victoria
after his sentence
-poor, often felt he was a victim of colonial injustice.
What is a “bushranger”?
• 1869: A 14-year-old Kelly assaults a Chinese pig • February 1879: Ned Kelly and his gang dress as cops and rob a
farmer and spends close to two weeks in police
bank in Jerilderie
custody
• 1871: Arrested for riding a stolen horse and fighting • June 1880: Shootout between police and the Kelly gang at
with police. Sentenced to three years’ jail Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly is arrested, the three members of his
• April 1878: Ned Kelly goes into hiding after being gang die in the shootout
accused of assaulting a police officer
• October 1880: Ned Kelly faces trial and is sentenced to death.
• October 1878: Ned Kelly and his gang kill three
police from a group sent to track him down at Stringy • 11 November 1880: Ned Kelly is hanged. Two Melbourne
Bark Creek in bushland near Mansfield newspapers report his last words as “Such is life”
● What is a hero?
● What is a villain?
● To others, he’s a villain who shot and killed, murdered 3 police officers and
1 police informant
The story of Ned Kelly
● https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/aug/13/sidney-nolans-ne
d-kelly-in-pictures
● Try to match the paintings to events on the timeline.
● What is the style of the paintings? Why has it been chosen? What is the
significance of the narrative that the paintings create?
● The paintings are one of the first things you see going into the National Gallery of
Australia. What does this show about Ned Kelly’s importance to Australia?
● Was Ned Kelly a hero or a villain?