Ned Kelly Research Paper
Today I’ll be talking to you about Ned Kelly and my topic is weather he was a villain or hero. His full name is actually Edward Kelly but most people know him by his nick name which of course is Ned Kelly. Ned was an Australian Bush ranger. He was born in Victoria in June 1854 but has a strong Irish background due to his Irish convict father.
As a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police. Following an incident at his home in 1878, police parties searched for him in the bush. After he and his colleagues killed three policemen, the colonial government proclaimed Kelly and his gang wanted outlaws.
A final violent confrontation with police took place at Glenrowan on 28 June 1880. Kelly, dressed in home-made plate metal armour and a helmet, …show more content…
which is the famous one that I’m sure all of you have seen before. That day he was captured and sent to jail.
There he was convicted of three counts of wilful murder and hanged at Old Melbourne Jail in November 1880. His daring personality and notoriety made him an iconic figure in Australian history, folklore, literature, art and film.
Ned Kelly's story has many amazing elements. It can been seen as one of a poor boy of great skill, devoted to his family, wronged by the police and the legal system and following a tragic series of events - executed at the age of 25.
But there are sharply differing views: the Ned Kelly story rests on different interpretations of "facts".Some feel it is a strongly Australian story with Kelly as the typical Australian challenging authority.
There are also broader questions raised by his life. Was he a freedom fighter? Was he attempting to spark an uprising? When do people have the right to resist the law?
The story of Ned Kelly has become a source of myth, and sometimes the narrative leaves out important facts. The stories and films that focus on his life build on the myth. In his book, Peter Carey imagines a daughter Kelly never had; the film featuring Heath Ledger invents a romantic interest.
Other interpretations use facts to paint a different picture. One view suggests there was sympathy for Kelly at the time of his trial and execution: a petition for mercy gained 32,000 signatures in Melbourne from a population of 300,000.
Some people say that we need to consider the Kelly story in a broader context. They claim that Ned Kelly was a victim of his circumstances. He lived in a society of inequality between rich and poor, country and city, Irish Catholics and English Protestants. In the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly described himself as a defender of the oppressed and a "widow's son
outlawed".
Ned defiantly impacted how we live today in the legal system and our freedom of speech. But we can never be exactly sure how because just like I found out as I was researching many people have different ideas and what they believe are facts about him but from what I’ve read I think that he was a freedom fighter and wanted the government system to change and adjust more to help the poor and less fortunate people.
As a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police. Following an incident at his home in 1878, police parties searched for him in the bush. After he and his colleagues killed three policemen, the colonial government proclaimed Kelly and his gang wanted outlaws.
A final violent confrontation with police took place at Glenrowan on 28 June 1880. Kelly, dressed in home-made plate metal armour and a helmet, …show more content…
which is the famous one that I’m sure all of you have seen before. That day he was captured and sent to jail.
There he was convicted of three counts of wilful murder and hanged at Old Melbourne Jail in November 1880. His daring personality and notoriety made him an iconic figure in Australian history, folklore, literature, art and film.
Ned Kelly's story has many amazing elements. It can been seen as one of a poor boy of great skill, devoted to his family, wronged by the police and the legal system and following a tragic series of events - executed at the age of 25.
But there are sharply differing views: the Ned Kelly story rests on different interpretations of "facts".Some feel it is a strongly Australian story with Kelly as the typical Australian challenging authority.
There are also broader questions raised by his life. Was he a freedom fighter? Was he attempting to spark an uprising? When do people have the right to resist the law?
The story of Ned Kelly has become a source of myth, and sometimes the narrative leaves out important facts. The stories and films that focus on his life build on the myth. In his book, Peter Carey imagines a daughter Kelly never had; the film featuring Heath Ledger invents a romantic interest.
Other interpretations use facts to paint a different picture. One view suggests there was sympathy for Kelly at the time of his trial and execution: a petition for mercy gained 32,000 signatures in Melbourne from a population of 300,000.
Some people say that we need to consider the Kelly story in a broader context. They claim that Ned Kelly was a victim of his circumstances. He lived in a society of inequality between rich and poor, country and city, Irish Catholics and English Protestants. In the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly described himself as a defender of the oppressed and a "widow's son
outlawed".
Ned defiantly impacted how we live today in the legal system and our freedom of speech. But we can never be exactly sure how because just like I found out as I was researching many people have different ideas and what they believe are facts about him but from what I’ve read I think that he was a freedom fighter and wanted the government system to change and adjust more to help the poor and less fortunate people.