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December 1854: Born Edward Kelly in Beveridge, north of Melbourne VIC
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father died when he was 12, left school to help his grandfather on the family farm
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theft of horses and cattle. Found himself in trouble with police
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A 14-year-old Kelly assaults a Chinese pig farmer and spends close to two weeks in police custody.
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Arrested again for assault, and riding a stolen horse
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Arrested for riding a stolen horse and fighting with police. Sentenced to three years' jail.
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Ned finds out about a police officer assaulting his sister
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Ned Kelly goes into hiding after being accused of assaulting a police officer.
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Ned Kelly and his gang kill three police from a group sent to track him down at Stringy Bark Creek in bushland near Mansfield.
Victorian Government responded by outlawing Ned and Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. This meant that they could be shot on sight by anybody at any time -
Ned Kelly and his gang hold up a bank in Euroa.
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Ned Kelly and his gang dress as cops and rob a bank in Jerilderie.
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Ned dictates his story to Joe Byrne, resulting in the Jerilderie Letter
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Shootout between police and the Kelly gang at Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly is arrested, the three members of his gang die in the shootout.
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Ned Kelly faces trial and is sentenced to death.
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Ned Kelly is hanged. Two Melbourne newspapers report his last words as "Such is life".
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he remains of prisoners, including Ned Kelly's remains, transferred from Old Melbourne Gaol to Pentridge Prison.
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A skull believed to belong to Ned Kelly is given to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification. Efforts to identify his remains among those exhumed from Pentridge Prison begin.
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Victorian government announces the remains are those of Ned Kelly.
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Ned Kelly's remains are re-buried next to his mother in Greta