Ned Kelly's adventurous life as a bushranger

Edward Kelly was born

Dec 12, 1855

Ned Kelly was born at Beveridge.

Ned's fathers death

Dec 27, 1866

Ned's Father dies soon after being released from gaol for stealing a cow.

Ned finished school

Dec 27, 1866

Ned attended at Avenel school until his father died in 1866. Ned and his family moved house and Ned helped his mother work on the farm.

Ned is charged with robbery and assult.

Oct 16, 1869

Ned is charged with robbery and assulting Ah Fook. The charged was dismissed after ned spent 10 days in gaol.

Ned is arrested

May 14, 1870

Ned has been arrested as an apprentice bushranger on two charges for highway robbery. He is released six weeks later from the KynetonGaol for the lak of evidence.

Ned is imprisoned

Aug 2, 1871

Ned is imprisoned for assulting and insulting a women.

Ned works as a tree-feller

Jan 1, 1874

From 1874-1877 Ned works a farm labourer and a tree-feller

Ned becomes a horse napper

Mar 12, 1877

Ned and his stepfather, George King start a horse stealing buisness.

Ned is arrested for drunkeness

Sep 1, 1877

Ned is arrested for drunkness. Whilst he was being escorted by 4 policemen he broke free and ran into a shop. The police failed to catch him. Ned later gave himself up to a justice of the peace and was fined.

Ned's mother is arrested

Oct 12, 1878

Ned's mother is sentenced to 3 years of hard labour in gaol for attempted murder of Constable Fitzpatrick.

The Kelly Gang are officially outlaws

Oct 31, 1878

The Kelly Gang are delared outlaws by the Victorian Government.

The last stand

Jun 28, 1880

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PleokU4YqU It started with a gun battle with the Victoria police. Most of the Kelly gang was killed and Ned was shot in the leg. It ended with Ned Kelly's famous "Last Stand".

Ned is commited to a trial of murder.

Aug 11, 1880

Ned is going to be murded in the Beachworth Magistrates' Coart.

Ned is found guilty of murder

Oct 29, 1880

Ned has been found guilty of murder in the Supreme Coart, Melbourne. He is then sentenced to death by hanging.

Ned Kelly is hanged

Nov 11, 1880

Ned is hanged in the old Melbourne Gaol. Ned's last words are, " Such is life".

Ned Kelly's skull stolen

Mar 18, 1978

A skull thought to have been Ned Kelly's was stolen from it's display case at the National Trust's old Melbourne gaol. It had been missing for 30years. This was until a West Australian farmer, Tom Baxter handed it back the authorities in Victoria in 2009.

Ned Kelly is identified

Mar 1, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1uCmKZcEHI Ned Kelly's remains have been found in Melbourne. They were identified by using DNA from his skull.