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Bushranger Ned Kelly's remains found after search by investigators
couriermail.com.au ^
| 09-01-11
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Posted on 08/31/2011 4:51:29 PM PDT by steveo
THE remains of notorious bushranger Ned Kelly have been found at the former Melbourne prison, Pentridge.
An exhaustive 20-month search through historical and genetic records has unearthed one of the most colourful chapters in Australian history, and a man who Attorney-General Robert Clark this morning called "one of the most controversial characters" in our national identity.
A DNA sample from Kelly's sister's great grandson, Leigh Oliver, confirmed the remains were those of the bushranger.
Doctors and scientists at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine identified the body.
Kelly's remains have long been rumoured to be at Pentridge.
Attorney General Robert Clark said the efforts of the forensic team were extraordinary.
"To think a group of scientists could identify the body of a man who was executed more than 130 years ago, and moved and buried in a haphazard fashion among 33 other prisoners most of whom are not identified, is amazing," Mr Clark said
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; australia; frederickdeeming; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; hero; jacktheripper; leigholiver; melbourneprison; nedkelly; outlaw
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Many in Oz revere Ned as a hero...
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posted on
08/31/2011 4:51:39 PM PDT
by
steveo
To: steveo
The Man
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posted on
08/31/2011 4:54:50 PM PDT
by
steveo
(PETO-VT-IN-MARI-SVB-CRVCE-AVSTRALI-SEPELIAR)
To: steveo
I thought this was him
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posted on
08/31/2011 4:55:20 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states.)
To: steveo
Kelly, dressed in home-made plate metal armor and helmet, was captured and sent to jail, maybe it was way too heavy
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:01:19 PM PDT
by
molson209
To: steveo
To: steveo
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:12:20 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
To: steveo
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:16:12 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: molson209
No, it didn't protect his legs. So they shot him in the legs and brought him down.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:18:18 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: steveo
For those not familiar with Australian history and Ned Kelly, here's his Wikipedia entry:
Ned Kelly
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:18:29 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: steveo
And others regard him as a cop-killing armed robber, who planned mass murder. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:19:57 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: mware
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:21:22 PM PDT
by
Krankor
To: steveo
Wiki- Bushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. The term "bushranger" then evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base.[2] These bushrangers were roughly analogous to British "highwaymen" and American "Old West outlaws," and their crimes often included robbing small-town banks or coach services.
In 1869, the 14-year-old Ned Kelly was arrested for assaulting a Chinese pig farmer named Ah Fook.
One of those Ah Fook moments in one's life.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:30:13 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: naturalman1975
No, it didn't protect his legs. So they shot him in the legs and brought him down. Yeah, that was the flaw in the T-100 series Terminators
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:31:46 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
To: Krankor
The best musical group to ever come out of Oz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:32:22 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
To: mware
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:32:58 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
To: mware
Ha! I love that song. I could swear their bass fiddle player is Peter Sellers.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:48:43 PM PDT
by
Krankor
To: okie01
That story, if fleshed out, would make a darned good read.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:51:18 PM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(The U.S. Government has become a criminal enterprise! None of us are safe.)
To: SunkenCiv
This probably doesn’t really qualify for GGG status, but After our discussion of armor the other day, I thought you might find it interesting.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:51:32 PM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: Krankor
LOL,that would be Athol Guy, who played double bass, vocals. He still wears those funkie glasses.
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posted on
08/31/2011 5:54:14 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
To: mware
Liked them in my day! She was very pretty. I like this one also.
Georgy Girl
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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