1. NED KELLY - PRIMARY & SECONDARY SOURCES
You are an historian studying the life and times of Ned Kelly
(June 1854 – 11 November 1880).

2. WORKSHEET
Write on your worksheet if the following are primary or secondary sources
Imagine that these sources were in front of you.

3. Photograph of Ned Kelly in 1878

4. .
JERILDERIE LETTER
Originally penned in 1879 by Joe Byrne as dictated to him by Ned Kelly, this letter was first published in the 1948 edition of Australian Son.

5. QUICK FACTS from http://www. slv. vic. gov
Ned Kelly:
was born in June 1855, in Beveridge, Victoria
died at the gallows in Melbourne Gaol, on 11 November 1880
was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn
as a child, saved another boy from drowning – the boy's family awarded him a green silk sash in recognition of his bravery
was in love with his cousin, Kate Lloyd, whom he visited just days before the siege in Glenrowan
uttered the famous last words 'Ah well, I suppose it has come to this' or 'Such is life', depending on which version of the story you hear.

6. BOOKS
Australian Son The Story of Ned Kelly Max Brown First published 1948 This edition 2005

7. COMIC BOOKS from the 1940’s

8. PHOTOGRAPHS
Ellen Kelly’s (Ned's mother) eventual release from prison was celebrated by this photograph taken at the Kelly homestead in early 1881.

9. Photograph of Ned Kelly’s sister taken in 1880.
Kate Kelly played a lesser role in the Kelly saga than her older sister Maggie. At age fourteen she became the centre of Constable Fitzpatrick’s infatuation which led to the fateful confrontation.

10. Photograph of Jim Kelly, 1880
Jim Kelly, four years Ned’s junior, was serving a three year sentence for horse stealing when his brothers were outlawed and was not released until January 1880.

11. KELLY’s Original ARMOUR
Kelly Gang’s individual armour

12. DRAWING by a news artist 29 th June 1880
Aaron Sherritt’s murder( 26 June 1880) as imagined by a Newspaper artist. Joe fired the fatal shots; Dan Kelly holds neighbour Anton Wick. Wick was used to call Aaron outside.

13. Ned Kelly’s death mask 1880

14. FILMS of Ned Kelly’s life 1987-2003