My Real Life Superhero

Did you know that? Ned Kelly (1855-1880) (Edward to his Mum) had brown hair but a dirty read beard and moustache. His Dad was Irish and nick-named Red because of his raid hair. When Ned was 11 he saved a boy named Richard Shelton from drowning in Hughes Creek Avenel Victoria. Richard''s parents gave Ned a green silk sash to thank him for rescuing their son. Ned wore that sash at the Last Stand at Glenrowan where he was finally captured by policemen and taken to Old Melbourne Gaol where he was eventually hanged. Ned and Dan really did hide out in the Wombat Ranges near Mansfield Victoria when the dreadful police trooper (Fitzpatrick) claimed Ned had tried to kill him. 100 rewards were issued for the brother''s capture. It was in these mountains that Joe Byrne (born 1857) and Steve Hart (born 1860) joined the brothers . . . all four riding as ''THE KELLY GANG Ned''s armour was made from the bits of old plough. It actually weighed over 40 Kilos. Even though he was the last man left standing at Glenrowan in June 1880 (where the gang was finally destroyed) . . . . . . it was bullet wounds in the legs that left Ned too injured to escape.