Ned Kelly riding Music

A 133-year-old letter describing the dramatic capture of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, recently donated to the State Library of Victoria, describes how his faithful mare followed him among the trees as the final stages of the shootout unfolded. The letter by Scotsman Donald Gray Sutherland, dated July 8, 1880, provides an account during the siege at Glenrowan in which an armour-clad Kelly was shot and captured.

Sutherland’s letter to his parents in Scotland, says: “The Kelly’s are annihilated. The gang is completely destroyed …”

Sutherland even enclosed a lock of hair from Kelly’s horse with the letter, noting in the postscript: “The hair enclosed is from the tail of Ned Kelly the famous murderer and bushranger’s mare. His favourite mare who followed him all around the trees during the firing. He said he wouldn’t care for himself if he thought his mare safe.”

“He was wounded in 5 or 6 places, only in the arms and legs – His body and head being encased in armour made from the moule (sic) boards of a lot of ploughs

“After his capture he became very tame and conversed freely with those who knew him. Not having the pleasure of his acquaintance I did not speak to him although I should have liked very much to ask why he never stuck up the Bank of Victoria at Oxley.

“Poor Ned, I was really sorry for him. To see him lying pierced by bullets and still showing no signs of pain.”

Ned Kelly Australian Bush Ranger

Such is life

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Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers ...

Criminal penalty: Death

Criminal status: Executed

Cause of death: Execution by hanging

Died: 11 November 1880 (aged 25); Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, Australia

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20 cm across

19 cm high

9 cm depth

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Made on the Gold Coast Australia

Package Contents:

1 x Ned Kelly on his horse Music