wow @krystle! Such an amazing amount of research had to go into that, so much of that I had never heard and I have always loved Ned for his revolutionary spirit and philosophical wisdom and true faith... you've just sent me urges to research a few things too !
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Thanks hun that's awesome to hear, I ended up watching soooo many docos about Ned and there are still so many inconsistencies in the different versions of some key events.
I found a doco where they are currently excavating the site of the old inn at Glenrowan, and even in spite of all the years that have passed and the firing of the inn and then a subsequent building going up and down - they have found evidence that supports the location to be that of the famous siege.
There were countless bullet casings of both the officers and the Kelly Gang, they even found fragments of bone when the got down to the level of the old inn.
There is so much division in the historical societies it's hard to know who is right in their assumptions, I tried to follow the most logical path for whom Ned appeared to be - the legend most Aussies idolise for standing up to the man.
Glad you liked it and that it has inspired you to check things out, I personally found the different versions of the story told in wikipedia vs a Ned Kelly site run by a .gov.au address - so many different accounts for the same events.
yes, the official line gets passed down but the truth and a certain energy keeps eating away at it... interesting about Glenrowan too I am very out of the news loop especially for Aus, so thanks again. He would have been a massive threat to the redcoats... speaking truth to/about power in the relatively new colony founded with criminals...
If you want to hear another angle again here's some rather telling details often left out of our history books:
Before the end of transportation in 1840, more than 50,000 Irish 'rebels' were exiled to Australia. Their mistrust of British authority came with them, along with their vehement independence as Catholics, specifically excluded from holding public office or government positions until after 1900. It has been argued that this independence of the Irish contributed to the showdown with Ned Kelly and the police at Glenrowan in 1880.
Many of the transported convicts were also agitators, machine breakers, political activists and union organisers. These included the Scottish lawyer Thomas Muir, transported in 1794 for handing out copies of Tom Paine's The Rights of Man.
I found this here - http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/ned-kelly
I found that rather compelling and it supports a theory I came across that explains that not only Ned but his father had been persecuted by the police even before he was sent to Australia - who knows if he really stole the cattle, or if Red also caused the people to stand up to the unjust police force.
Anyways I know too much now lol, but there really seems to be a lot more of the untold story that gets lost in amongst the hype and legend.
ha! Famous words "I know too much now"... absolutely these people would have been separated and persecuted even before arrival... i think they would have wanted to keep check of them from organising with other anti establishment types, which many would have been back then...I am working on you guys getting transported to Mexico
Exactly just shocking to see how far back the control of people's beliefs and rights went.
lmao about getting us to Mexico hun, I appreciate it but not seeing how even if we had the means that we could inflict that sort of turmoil on the kids - I just don't see how'd they cope and figuring out another countries therapists could be insane.
Adam and I have always dreamt about moving somewhere else, but since the kids diagnosis we've been locked down for therapy, therapists, routines, doctors and specialists.
With the progress the kids are making lately, I at least can dream of a future where this may be a possibility.
Where abouts are you these days?
Sorry to bug you with this something as an Aussie I was unaware of until yesterday, was that we used to display his severed head at a museum in the 70's - there is also evidence of illegal autopsies being carried out on his remains, hence why the head was detached.
Some days it's easy to be ashamed of being Australian.