Australia's Love Of Ned Kelly-The larrikin Hero
Before we can understand why Australian loves Ned Kelly, we need to find out what is Larrikin? Larrikin is a boisterous, often badly behaved young man or a person with apparent disregard for convention, a maverick. Ned Kelly is one the most great example of larrikin. He is the iconic figure of Australia - a tragic, confused but brave-hearted man who, in many ways, sums up the history of this contradictory continent. Besides, Kelly is known as Australian iron outlaw, bushranger, gang leader, convict police murdered and best known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with police. So, why Australian still love Ned Kelly as a larrikin?
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Before we could understand why Australians love larrikin, we need to find out what is Aussie male stereotype? Firstly, Australian really loves beers, such as: Fosters - it is one of the least popular beers in Australia and god knows Aussies love their beer. Fosters has gained popularity largely through exports thus leading to the false notion that Australians survive on Fosters. Not only that, but the Australian also ride kangaroos or emus to a show or a festival, having a pet koala, wrestling crocs in some speciall events or tanned, blonde athletic or spend leisure time at the beach and outdoor. So is the larrikin a Australian stereotype and Australian favourite? Let's get back to Ned Kelly – an Australian iron outlaw who is also known as a Larrikin. According to Australian Geographic, these are some facts about Ned Kelly: 1854/1855: Born Edward Kelly in Beveridge, north of Melbourne. 1869: A 14-year-old Kelly assaults a Chinese pig farmer and spends close to two weeks in police custody. October 1870: Arrested again for assault. 1871: Arrested for riding a stolen horse and fighting with police. Sentenced to three years' jail April 1878: Ned Kelly goes into hiding after being accused of assaulting a police officer. October 1878: Ned Kelly and his gang kill three police from a group sent to track him down at Stringy Bark Creek in bushland near Mansfield. December 1878: Ned Kelly and his gang hold up a bank in Euroa.
February 1879: Ned Kelly and his gang dress as cops and rob a bank in Jerilderie.
June 1880: Shootout between police and the Kelly gang at Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly is arrested, the three members of his gang die in the shootout.
October 1880: Ned Kelly faces trial and is sentenced to death.
11 November 1880: Ned Kelly is hanged. Two Melbourne newspapers report his last words as "Such is life".
1929: The remains of prisoners, including Ned Kelly's remains, transferred from Old Melbourne Gaol to Pentridge Prison.
November 2009: A skull believed to belong to Ned Kelly is given to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification. Efforts to identify his remains among those exhumed from Pentridge Prison begin.
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According to a website is called 'debate.org', 76% say yes and 24% say no about a debate that " Is Ned kelly an Australian hero? " And one of the most opinion is written by a unknown blogger that I agree is that "he is an hero because Ned stood up for his sister against an unqualified constable because she was wrongly treated. And when he was younger he saved a young boy from drowning in a river". Besides, Ned Kelly was extremely royal to his family. The reason for that when he was a wanted man with $8000 reward, he could left Victoria or Australia but he did not leave. Even Ned Kelly is a criminal or larrikin but why he is still a hero and Australian loves
him? Futhermores, from my perspective Ned Kelly is a hero because he not just fight for what he believe which is social inequalities of his day should be righted, but he was also fighting for his life and also lifes of his friends and teammate which is his gang. Ned Kelly's last stand was on 29 June after in the early morning knocked down 3 polices. According to National Geographic, after 30 minutes battle Ned Kelly's leg was shot which was not covered by his armour, he fell to the ground and was arrested after . At that moment before Kelly was hang, his last word was " Such is life" which can be understood is that he did try the hardest to live and fighted for what he believed, his family and his friends. So what Ned Kelly connect to now or what Ned has contributed to Australia? Ned Kelly's armour belongs to Australia's most famous outlaw and "The Armour" is located in the Dome Galleries of the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, as part of the Changing face of Victoria exhibition. Not only that, one Kelly death mask was put on display in Bourke Street, and was no doubt a source of fascination for the Victorian public. After all, Ned Kelly left a number of his armour and the history to Australia nowadays. Not only that, there are many songs, story and film has been written or created which is based on Ned Kelly's life. Such as: Ned Kelly which is a film was shown in 2003 with the main character was played by Heath Ledger. Ned Kelly's amours Ned Kelly died as a honor and loyal man to his family and friends who is also know as a larrikan or bushranger. He became a hero and we all know the reason why Australian love Ned Kelly – Larrikin hero. Moreovers, what Ned Kelly had done in the past is always recorded in Australia history. Overall, as a Larrikin hero or a legend, some fascinating things will make Ned Kelly more legendary.
Edward Ned Kelly (1855-1880), an Australian bushranger, was born in June, 1855, at Beveridge, Victoria. He was the eldest son of John Red Kelly, an immigrant from Ireland, and Ellen, also an immigrant from Ireland. Ned Kelly was most known for stealing horses and robbing from banks. Some people think that Ned Kelly is a victim because he and his family were victimized by police. The Kelly’s were blamed for many crimes hey didn’t commit, Fitzpatrick abused Kate Kelly and got away with it and Ned’s mum (Ellen Quinn Kelly) was gaoled for a crime she didn’t commit.
Frank and Jesse had talked about forming a gang with Cole Younger, but Jesse was not with them when they committed their first robbery in February of 1866. Jesse joined in October. It wasn’t until March 1867 that they pulled their first job together. They tried to rob a bank at Savannah. All three aimed at the bank president, but all were bad shots and only one bullet barely touched him. This job was not successful. Two months later a man and his fifteen-year-old son were found dead and the blame was placed on Jesse. He was very attached to his mother and usually hid out at her house after pulling a job.
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