Wednesday 26 February 2020

Ned Kelly's Last Stand



Ned Kelly's Last Stand

          About 236 kilometers northeast of Melbourne is the small town of Glenrowan where the infamous bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang made their last stand.

          On June 27th 1880, the Kelly Gang took 62 hostages and kept them at Ann Jones' Glenrowan Inn and waited for the police.

          With the inn set on fire as a way of flushing the gang members out, the Kelly Gang fought it out with the police. Ned Kelly's brother Dan and Joe Byrne were killed during the siege. Ned Kelly, wearing a bullet proof armour, was shot down and captured.

          The last seven photos show the spots where the bloody action took place.

          Today, business establishments in Glenrowan are banking heavily on the popularity of Ned Kelly and his gang and business has been good. The legend of Ned Kelly lives.

- Konted


Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Gelnrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Wictoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Glenrowan in Victoria

Actual site where the Kelly Gang made their last stand in 1880

Members of the Police Force were positioned here during the siege.

Police station near the actual site. As this station was still non-existent in 1880, there was a horse stable for the Mounted Police.

Train station across Glenrowan Inn. Reporters took cover here during the siege.

Policemen, on board a train, were actually responding to an emergency call from the nearby town of Beechworth when news broke out that Ned Kelly and his gang were occupying Ann Jones' Glenrown Inn.

The actual site where Ned Kelly was shot down and captured.

Sergeant Steele fired the shot that seriously wounded Ned Kelly.
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