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Final resting place: Ned Kelly may be buried with his mother in Greta cemetery, as he requested in the final line of his last letter (left). Main picture: Craig Borrow Source: Herald Sun
[release][B]NED Kelly's final wish has been granted almost 131 years after his execution, paving the way for him to be buried near his mother, brothers and sisters in a simple grave.[/B]
Kelly's family is now considering a public memorial to farewell the nation's most notorious son.
The Herald Sun can reveal Attorney-General Robert Clark yesterday agreed to return Kelly's bullet-riddled remains to his descendants so they could meet his final request to be buried in consecrated ground.
A small cemetery in the Greta church yard south of Glenrowan - where Kelly's mother Ellen, several of his brothers and sisters and other relatives rest in unmarked graves - is their preferred option.
But hundreds of members of the wider family must now be consulted.
Kelly's family, Heritage Victoria and the State Government have been at pains to stress his grave should not become a shrine for devotees of the bushranger.
But the likely burial place's proximity to the popular Kelly trail makes it almost certain to become a tourist attraction.
The day before he was hanged Kelly wrote to the governor of the Melbourne Gaol asking "permission for my friends to have my body that they might bury it in consecrated ground".
His great-grand nephew, Anthony Griffiths, said it was overwhelming to finally get permission to meet Kelly's wish.
"It is significant from the Australian public's perception, but from the family's perception this has been a long-running issue that has caused a lot of grief to think a wrong had been done," Mr Griffiths said.
"But now we are able to put that wrong right. It's about recognising that this is a man, this is a member of our family and we want to give him a dignified burial like any family does.
"Greta is a preferred option, but there are a lot of logistics to be worked out before it is finalised.
"We are considering having a public memorial service because we recognise there are a lot of Australians that would like to be part of that final farewell and we would then have a private family service."
Friday will mark the 131st anniversary of Kelly's execution.
The identification of Kelly's remains was announced in September after a 20-month investigation of historical, medical and DNA evidence by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. It found a match to one of 24 skeletons exhumed from Pentridge Prison and gave the remains to his descendants.
After he was hanged, Kelly was decapitated, dissected and buried in a non-consecrated yard at the Melbourne Gaol.
His body was transferred to Pentridge in 1929 and exhumed in 2009.[/release]
[quote] After he was hanged, Kelly was decapitated, dissected and buried in a non-consecrated yard at the Melbourne Gaol. [/quote]
God damn. Was that really necessary?
Hung, drawn and quartered, possibly.
Although burying in a non-consecrated yard is technically heresy so
Am I the only one that heard " non-consecrated " and thought they needed a paladin?
[QUOTE=der_crow;33187088]Am I the only one that heard " non-consecrated " and thought they needed a paladin?[/QUOTE]
Thinkin of paladins...
[i]That's a paddlin[/i]
I'm not sure how accurate the shootout at the end of the movie was, but if it was accurate at all, he's a fucking badass.
He put a bucket on his head and shot people.
A hero worth remembering because these events were later presented in a romantised manner in pop culture.
[QUOTE=Falchion;33187814]He put a bucket on his head and shot people.
A hero worth remembering because these events were later presented in a romantised manner in pop culture.[/QUOTE]
A man who died fighting against a corrupt police force, and took a lot of the bastards with him
Didn't his Armor stopped some bullets killing him?
Yes. Unfortunately the places where he *didn't* armor up (his legs) were what ultimately took him down.
Either buckets were made of titanium back then or bullets were made of wood.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;33192115]Either buckets were made of titanium back then or bullets were made of wood.[/QUOTE]
Well, Bullets back then probably didn't have as big velocity, and buckets back then weren't made with lighter and cheaper materials which are more available today.
The buckets were probably made of steel. (Not plastic or aluminum.) Which means they probably weren't light either.
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As you can see by this graph.
Also
" as a result he died from a shot to the groin."
Though from some quick research, his armor wasn't made from actual buckets.
[quote]Kelly's bullet-riddled remains[/quote]
He was hung, not shot...
Why would they be bullet ridden? Any bullet wounds he had in his legs where treated as he could stand in court
[QUOTE=ksenior;33194861]He was hung, not shot...
Why would they be bullet ridden? Any bullet wounds he had in his legs where treated as he could stand in court[/QUOTE]
All the shooting it took to capture him would've still taken its toll
[QUOTE=Falchion;33187814]He put a bucket on his head and shot people.
A hero worth remembering because these events were later presented in a romantised manner in pop culture.[/QUOTE]
The police back in those days were corrupted as fuck, he pretty much gave to the poor by stealing off the rich. That's why Australia now days remembers him as a hero.
Also a bucket over your head makes people godly, like buckethead
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The swag is in the bucket yo'
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