Four horseman rode out from the heart of the range,
Four horseman with aspects forbidding and strange. They were booted and spurred, they were armed to the teeth, And they frowned as they looked at the valley beneath, As forward they rode through the rocks and the fern - Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. Ned Kelly drew rein and he shaded his eyes - 'The town's at our mercy! See yonder it lies! To hell with the troopers!' - he shook his clenched fist - 'We will shoot them like dogs if they dare to resist!' And all of them nodded, grim-visaged and stern - Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. Through the gullies and creeks they rode silently down; They stuck-up the station and raided the town; They opened the safe and they looted the bank; They laughed and were merry, they ate and they drank. Then off to the ranges they went with their gold - Oh! never were bandits more reckless and bold. But time brings its punishment, time travels fast - And the outlaws were trapped in Glenrowan at last, Where three of them died in the smoke and the flame, And Ned Kelly came back - to the last he was game. But the Law shot him down (he was fated to hang), And that was the end of the bushranging gang. Whatever their faults and whatever their crimes, Their deeds lend romance to those faraway times. They have gone from the gullies they haunted of old, And nobody knows where they buried their gold. To the ranges they loved they will never return - Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. But at times when I pass through that sleepy old town Where the far-distant peaks of Strathbogie look down I think of the days when those grim ranges rang To the galloping hooves of the bushranging gang. Though the years bring oblivion, time brings a change, The ghosts of the Kellys still ride from the range. |
Who is Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly was a famous bushranger who stole gold and murdered three policeman. He wore special armour that was made of solid iron and covered his whole body except for his feet. Ned Kelly was like Robin Hood for most people, he showed that even a poor man could still get a bit of luck. He was caught by a single bullet to the feet and he was hanged for his crime. As a young boy, Ned Kelly thought about being a bushranger since his father had died and he had to help his mother and his family to survive. It was a harsh life, living in a hot, bleak and barren place where crops were hard to grow and money was hard to come by. So he took to bushranging to help bring food and comfort to his family. |
Famous Bushrangers
There were many famous bushrangers during the Gold Rush such as Mad Dog Morgan, Captain Moonlight, Captain ThunderBolt, Captain Midnight and the most famous Ned Kelly . Many bushrangers were caught or died of some incident but the most famous bushranger that was taken in was Ned Kelly. Lots of different bushrangers were wanted for many reasons, some committed murder and theft, and some were wanted dead or alive and others were simply wanted dead. |
The ARMOUR
The armour that ned kelly wore covered all of his body but his weak spot was his feet because they had no armour the feet and thats how he got caught
The kelly Gang
The Kelly gang was made up of Ned Kelly , Dan Kelly ,Joe Byrne and Steve Hart they were all eventually arrested and they all died.
Ned Kelly had got a wax mould of his face the day he was to be hanged yet none of the other people in the kelly gang got wax moulds of their faces.
Ned Kelly had got a wax mould of his face the day he was to be hanged yet none of the other people in the kelly gang got wax moulds of their faces.
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly was wanted for theft and anyone who found him would be granted 2000 pounds.
He first started being a hero when he saved a little boy who caught caught in the tide of a river,but suddenly Ned put out his hand and saved the little boy.
He first started being a hero when he saved a little boy who caught caught in the tide of a river,but suddenly Ned put out his hand and saved the little boy.