Ned Kelly Cruelty

Is Ned Kelly, a hero? A, villain? Or is he a victim? Many people have a different opinion on this topic. There is no doubt that Ned Kelly was a hero and a victim because he was one of the Australian greatest bushranger, who not only outsmarted the police but also stood up for his family’s rights.

He was no longer in the Greta Mob gang, he was in the Kelly gang. He had a master plan, but he was betrayed by a friend who told the police everything. It all came down to a shoot-out, but Ned Kelly did not win, even though he was wearing metal armour. He was shot in the leg and taken to court were he was sentenced to be hung. On the 11th of November Ned Kelly was hung, and his last words were “such is life”.

Ned was a victim for many reasons that were out of his control. He was victimised because he was raised in an Irish family and because he was the oldest male in his family he had to take up the role of his father and it would have been hard growing up with no role model. Almost all of the male members of his family were involved in crime. This forced Ned to become a criminal because the police thought of him as one of the Kelly family and a criminal. Ned grew up in an Irish family and his family were criminals this means for the rest of Ned’s life he would be victimised by the federal authorities. This makes Ned a victim of colonial society.

Ned Kelly was an Australian bushranger who was born in 1854 in the bush north of Melbourne. He is famous for doing both bad and good things. We remember him today for the bad choices he made because of the bad things in this life. Throughout his life bad things happened to him and this is why he is a victim. Firstly, the police treated him unfairly, secondly, people were racist against him because he was Irish and lastly, his punishment was too harsh.

Even though many consider Ned Kelly to be a significant national representative of Australian culture and heroism, the evil deeds that Ned Kelly committed during his life were not forgotten on the 27th of June, 1880. His criminal record was mostly overshadowed by his brave, courageous and loyal traits that won him the love of his people

He believed that what he was doing was right and just, even though it was against the law. His final words, “Such is life”, suggest that he tried his hardest to do what he thought was right, to protect his friends and family, but that happened to be the wrong thing, and got him, and his friends killed. Ned Kelly was born in 1855, and lived until he was 25 years old, when he was hung for the acts he committed during his life. He had two brothers and five sisters, and for most of his life he only had his mother to look after him. He is seen by many as a hero, a good man who protected his friends and family, but also as a villain, who killed policemen and robbed banks. Ned Kelly was justly convicted for his crimes and paid the

Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Australian bushranger of Irish descent, he is a well-known Australian legend from the 18 hundreds. Ned Kelly has done some good, bad and plain out evil things in his life, but what if there is a reason to this? Back in the 18 hundreds things were not as great as some might think…. And Ned Kelly and his family fell victim to many things ranging from poverty to poor role models. No doubt about it Ned Kelly is an Australian legend who has done many things in his short life…. But what if there is more to how he got to the point of robbing banks and shooting Police officers? Ned Kelly was born December 1854 and lived 25 years dying in 1880. But one question that still plays on peoples mind is he a victim, villain or hero? Here is my evidence on why I think Ned Kelly is a victim and not a villain or hero.

This man is truly the worst criminal that Australia has ever seen in its entire history. Ned Kelly robbed banks, murdered three men and stole horses and cattle. Ned was part of the Kelly gang. There is no doubt he was the worst of them, he schemed all the villainous plans, he was the one who killed all three policemen and before the gang was even created he stole many farming families horses and cattle. If you don’t think this man is a villain from what I have said so far I don’t know what to say. He shot three men dead with no mercy (pg52), he attempted to derail a police train (pg102) with no care how many men where on that train and he stole hundreds possibly thousands of horses and cattle. (pg1).

The convicts did not follow this conduct and most believed that the Australian natives were ‘barely human’ (MacDougall .A.K 2004). The population ratio of British settlers in Australia to the natives, drastically altered over the century in the result of rapid colonisation and the conflicts which the Commonwealth of Australia Official Year Books explicitly depicts. The British settlers came in masses bringing a new society and culture to the land. The indigenous people were not familiar with an individual possession society and believed that the stock on the land was to be hunted and used as a food source. This is epitomised in a letter sent to the editor of The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser by Daniel Eaton in 1838, stating that ‘five horses [were] killed, and four others were wounded… a hundred head of cattle killed and the flocks and herds were driven away in all directions by the blacks’ (Convict Creations, 2013). Newspapers from the time showed that the British reacted to the natives by killing them off the land and believed that the ‘Natives should be slaughtered…[because] they are baboons, blood thirsty dogs and black animals’ (Stewart D,1986). The British were not interested in negotiating with the natives of the land and believed their culture was inhuman wasting the land. Governor Gawler stated in a newspaper article, ‘Black men- we wish to make you happy, but you cannot be

Why do Australians idolize Ned Kelly? Ned Kelly wasn't a man to be idolized, he was a villain disguised as a vigilante, An unearthly, inhumane and devilish man. He committed his first crimes at the age of twelve by stealing a horse from his neighbour, displaying downright harassing behaviour. Not only harassing people, he also took to a life of crime at an early age by teaming up with a known bushranger, a bushranger who spent thirty-two years of his life in jail. The poor choices Ned made, not only harmed ordinary townspeople but also harmed his own family. The harassing he did, and threatened to do was downright deadly. Ned Kelly would stick-up innocent hawkers who are just trying to do their jobs, he had the choice to be a good man, but he turned to the life of crime and robbery. No hero would ever dream of doing that. All of these facts further go to support my argument as to why I think Ned Kelly wasn't an Australian legend, but an Australian Villain.

Ned Kelly was a very famous Australian Bushranger who was well known for his courage and bravery. The character of Ned Kelly is considered as either a murderous villain or the Robin Hood of Australia. Ned Kelly is more commonly portrayed as the Robin Hood of Australia for people in the modern society, after considering his heritage on Australia during his life. There are many interpretations of Ned Kelly’s life and character, which help people make judgements whether he is a murderous villain or a hero. Such interpretations include the film “Ned Kelly” (2003) as well as the documentary “Australia is still divided over Ned Kelly”. Throughout the film Ned Kelly, the main scenes which show the character of Ned Kelly as The Robin Hood are such

On the 26th of January 1788, Australia was settled by the British who came in the First Fleet. The First Fleet was made up of 11 ships, holding 1,350 convicts, soldiers and settlers. Australia became the new penal colony as prisons were overflowing in Britain due to America’s Independence and refusal to take more convicts. Recently, there has been much debate over whether this colonisation of Australia was an invasion or settlement. An invasion is an unwelcome intrusion into another’s domain. Whereas a settlement is the process of establishing a settlement or settlements. Clearly, when considering these definitions, it can be seen that the colonisation of Australia was intended to be a peaceful settlement, but soon turned

Australia was first claimed by Captain Cook in early 1770, but it wasn’t settled until 1788 when the first fleet of 11 ships arrived at Botany Bay, carrying 1,530 passengers - mostly convicts, as well as some marines and officers. They moved to Port Jackson to begin establishing a settlement. Specific prisoners were chosen for the trip, the ones with skills in building, farming and other things that would have been useful to create a “liveable” environment for the new inhabitants. The first “free” settlers only arrived in 1793, thus beginning the colonisation of New South Wales.

The process of colonisation by European powers, as might be expected, has had a radical effect on Aboriginal culture. The settlers viewed the natives as barbarians, seizing tribal land and, in many cases, following a policy of pacification by force. Many others died of disease, starvation, cultural dislocation and neglect. Today, there are fewer than 230,000 Aborigines in Australia, less than 2% of the population.

Penal colonies are places when some send their inmates to be exiled. It was said that about 160,000 people were brought into Australia. Many Europeans decided to immigrate to Australia and because of this and after a while the economy and colonies of Australia, under the British rule, started to grow (Austrailian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade).