Ned Kelly Chronology

The Life and Times of Australian Bush Ranger Ned Kelly

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1820
Feb 20John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, is born in Killenaule Tip. Ireland. Ref 
1841
Jan 01John "Red" Kelly, aged twenty-one, later to be the father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, was found guilty by a jury of stealing two pigs valued at 10 shillings each and is sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia. Ref 
Jul 31John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, is transfered from jail in Ireland to the convict ship 'The Prince Regent' in the port of Dublin. Ref 
Aug 07John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, sails in the convict ship 'The Prince Regent' in the port of Dublin with 182 convicts on board to the prison colony called Van Diemens Land, now Tasmania. Ref 
1842
Jan 02John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, arrives on the convict ship 'The Prince Regent' in the Derwent River, Van Diemens Land, now Tasmania. By this time he had already served one year of his sentence and the next six years were spent at convict and labouring jobs in Tasmania. Ref 
1845
Jul 11John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, his ticket of leave from the prison colony in Tasmania. Ref 
1848
Jan 11John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, his Certificate of Freedom from the prison colony in Tasmania. Ref 
1850
Nov 18Ellen Elizabeth Quinn and John "Red" Kelly are married in in St. Francis's Church, Melbourne by Fr. Gerald Ward. They will become the parents of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly. Ref 
1851
Feb 25Mary Jane Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born. She dies later in the same year (date unknown).Ref 
1853
Nov 15(day unknown) Anne Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born. Ref 
1855
Jun 15(day unknown) or 1854(?) Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born near Beveridge in what is now Victoria, Australia, of John and Ellen Kelly. Ref 
1857
Nov 05Tom Lloyd, sometimes known as the fifth member of the Ned Kelly gang and husband to Ned's sister Maggie, is born. Ref 
1859
Jul 31James Kelly, brother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born. Ref 
1861
May 01Daniel Kelly, brother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born. Ref 
1863
Jul 12Catherine Ada "Kate" Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly is born. Ref 
1865
May 28John Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, made a desperate effort to get food for his hungry family, now six children. He killed a heifer-calf that had strayed into his paddock. Ref 
May 29John Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, is accused of theft of a calf killed the previous day by his neighbor, Morgan. A search warrant was issued and Constable Doxey found part of the heifer hanging on a hook and the hide of the beast was found under the bed with Morgan's brand cut out. At Avenal police station, John Kelly was fined £25 or six months in prison with hard labor. Shortly thereafter, a kindly neighbor paid the fine and Kelly was released from jail. Ref 
Aug 10Ellen Kelly, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, gives birth to her 7th child, a daughter named Grace. Ref 
Oct 03John "Red" Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, personally registers his eighth and last child, Grace, in Campions store in Avenel. 
1866
Dec 27John Kelly, father of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, died from consumption. Ned is 12 years old. Ref 
1869
Oct 14A Chinese hawker named Ah Fook stops at Ellen Kelly's house, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, and asks for a drink of water. He could have easily got it from the creek, but it was said that he was a police informer and was trying to find out whether Ellen Kelly illegal sold liquor. Ned's sister Anne offered Ah Fook a pannikin of water from the creek, the hawker tasted it, spat it out, and began waving his arms wildly. Shortly, Ah Fook angrily turned on Ned, waving a bamboo stick. The boy took it from him, belted him on the shins, and chased him down the road. Kelly was 14 years old. Ref 
Oct 15Sergeant Whelan arrives at Eleven Mile Creek, arrests Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, and takes him to the Benella lock-up for the previous day's altercation with Ah Fook. Ref 
Oct 16Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, is charged with robbery and violence. Sergeant Whelan stated that the prisoner had robbed Ah Fook of ten shillings and threatened to beat him to death two days earlier. Fourteen year old Kelly was remanded, without bail and locked up. Ref 
Oct 26Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, a magistrate dismisses the charges of robbery and violence. But in the eyes of the police, Ned was a "juvenile bushranger". Ref 
1870
May 05Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged fifteen, was arrested for "highway robbery under arms". He was an accomplice to the "polite" bushranger, Harry Powers. Ref 
May 12At the Benella Courthouse, charges of "highway robbery under arms" were dismissed against Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged fifteen, for lack of evidence, but is not release from jail for another six weeks. Ref 
Jun 23Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged fifteen, is again released from jail for a lack of evidence. He had been held "concerned in a highway robbery under arms with [bushranger Harry] Power" and the police had hoped that Ned would reveal something of the Power's whereabouts. He didn't. Ref 
Oct 15(day unknown) Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged fifteen, is charged with assaulting a neighbour and sentenced to three months' gaol. In the same Court he was given a further three months, on a second charge arising from the same incident. Ref 
1871
May 01(date calculated) After serving a six-month sentence Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, arrived home. Wild Wright, a neighbour, had borrowed a chestnut horse at Mansfield and rode to Mrs Kelly's for a spree, then left, asking the Kellys to mind the horse until his return. Ned innocently rode the horse into Greta, where he was pounced upon by Constable Hall, torn off his horse, knocked unconscious by five men, handcuffed by Hall, trussed hand and foot, and taken to Wangaratta. Tried on a charge of receiving a stolen horse, he was found guilty, and sentenced to three years' hard labour at Pentridge jail. Ned was then sixteen. Ref 
Aug 15At age 16, Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly got three years for being in the possession of a stolen horse. Ref 
1872
Nov 11Anne Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies. Ref 
1873
Feb 15(day unknown) Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged eighteen, is released from Pentridge jail. Ref 
Sep 17At sixteen Margaret Mildred "Maggie" Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, marries William Skillion, who was eight years older. He came from Donnybrook and had known the Kellys from childhood. Their wedding took place at the Primitive Methodist Church in Benalla. Ref 
1878
Apr 15Constable Fitzpatrick rode from Benalla to Greta, a journey of fifteen miles. Arriving at Greta, he asked Ellen Kelly, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, if her son Dan was home. At that moment Dan entered and after some heated exchange of words, Fitzgerald was attacked by Ned and Dan Kelly and all their relatives, who attempted to murder him. Somehow he managed to escape and reached Benalla where he told his story. Ref 
Oct 09Ellen Kelly, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, was sentenced to three years hard labour for attempting to murder a policeman -a charge vehemently denied by the Kelly Clan. Ref 
Oct 28A team of four policemen -Lanigan, Scanlon, Kennedy and Mclntyre -all Irish, were trailing Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang (consisting of Ned, his brother Dan, and mates Joe Byrne, aged twenty-one and Steve Hart, aged eighteen) when Ned turned the tables on them. He ambushed them at Stringybark Creek, near the town of Mansfield, and killed three of them. Only Mclntyre escaped to tell what had happened. Ref 
Dec 10Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang invaded a bush station near Euroa. Twenty two people were rounded up and locked in the sheep station. Then Ned and two of his men rode into Euroa and proceeded to rob its National Bank. They collected 2,000 pounds in a brazen daylight robbery and then disappeared back into the bush. Ref 
Dec 13The Australian Government increases the reward to £1000 on each of the Kelly Gang outlaws. Now for the first time Stephen Hart and Joseph Byrne were named as part of the Kelly Gang. Ref 
1879
Feb 08Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang struck again at Jerilderie, in New South Wales, just two months after the raid in Euroa. Here they took over the police barracks on Saturday, stayed there all day Sunday and on Monday, in police uniform, proceeded to the Royal Mail Hotel where they locked up everyone who came in. They then robbed the bank, taking the staff prisoner. Ref 
Mar 10Tom Lloyd sometimes known as the fifth member of the Ned Kelly gang and husband to Ned's sister Maggie, is taken into custody as a Kelly sympathizer. Ref 
Apr 22Tom Lloyd sometimes known as the fifth member of the Ned Kelly gang and husband to Ned's sister Maggie, is released from custody as a Kelly sympathizer. Ref 
1880
Jun 26Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang struck again -executing a police informer, Aaron Skerritt, who had previously worked with them. This murder was the lure by which they hoped to bring police reinforcements to Glenrowan, as Kelly planned to ambush the train on which they would travel. Ref 
Jun 27Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang held up the Glenrowan Railway Station. They then herded the local townspeople into a hotel near the station. After the town's policeman was taken captive and the telegraph wires cut, the gang got down to drinking with the locals. That night, Ned ordered the railway tracks ripped up. Ref 
Jun 28Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and his Kelly Gang take on the police at the Glenrowan Railway Station. The local schoolteacher manages to escape the town and was able to warn an approaching trainload of police officers of their pending derailment. Meanwhile Ned Kelly prepared for the shoot out he knew was sure to come. He put on the home made armour that he had hewn out of plough shares a helmet, breast plate and back plate. At about 3 am the police surrounded the township. They opened fire on the hotel and kept up a long assault. In the melee two children were killed and one wounded. Despite his armour, Ned Kelly was severely wounded. He soon took to the bush. His brother Dan is killed in the shootout, or may have committed suicide. Ref 
Jun 29At sunrise, Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly staggers towards the approaching police officers. Bullets whizzed off his armour but his legs were unprotected. The officers fire at Ned's legs. The outlaw falls to the ground and is captured. Ref 
Oct 28Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, goes on trial, and found guilty. The judge, Sir Redmond Barry sentences Kelly to hang. Ref 
Nov 10Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, meets with his brothers and sisters for the last time. Later he meets with his mother whose last words to him are: "Mind you die like a Kelly, Ned!". Ref 
Nov 11Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward 'Ned' Kelly, Australia's most notorious bushranger, was hanged at the Melbourne Jail. The last words he uttered were "Such is life." The bandit was just twenty five years of age. Ref 
Nov 13Sir Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, suddenly takes ill. He dies shortly thereafter.Ref 
1881
Feb 07Ellen Elizabeth Quinn, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, is released from prison. Ref 
1883
Jun 11William Skillion is released from prison after having served the full sentence, although the police correspondence to Chief Commissioner Standish revealed a report that Joe Byrne, not Skillion, was present during the incident with Fitzpatrick! An embittered man, Skillion never returned to his wife, Margaret Mildred "Maggie" Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly and children. Ref 
1896
Jan 22Margaret, the courageous sister of Ned Kelly, died of rheumatic gout in Greta; she was only 39. Ref 
1898
Oct 06Catherine Ada "Kate" Kelly, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies relatively young at the age of 35, and in what could only be described as tragic circumstances. She is reported missing and later presumed dead on this date after her body was found on the 14th in a lagoon at Condobolin Road near Forbes, where she drowned. The Magisterial inquiry was held on 15th October, but didn't throw any light as to how and why it happened. According to the death certificate, there was no evidence. However, it is known that following the death of her sister Maggie, some two years earlier, Kate had become very depressed. Ref 
Oct 14Catherine Ada "Kate" Kelly's body is found in a lagoon at Condobolin Road near Forbes, where she drowned eight days earlier. She is the sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly. 
Oct 15A Magisterial inquiry is held into the drowning death of the sister of of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, no new light is thrown as to how and why it happened. According to the death certificate, there was no evidence. Ref 
1923
Mar 27Ellen Elizabeth Quinn, mother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies in Greta Vic. Australia. Ref 
1927
Aug 29Thomas Peter Lloyd, husband of Margaret Mildred "Maggie" Kelly and friend and devoted sympathiser of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies at the age of 70 in Greta, Australia. A fine headstone at the Greta cemetery marks the grave of the man and great horseman, who was often referred to as the fifth member of the Kelly gang. Ref 
1940
May 03Grace, sister of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies. Ref 
1946
Oct 18James Kelly, brother of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies. Ref 
Last Update: October 27th, 2005
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