From April 1878 when Kelly first went on the run until February 1879 when his gang took over a New South Wales town for three days, the bushranger was untouchable. Then the hunt got interesting.
Recent books about Kelly have moved away from portraying the outlaw as a romantic Robin Hood figure and depicted him as a merciless murderer but a new study called Nabbing Ned Kelly goes further.
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