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  • ...rts of the story of the '''KellyGang'''. The '''KellyGang''' only wore the armour once, at the siege of Glenrowan. === The idea for the Armour ===
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  • | possible making of more armour
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  • ...ebruary Mr Nicolson had learnt of the theft of plough shares and [[Kelly's Armour|mould boards]] from several farms in the neighbourhood of Oxley, about nine ...ation is that the stolen portions of the ploughs were being converted into armour for the Kellys. That it fitted splendidly, and was proof against bullets at
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  • ...ck room the rattle of iron, for the Kellys were dressing themselves in the armour made from stolen ploughshares, preparing to do battle with any of the polic
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  • ...escape was gone, for, with the door locked, the outlaws went to don their armour, and, later, the people dared not venture out in the darkness in the face o
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  • ...suit, made of ¼-in. iron plates, weighed nearly 100 pounds. Unhampered by armour, the Kellys might at the last minute have made a bolt for liberty, and at a ...d. His career as an outlaw over for ever, he was presently stripped of his armour and carried to the railway station where a doctor attended to his wounds.
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  • ..., lying side by side in another part of the house. They did not wear their armour, which was, however, near them, and it may be that they shot one another ra
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  • ...pular theory was that, finding the case hopeless, they had taken off their armour and shot one another to prevent falling into the hands of the police. Reard
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  • ...famous outlaw made his last stand, and secure in the belief that his heavy armour was invulnerable, fired away at the police so coolly that they might be exc
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  • ...t pretty drunk. They started preparing to go away, putting their [[Kelly's Armour|iron clothes]] on. But they got wandering all over the house, and some of t
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  • ...or pistol. It was no use trying to reach a vulnerable place in that man's armour with a bullet. Shot was the stuff for that job; good big shot. And that's w
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  • '''THE PLOUGHSHARE ARMOUR''' ''BY WHOM WAS IT MADE'' The iron [[Kelly's Armour|armour,]] thanks to which the Kelly outlaws were enabled to ward off death, dozens
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  • There is a popular belief that the name of the maker of the Kellys' [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] is unknown to any save one or two intimate associates of the outlaw ...rts of spirits, that the Kellys stuck up the Melbourne Museum and took the armour out of there. He remembered, he said, having seen exactly similar armor the
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  • ...and beyond the question of how, where and by whom the heavy iron [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] worn by the outlaws on desperate occasions was manufactured.
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  • ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit 17 times with bullets.
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  • ...rom the appearance of the bodies of Hart and Dan, they had taken off their armour and committed suicide. Their identity has never been called in question dur
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  • | '''THE PLOUGHSHARE ARMOUR'''
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  • ...other outlaws was also present. Kelly at the time had his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on, with a waterproof coat over all. They made Bracken dress himself, he ...The outlaws at once went into an adjoining room and began to put on their armour, but no one knew what they were doing. About ten minutes afterwards the tra
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  • ...ch they presented. I had then no knowledge that the outlaws possessed iron armour. Each one carried a bundle in front of him, and in one hand a gun or a rifl
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  • ...ried a grey coat over his arm, [he wore the coat over his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]], and walked coolly and slowly among the police. His head, chest, back, a ...ith savage ferocity, cursing the police vehemently. He was stripped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by
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  • ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit seventeen times with bullets.
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  • ...found one revolver on him, and a bag of ammunition. We divested him of his armour. I was strained after the scuffle which ensued." ..., in which he still held his revolver. He fired it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was sear
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  • ...I have no hesitation in saying that had they been without [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] when we first attacked them at the hotel, and could have taken proper aim ...l the banks, and probably secured £4000 or £5000. If they had worn their armour with overcoats they might have been shot at fifty times without being injur
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  • '''THE ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' The Kellys decided to get some kind of [[Kelly's Armour|covering]] that would resist a bullet at the close range of ten yards.  Th
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  • ...eet, Melbourne, and it was arranged that the cousin who helped to make the armour should go with Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] and a friend from Glenrow ...r.  The outlaws were now fully equipped with arms and ammunition and with armour; but they were in no hurry yet awhile to levy tribute on the banks.
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  • ...ritt’s house; they also had a pack horse carrying their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].  As they issued forth they came across a German named Anton [[Anton Wee
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  • ...think Kelly might: he looked very stout.  He had nothing on his head (no armour).  I could see his face.  I did not see them try to set the house on fire
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  • ...ot be in close touch with their guns and ammunition.  The four outlaws in armour could, if resisted, rake the train from end to end.  It the train refused ...ses in the train; that it was no use fighting, as the Kellys were in steel armour and could rake the train from end to end, and everything in it; that the be
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  • ...la on the main Melbourne to Sydney road.  Ned and Joe rode and wore their armour; Reynolds, the postmaster, and Gribbens, who was staying at Reynolds’, wa ...t their armour.  They now entered this room and hurried to dress in their armour.  The prisoners could hear the rattle of steel.  Mrs Jones’ interruptio
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  • ...and watching for his opportunity, while the Kellys were getting into their armour, opened the door and escaped from the hotel.  The other prisoners feared b ...is horse to take charge of the train.  In doing so he broke a bolt in his armour and had some delay in repairing it.  By this time the police had rushed ov
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  • ...of the back rooms, dressing themselves in their armour.  I could hear the armour rattling.  We could have got clear away if we had been allowed to go when ...ken saw where they planted the key, and at the time they went to put their armour on he went and took the key.  He put the key in his trousers pocket and ca
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  • ...e armour several times.  Their lives were saved for the time being by the armour.  They fired many shots before that in the early part, but I believe from ...llenge him, and if he does not answer you, shoot him.” Ned Kelly, who in armour and helmet looked like a blackfellow, pulled out a revolver and fired at Co
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  • ...Cherry, a wounded civilian, to pieces.  The police now had Ned Kelly’s armour and helmet, and could have used it on a constable to enter the house.  But
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  • ...got a small gun with us; it would made them give in pretty quick, as their armour would be no protection to them, and the chimney would be knocked about thei
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  • ...still in official custody, and is in Melbourne.  [[Kelly's Armour|Ned’s armour]], with a bogus helmet, is said to have been simply given away to [[Ruperts
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  • ...e the youngest, and they were both cowed and frightened, and both in their armour. ...they, “Why do not they rush the hotel?” “Why do not they put on the armour?” and so on.
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  • ...at full stretch side by side, and bags rolled up under their heads, '''the armour on one side of them off. ''' I concluded they lay in that position to let
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  • ...want of generalship, bearing in mind that the outlaws were in impenetrable armour, and the difficulty of knowing in what part of the building they were hidin
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  • ...oad daylight, overcome the fifty armed policemen, and then, carrying heavy armour, escape on horseback.
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  • ...the extremities, was enabled to hold his ground, encumbered, too, by iron armour, until seven o’clock, when, in the effort to rejoin his companions, he fe
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  • | The Armour and ammunition
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  • ...give any, information is that of the name of the man who made Ned Kelly's armour.
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  • ...be prevailed upon to disclose the name of the person who made Ned Kelly's armour. For his reticence on this subject I can easily account by saying that Skil
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  • ...tranger. It was Ned Kelly, the leader of the gang, dressed in bullet-proof armour from head to knees." ...glass to his mouth a bullet struck him in the groin, and he fell dead. The armour worn by Ned Kelly was found to consist of the mould-boards of ploughs. It w
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  • ...protect themselves from the bullets of the troopers., The [[Kelly's Armour|armour of Ned Kelly]] was worn by Mr Russell. It was lent for the occasion by Mr R
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  • ...the hotel was fired by the police, and the three remaining outlaws who had armour also, perished.
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  • ...consider any of them mortal. No police wounded. Men very plucky and game. Armour the gang have on is formed out of plough shares. H W Saxe.
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  • ...saw Ned Kelly brought in by the police after he had been shot down in his armour by Sergeant Steele. He had a terrible hunted expression on his face. I will
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  • ...s he saw Ned Kelly after he was brought in by the police, shot down in his armour. "I well remember Ned Kelly's shock of red hair," he says, "
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  • ...legs, rushed upon him, and seized the revolver. Kelly was stripped of his armour, and Sergeant Steele escorted him to the rail- way station to be taken to M
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  • ...at it could be plainly seen that they were wearing some kind of improvised armour. After the capture of the leader of the gang, regarding which no details ha ...positively stated that the gang are wearing extemporised [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], breast plates being clearly perceptible.
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  • ...n]] does not consider any of them mortal. Police very plucky anf game. The armour the gang have on is formed out of ploughshares
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  • ...low. [[Ned Kelly|He]] a grey coat over his arm, [he wore the coat over his armour], and walked coolly and slowly among the police. His head, chest, back, and ...ith savage ferocity, cursing the police vehemently. He was stripped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by
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  • ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit seventeen times with bullets.
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  • ...found one revolver on him, and a bag of ammunition. We divested him of his armour. I was strained after the scuffle which ensued."
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  • ..., in which he still held his revolver. He fired it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was sear
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  • ...elly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet proof armour , The stationmaster narrative , Robert Gibbons narrative , Statement of Mrs
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  • ...roin. But no bullet had penetrated his armour. Having been divested of his armour he was carried down to the railway station, and placed in a guard’s van.
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  • ...ently nothing to lead to positive identification, but the discovery of the armour near them and other circumstances render it impossible to be doubted that t
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  • ...done well to have ridden away on my grey mare. The bullets that struck my armour felt like blows from a man's fist. I wanted to fire into the carriages, but == THE BULLET PROOF ARMOUR ==
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  • ...knocked Kelly and me over, and I received a rather awkward twist, and his armour injured my side.’
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  • ...ich he held a revolver. He fired it off, but it did no damage. We took his armour off, and carried him to the railway station. Found on searching him only a
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  • ...without his having killed any one, though he fought with a home made iron armour upon him. The probability is that the precaution he had taken to save his l
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  • ...y's Armour|armour]] out of ploughs, and weighing about 97lb. Per man. This armour was a success, for Edward Kelly was shot at in vain until the protection wa
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  • ...elly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet proof armour , The stationmaster narrative , Robert Gibbons narrative , Statement of Mrs '''THE BULLET PROOF ARMOUR'''
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  • ...et left us soon after day like to look after the horses. He had got on his armour, and said “It’s all right boys, they can’t hurt me.” Soon after we
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  • ...gragh (3)|Searching the Outlaw]] , [[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (3)|The Armour]] , [[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (3)|The Scene]] , [[The Melbourne Daily
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  • ...ffect. The rattle of the rifle ball was repeatedly heard on the helmet and armour, and occasionally, as Ned Kelly advanced, he was noticed to stop suddenly,
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  • Ned Kelly : Oh no, they will not give up. They au have armour on, and you can’t take them. == THE ARMOUR ==
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  • ...n]] does not consider any of them mortal. Police very plucky and game. The armour the gang have on is formed out of ploughshares. Ned Kelly was armed with a ...another member of the gang, and in a few minutes they came out with their armour on, and their firearms. When they came out, the other two then went in and
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  • ...ich he held a revolver, he fired it off, but it did no damage. We took his armour off, and and on taking him to the railway station, and searching him, he on ...knocked Kelly and I over, and I received a rather awkward thrust, and his armour injured my side.
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  • ...ched he was found to have a complete suit of bullet-proof [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] underneath his clothes. ...d by a volley of shots, and would have been completely riddled but for the armour. However, he was shot in the arm, and also in the groin, and made a prisone
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  • ...he hotel, it was found that he was clothed in a complete suit of [[Kelly's Armour|heavy mail]], weighing 97 pounds, made up skilfully from ploughshares. Byrn ...s of Dan Kelly and Hart are now to be seen in the burning house with their armour still on. The police, as they would not surrender when called on, set fire
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  • ...wer of bullets was the answer, and a number struck him in all parts of the armour covered body, causing him to real; and while in the act of steadying himsel
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  • ...the Kellys brought packhorses with them for the purpose of carrying their armour. There is some mystery as to what has become of Sergeant Kennedy’s watch.
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  • ...re open and more honest parts of the colony, and certainly such men as the armour-forgers ought to be brought to justice; and we shall hope to hear of a rewa
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  • ...uently transpired there is no doubt that the gang intended to put on their armour, walk deliberately up to the train when it fell off the line, and ...ck up one of the banks there. Cased in their bullet-proof [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] they could
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  • ...knocked Kelly and me over, and I received a rather awkward twist, and his armour injured my side.
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  • ...t pack-horses with them for the purpose of carrying their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].
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  • ...t have some friend who was a black …, probably the same man who made the armour for them. The mare, is a beautiful animal, and is the property of Mr Michae
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  • ...ad and said, 'I have got you: I said I would be in at your death.' Kelly's armour was then taken off, and he was removed to the railway station.
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  • ...ting that he could rely upon her to carry him away, with all his weight of armour, in the event of his being pressed by the police. He had however, no desire
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  • .... There is very little doubt but that the gang were not then wearing their armour, but they may have had their breastplates on . Byrne and Dan Kelly were onl
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  • ...narrow line across the eyes through which to see it was Ned Kelly, in the armour in which he was reported to have clad himself, and he made no secret about
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  • The rattle of the rifle ball was repeatedly heard on the helmet and armour, and occasionally, as Ned Kelly advanced, he was noticed to stop suddenly, Ned Kelly : Oh no they will not give up. They all have armour on, and you can't take them.
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  • ...n from his mother, Ned said.  “My grey mare would have carried me away, armour and all, if I had chosen to go and I could have escaped, but I decided to s
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  • '''THE GANG’S ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' All [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] and other articles belonging to the outlaws were brought into the barrack
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  • ...elves in the house with mattresses, which would have been fair, as well as armour, which was unfair, they might have shot fifty policeman without getting a h
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  • ...attempted to carry the body of Byrne out, which, however being encased in armour, proved too heavy for him, ? ? constable rushing in and assisting, in all p
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  • We had on Tuesday an opportunity of inspecting the “[[Kelly's Armour|coat of mail]]” and head-piece—which had evidently been forged by some
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  • ...roin. But no bullet had penetrated his armour. Having been divested of his armour he was carried down to the railway station, and placed in a guard’s van. ...ently nothing to lead to positive identification, but the discovery of the armour near them and other circumstances render it impossible to be doubted that t
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  • ...done well to have ridden away on my grey mare. The bullets that struck my armour felt like blows from a man’s fist. I wanted to fire into the carriages, b THE BULLET-PROOF ARMOUR
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  • .... The coat which Ned Kelly wore was a long grey mackintosh. It covered his armour, and is full of bullet and slug holes. Senior constable Kelly and his men r ...m replied, ‘No, it must be the bunyip.’ Thinking that he might have no armour on his back, I made a track round to get to his rear, and in the meantime S
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  • ...his armour. Messrs Steele and Kelly tried to unscrew the fastenings of his armour, but could only undo it on one side. I then took hold of the two plates, fo ...he station. Senior-constable Kelly and myself brought up the rear with the armour. When we reached the station we laid him in the van, but he was shortly aft
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  • Ned Kelly’s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] has been on view at the police camp all day, and has been inspected by ma
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  • Ned Kelly: Oh, no; they will not give up. They all have armour on, and you can't take them. ...: I think so. Byrne is hurt, but they cannot hurt the others – they have armour.
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  • ...uence would have been dreadful in the extreme. Cased in their bullet-proof armour they could have defied the efforts of the bank clerks to resist them, and i
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  • ...morning Kelly made a similar noise with the handle of a revolver upon his armour, and at the same time called upon his mates to come out. During the encount ...‘I will tell you directly.’ The fact that they had cast some of their armour aside before death may be accounted for by the fact that its great weight m
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  • ...through the windows, and for that reason he had only got [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] made for the upper parts of his body. He told me several times that Byrne
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  • THE ARMOR. Though the [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] protected the outlaws, the nature of the headgear made it very diff
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  • ...Halley, will be removed to Melbourne . It may be stated that the [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] worn by the Kelly gang is now at the office of the secretary of the
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