I see the legendary Ned Kelly is in the news again ("Hundreds remember outlaw Ned Kelly", The Herald, January 19).
I see the legendary Ned Kelly is in the news again (\"Hundreds remember outlaw Ned Kelly\", The Herald, January 19).
Custom byline text:
My great-great-uncle, Superintendent John Sadleir, knew him professionally, so to speak, being in command of the police when Ned was captured in 1880. He was commended for being kind to the badly wounded outlaw in the immediate aftermath, but chose to write these words in his memoirs many years later: "The true picture of the bushranger shows him to be a very poor and sordid thing indeed. The Kellys, in spite of a few successful enterprises, were as poor and unheroic as any of their kind" (from Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer).
We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well then your comments will be subject to moderation only if other users or the moderators believe you've broken the rules, which are available here.
Moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Please be patient if your posts are not approved instantly.
Insight into a legendary outlaw
I see the legendary Ned Kelly is in the news again ("Hundreds remember outlaw Ned Kelly", The Herald, January 19).
My great-great-uncle, Superintendent John Sadleir, knew him professionally, so to speak, being in command of the police when Ned was captured in 1880. He was commended for being kind to the badly wounded outlaw in the immediate aftermath, but chose to write these words in his memoirs many years later: "The true picture of the bushranger shows him to be a very poor and sordid thing indeed. The Kellys, in spite of a few successful enterprises, were as poor and unheroic as any of their kind" (from Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer).
Commenting & Moderation
We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well then your comments will be subject to moderation only if other users or the moderators believe you've broken the rules, which are available here.
Moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Please be patient if your posts are not approved instantly.
MOST READ
SPONSORED LINKS
MOST COMMENTED