Edward “Ned” Kelly was a Australian bushranger who was born in Beveridge which is located in Victoria, Australia. He had a father who was named John “Red” Kelly and a mother who was named Ellen Kelly. In 1841 Red Kelly was transported to prison for stealing two pigs. When he got out of prison in 1848, he moved to Victoria and found a job as a bush carpenter . He then turned his attention on gold-digging , which he was very good at. This allowed him to buy a small freehold in Beveridge. Around 1851 Red Kelly found his love which is named Ellen Quinn. In 1851, Red Kelly married Ellen Quinn which is his employer’s 18 year old daughter in Ballarat which is located on the lower western plains of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria. Later in there …show more content…
Seeing that it wasn't rain water apparently Fook started abusing Annie. Then Ned Kelly came outside and pushed Fook over. Fook then took out his long bamboo stick and proceeded to hit Ned with it. Ned Kelly then ran away and Fook threatened to burn there house down. The next day Ned was arrested for Highway Robbery and was locked up in Benalla. He went to court the next day and was pronounced not guilty due to them not having enough evidence of Ned committing any crime. Couple years later Ned was charged with robbery under arm's when he was holding power's horse. He wasn't convicted because the police didn't have enough evidence, although a few months later he was back in lockup for assault. Ned's real troubles began with the police on the 15th of April when Ned Kelly's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting in the attempted murder of Constable Arthur Fitzpatrick. Arthur went to the Kelly's house to serve warrants to arrest Dan Kelly for horse stealing. As a result of the brawl with the cops, Ned and his brother Dan fled to the bush where they couldn't been seen. Later they were joined by Joe Byrne and Steve Hart. They were later named "The Kelly