Edward Ned Kelly was born in December 1954. Ned Kelly was a bush ranger in Victoria, Australia. His dad, John Kelly also know as 'red' convict and he had been guilty for stealing 2 pigs in Ireland and was exported to Australia. As a boy Ned Kelly attended basic school and spent a lot of time in the bush. At age 11 Ned Kelly bravely saved 7 year Richard Sheldon from drowning. The Kelly family gave Ned a green sash as a thank you, Ned would wear the sash under his hand made armour. By this time the Kelly family had moved to Avenel Victoria. They were always targeted by police because of Reds criminal past. In 1865 when he couldn't pay the fine, Red got 6 months of hard labour and upon release he drank lots and died of dropsy. He lived from 1820-1866 age 46. Ned quickly turned to live a life of crime, shooting, robbing, stealing and hiding from the police with the Kelly gang. He was wanted dead or alive for quite along time. After he was in a shot off with the police he was injured badly because of a non-covered part of leg below the armour and he was captured and taken to the Melbourne Gaol and hung by the government on November 11, 1880 aged 25. 
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