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Dan Kelly (bushranger)

Australian bushranger (1861–1880)

Daniel Kelly (1 June 1861 – 28 June 1880)^[1] was an Australian bushranger and outlaw. The son of an Irishconvict, he was the younger brother of the bushranger Ned Kelly. In 1878, Dan and Ned killed three policemen at Stringybark Creek in northeast Victoria, near the present-day town of Tolmie, Victoria. With two friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart, the brothers formed the Kelly Gang, which robbed banks, took over whole towns, and terrorized the people of Victoria and New South Wales for two years. The Victorian police searched for them, locked up their friends and families, but could not find them. Dan Kelly died during the infamous siege of Glenrowan in June 1880.

More books have been written about the Kelly Gang than any other subject in Australian history. The gang was the subject of the world's first full-length feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in 1906.

Early life

Dan Kelly's father, John Kelly (known as "Red"), married an Irish woman, Ellen Quinn, in Melbourne in 1850.^[2&

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Dan Kelly

Dan Kelly (1 June 1861 – 28 June 1880) was an Australianbushranger and outlaw. He was the son of an Irishconvict and youngest brother of bushranger Ned Kelly. Dan and his brother killed three policemen. They formed the Kelly Gang with two friends. Dan Kelly died during the famous capture of Glenrowan.

More books have been written about the Kelly Gang than any other subject in Australian history. The Kelly Gang were the subject of the world's first full-length feature movie, The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in 1906. They robbed banks, took over whole towns, and kept the people in Victoria and New South Walesfrightened. For two years the Victorian police searched for them and locked up their friends and families, but could not find them.

Early life

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Dan Kelly's father, John "Red" Kelly, was an Irishman, a convict who had been sent to Van Diemen's Land in 1842.^[1]^: 74 He would have been kept in the convict gaol at Port Arthur.

In 1848, after his time in gaol, Red Kelly moved to Victoria, and began workin

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Obituaries Australia

I have already mentioned that Ned Kelly had two brothers and four sisters—Daniel (Dan), Jim, Mrs. Gunn, Mrs. Skillian, Kate, and Grace. Dan Kelly was seven years younger than Ned, having been born in 1861, but from the time he was able to sit upon a horse he was more or less associated with his elder brother in criminal pursuits. The boy "lifters" were the terror of carriers and drovers who had to pass through the district in which they resided, and it is said that persons in charge of stock not infrequently went many miles out of the direct course in order to avoid Greta, fearing that some of their cattle would miss their proper destination if they attempted to pass through the "Kelly Country." Night and day young Dan would prowl about looking for "game," and, knowing the bush intimately, he could at any time get away with that "game" when he found it, to some spot where it would be beyond reach of the proper owners. It will thus be seen that he was well qualified to act as his brother's lieutenant, and, indeed, it was through him that the outbreak occurred.