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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Article Alert: Ned Kelly's Remains Found
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The Age newspaper of Sept 1, 2011 has an article entitled NED KELLY'S REMAINS FOUND.
The article begins with:
Forensic experts have confirmed that human remains found at the old Pentridge Prison site in Melbourne are those of notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.
After an exhaustive 20-month investigation, scientists and doctors today revealed that an almost complete skeleton found buried in a wooden axe box were those of the famous outlaw, who was executed in 1880.
A DNA sample taken from Melbourne school teacher Leigh Olver, who is Ned’s sister Ellen’s great-grandson, confirmed the remains were those of Kelly.
Other highlights from the article:
The exhaustive forensic analysis was carried out by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), in collaboration with the forensic DNA laboratory EAAF in Argentina.
It included input from historians, pathologists, anthropologists, odontologists, radiologists, and ballistics and DNA experts.....
Through a series of CT scans, X-rays, pathology, odontology and anthropology tests plus extensive historical research and DNA analysis, the team was able to positively identify the remains.
The identification was completed when a DNA sample taken from Mr Olver was compared to a DNA sample taken from the remains....
Consultations will begin shortly with Ned Kelly’s family to determine an appropriate resting place for the remains.....
To read the article in full go to:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ned-kellys-remains-found-20110901-1jmqi.html
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I saw the display of bones on TV, laid out on a table in order. Positively ghoulish, with someone brandishing a femur or something to show damage from a bullet wound. It would be good if he could be laid to rest and left in peace, but I doubt that is going to happen.
ReplyDeleteNed Kelly takes the credit, albiet notoriously, for creating a huge part of Australia's history. Regardless of the mayhem which followed Ned and company around, should he not still be given a final resting place of some notable stature? The NK gang were after all Australia's very own version of America's Jesse James gang which put them firmly in the history books forever. Jenny Gray
ReplyDeleteGood point, Jen - no one could ever deny that the Kelly Gang wrote some of the most colourful pages in our colonial history! What I think many people have difficulty with is the use of government funding to provide a resting place for a criminal that is above and beyond the basics. My guess is that they will, and rationalise it by looking at the tourist revenue that it will bring in for whatever lucky township in northeastern Victoria - or elsewhere - gets the nod.
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