Dr. Stuart Dawson, who is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, has become well known in Kelly circles as being something of a meticulous myth buster. His latest effort is a blog post examining and challenging the popular notion that Ned Kelly's famed "Last Stand" with police at Glenrowan lasted half an hour. Stuart has compared reports and eyewitness testimonies and has come up with a far different timeline. It is entitled "How Long Was Ned Kelly's Last Stand?" and can be read over at https://kellylegend.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-long-was-ned-kellys-last-stand.html
Other myth busting efforts Stuart has done (not including all of the varied comments he has made at the Kelly Legend Blog) are as follows -
Redeeming Fitzpatrick: Ned Kelly and the Fitzpatrick Incident
http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/eras/files/2015/11/Eras-171-4-Stuart-Dawson-FINAL.pdf
Ned Kelly and the Myth of a Republic of North-eastern Victoria
http://www.academia.edu/37009028/Ned_Kelly_and_the_Myth_of_a_Republic_of_North-Eastern_Victoria
Ned Kelly's Last Words: "Ah, Well, I Suppose"
http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/eras/files/2016/08/Eras181_Dawson.pdf
Ned Kelly's Shooting of George Metcalf, Labourer
http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/eras/files/2017/10/Volume-19.1-Historical-Commentary-Dawson.pdf
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