Article Alert: Paul Tully wants to compare Ned's DNA with that of Ipswich's James Ryan

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There is an article in the Queensland Times called DNA test may solve mystery dated 2nd September 2011..

    
 The article begins with:

   
The truth about whether bushranger Dan Kelly, brother of Ned, is truly buried in the Ipswich Cemetery is now one step closer to being revealed.

Ipswich councillor and historian Paul Tully has raised the prospect of an exhumation of the remains of James Ryan, who claimed to be the bushranger Dan Kelly until his death in 1948.

Cr Tully’s call has come in the wake of news that remains exhumed from Pentridge Prison in Melbourne are those of Ned Kelly, who was hanged in 1880. Doctors and scientists at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine confirmed the find.

It continues on with:


“This now gives us the definite opportunity of comparing the DNA,” Cr Tully said.

“The state government needs to give approval.

"There was a claim that Steve Hart was buried in Toowoomba and there was an exhumation of a grave up there years ago – so it wouldn’t be the first time a supposed bushranger’s grave was reopened.”
To read more:
http://www.qt.com.au/story/2011/09/02/dna-test-may-solve-dan-kelly-mystery-ipswich/