Jerilderie Letter

‘The Jerilderie Letter’ by Ned Kelly

These are words direct from the mouth of the infamous bushranger. Very brazen and even funny at times. Kelly had shot many policemen by this time, merely out of self-defence if you believe his story. As if to say how dare they come and try to arrest me for “allegedly” stealing someone else’s horses.

He hated police with a passion, and it shows. His words were merely a curtain raiser to what happened in the famous siege at Glenrowan in country Victoria. Where he emerged in his homemade armour yet was ultimately arrested and hanged in Old Melbourne Gaol.

An interesting and short read, if you can get over his lack of punctuation and occasional lack of correct grammar.