MELBOURNE

At a Glance

After his capture at the siege of Glenrowan Ned Kelly was taken to Beechworth Courthouse for a
committal hearing on 6 August 1880 where he was ordered to stand trial for the murder of Constable
Lonigan.

Justice Redmond Barry presided at Kelly’s trial at the Supreme Court of Victoria in October 1880 where
he was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.

He died aged 25 at the gallows at the Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880.

Explore Police History

The Old Melbourne Gaol is a National Trust-run venue with in-person and 3D tours available.

The Victorian Police Museum on Spencer Street (currently closed – moving to new premises) also presents powerful insights into the many layers and differing perspectives of the Kelly story. It has permanent exhibitions on the Kelly Gang.

The collection includes many artefacts reflecting the social history of policing in Victoria including Stringybark Creek & the Kelly Gang including two sets of the original armour worn by Dan Kelly and Steve Hart at the siege of Glenrowan and Ned Kelly’s bloodstained cartridge bag recovered from the siege site.

The collection reveals unique insights into the story of the Kelly Gang and the impact their crimes had on both local communities and police in North East Victoria in the 1870s and 1880s.

A podcast, A Shout from the Long Grass that tells the story of the Stringybark Creek massacre was developed for the Stringybark Memorial in 2018. The podcast uses, using primary sources which are part of the museum collection, including an original manuscript by Thomas McIntyre, the sole surviving policeman at the Stringybark Creek murders.