An Australian folk hero, Ned was a bushranger who wore a suit of home-made armour during his gang’s last stand at Glenrowan, Victoria. Aged 16 he spent three years in jail for horse theft before his mum attacked a police officer and Ned shot him in the wrist. Ned’s mum went to jail and Ned went on to a life of crime, shooting several other policemen, robbing coaches and joining brother Dan, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne to become The Kelly Gang.

The reward for the boys rose to eight thousand pounds - today the equivalent of one million US dollars - and public sentiment favoured the boys. In 1880 they were surrounded by thousands of police at the Glenrowan Hotel. Fashioning suits of armour they were showered in bullets, Ned somehow survived despite 28 bullet wounds to his arms, legs, feet, groin and hands and was captured at put in Melbourne Jail.

Despite protests from thousands of supporters Ned was hanged aged 25, uttering the final eulogy ‘Such is life’. Due to Australia’s convict heritage, many Australians admire those who stand up against authority. Ned Kelly is the most famous example of it.