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Ned Kelly under the microscope : solving the forensic mystery of Ned Kelly's remains

Cormick, Craig, 1961- editor

Overview

Ned Kelly was hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880, and his body buried in the graveyard there. Many stories emerged about his skull being separated and used as a paperweight or trophy, and it was finally put on display at the museum of the Old Melbourne Gaol - until it was stolen in 1978. It wasn't only Ned Kelly's skull that went missing. After the closure of the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1929, the remains of deceased prisoners were exhumed and reinterred in mass graves at Pentridge Prison. The exact location of these graves was unknown until 2002, when the bones of prisoners were uncovered at the Pentridge site during redevelopment. This triggered a larger excavation that in 2009 uncovered many more coffins, and led to the return of the skull and a long scientific process to try to identify and reunite Ned Kelly's remains.

• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Subject: Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880. / Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880 Death and burial. / Bushrangers Australia Biography. / Forensic sciences Case studies. / Forensic osteology Case studies. / Human remains (Archaeology) Australia Victoria. / Excavations (Archaeology) Australia Victoria.
• ISBN: 9781486301768, 1486301762

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DU222.K4 N43 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE