Ned was captured and sentenced to hang while his mother was still serving her sentence. Permitted to visit him before his execution, she told him: 'Die brave, die like a Kelly'. Then Ellen waited in the adjacent building for her son's execution.
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Ned Kelly 1880
Ned had a portrait taken of himself to give to his family as a remembrance of him.
PROV, VPRS 515, Central Register of Male Prisoners, P0, Unit 17, p. 287
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