Ned Kelly
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Edward Kelly was an Australian bushranger, gang leader and police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a homemade suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with th
Kelly's boyhood home, built by his father in Beveridge in 1859
According to oral tradition, a young Kelly was awarded this green sash after saving another boy from drowning in a creek. Kelly wore it under his armour during his last stand at Glenrowan. It remains stained with his blood. (Benalla Museum)
Harry Power has been described as Kelly's bushranging "mentor".
Power's capture. Kelly was accused of informing on the bushranger.
Harry Power
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Henry Johnson, better known by his alias Harry Power, was an Irish-born convict who became a bushranger in Australia. From 1869 to 1870, he was accompanied by a young Ned Kelly, who went on to become
Power in the 1870s
Henry Johnson, photographed in the 1850s
After his release in 1885, Power worked on the former prison hulk Success when it became a museum ship.
Power mentored Ned Kelly (photographed in 1871), who became Australia's best-known bushranger.