1. Ned Kelly
As its title would suggest, "The Jerilderie Letter" portrays Ned Kelly as the wronged party, victimised, threatened and set up by a corrupt police force, and whose actions are completely justified. ... The inference in "The Jerilderie Letter" is that Ned Kelly acted with his brother Dan, his stepfather George King or alone, not backed up by a gang. ... As is typical of newspaper journalism however, the view of the Kelly Gang is influenced by the events that were reported, namely the murders of three policemen at Mansfield, which the Sydney Morning Herald describe as the gang's "most d...
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