Story about Ned Kelly's armour
Ned kelly's armour is made of steel and leather. He created this armour when he was fighting against the police, he got the help of local blacksmiths to make the armour for him and his gang. His armour is historical because it symbolises the spirit of him and his gang.
In 1879 the Kelly Gang came up with the idea of creating armour from mouldboards. They used hammers to beat the metal into shape until it could be worn as a suit. Some farmers sympathised with the gang and offered them their mouldboards, others began to report their mouldboards as being stolen. A police informer, Daniel Kennedy, reported the ‘...missing portions of cultivators described as jackets are now being worked and fit splendidly. When Ned Kelly was captured and his gang members killed, the gang's armour quickly became a source of fascination and conflict between the police.
In 1879 the Kelly Gang came up with the idea of creating armour from mouldboards. They used hammers to beat the metal into shape until it could be worn as a suit. Some farmers sympathised with the gang and offered them their mouldboards, others began to report their mouldboards as being stolen. A police informer, Daniel Kennedy, reported the ‘...missing portions of cultivators described as jackets are now being worked and fit splendidly. When Ned Kelly was captured and his gang members killed, the gang's armour quickly became a source of fascination and conflict between the police.
