An interesting bit of history - Ned Kelly
DNA identification for his bones -- from
Reuters:
Bones of Australian bush icon Ned Kelly identified
Australian authorities have identified the remains of bushranger Ned Kelly, 131 years after the iconic outcast was hanged for murder and his body buried in the yard of a Melbourne gaol.
But mystery remains over the location of Kelly's skull, which was last thought to have sat on the desk of a Victorian state police detective in 1929.
Scientists have used DNA from Kelly's great great nephew to identify the bushranger's bones from others in a mass prison grave.
"To think a group of scientists could identify the body of a man who was executed more than 130 years ago, moved and buried in a haphazard fashion among 33 other prisoners, most of whom are not identified, is amazing," Victoria's state Attorney-General Robert Clark said on Thursday.
An
interesting character -- idolized by some but at heart, he was a common criminal. Che down-under.
Posted by DaveH at September 1, 2011 11:11 AM