Edward "Ned" Kelly (June 1854 or 1855 – 11 November 1880) is an Irish Australian bushranger.

He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded killer, while others consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.

Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish convict father, and as a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police.

Following an incident at his home in 1878, police parties searched for him in the bush.

After he kills three policemen, the colony proclaims Kelly and his gang wanted outlaws.

A final violent confrontation with police takes place at Glenrowan on 28 June 1880.

Kelly, dressed in home-made plate metal armor and a helmet, is captured and sent to jail.

He is convicted of three counts of capital murder and hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol in November 1880.

His daring and notoriety make him an iconic figure in Australian history, folklore, literature, art and film.

In August 2011, anthropologists announced that a skeleton found in a mass grave in Pentridge Prison had been confirmed as Kelly's.

His skull, however, remains at large.