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Ned Kelly's Last Stand

23/11/2011 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Ned Kelly's Last Stand

How the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, was finally captured in 1880.

Ned Kelly, the infamous Australian outlaw was captured in the remote settlement of Glenrowan in 1880.

In a dramatic last stand, Kelly and his gang took hostages and tried to derail a police train.

Kelly was hanged a few months after his capture. 

The rest of the gang were killed.

Witness brings together eye-witness accounts of the last stand. 

The programme also hears from the Australian historian Professor Carl Bridge.

PICTURE: Ned Kelly is shot and captured while wearing his armour (HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES).

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