The Jerilderie Letter

The Jerilderie Letter

The Jerilderie Letter was dictated by infamous bushranger Ned Kelly to Joe Byrne in 1879. The letter is named after the town of Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia where the Kelly gang carried out a daring robbery.

External links

* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/jerilderie_letter/jerilderieletter1.html Images and transcript of the Jerilderie Letter] at the State Library of Victoria

* [http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/ Images, transcript and audio of John Hanlon's transcript of the Jerilderie Letter] at the National Museum of Australia (scroll down page)
* [http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/objectsthroughtime/objects/kelly/ The Jerilderie Letter] Only two original documents by Ned Kelly are known to have survived. The most significant of these is the Jerilderie Letter, dictated by Ned Kelly to Joe Byrne in February 1879.


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