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Ned Kelly's remains identified

2012-08-23 3 Dailymotion

Australian scientists have identified the remains of Ned Kelly, the country's most celebrated outlaw.<br /><br />He was hanged in 1880 after being convicted of killing a policeman, and spending years on the run.<br /><br />Kelly, a cattle-rustler of Irish descent, was the subject of the world's first ever feature film in 1906 and, even today, opinion is split as to whether he was a cold-blooded killer or a folk hero who took a stand against Colonial persecution.<br /><br />But the renegade's legend lives on, as Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

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