310:, arriving from the south instead of from some other direction,) for example. He also incorporated fresh statements from others like William Williamson, whom with Kelly's mother and infant sister, was wrongfully arrested after the Fitzgerald incident and witnesses like Aaron Sherritt's young wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Barry, who were present at Sherritt's killing, and James Reardon and his wife, and members of the police force who were present at
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makes "fairly good reading, especially to those whose only knowledge of the gang has been derived from folk tales and the reading of previous works of fiction founded on fact." His one criticism was that although the author seemed determined "to paint every action of the police as black as possible,"
341:, and Kenneally believed it to be the first impartial one). It ends with reviews by Ned's sole surviving brother, Jim, then-aged 70, and a cousin, James Ryan, whose brother Joseph, was one of the 22 held for nearly four months without trial in 1879 for being an alleged Kelly sympathiser.
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describes
Kenneally growing up "alive to the reactions of the people who lived in the Kelly country" and "to the treatment to which the Kelly family was subjected": The book was his life's project. It was also one of the first sympathetic accounts of the
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wrote that
Kenneally's "facts are ably presented," noting "most of his evidence is drawn from official sources—police evidence—showing the conduct of the constables and their immediate superiors in a very poor light." The reviewer for the
838:, Australian History Promotions, Bondi NSW, 2004) says of the serialisation that "it includes an edited version of the Jerilderie Letter e.g. grammar, spelling, punctuation and the reference to the calf's testicles has been left out."
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294:, a Kelly cousin and so-called fifth member of the Kelly gang, whose information was previously unpublished, such as the whereabouts of the gang when they were in hiding, the manner in which the gang approached
267:, who was less than 4 points ahead. He then served as a federal organiser for woodworkers via his position as general secretary of the Sawmill and Woodworkers Association of Tasmania then formed his own party.
999:"Report of Evidence Tendered to the Royal Commission on the Constitution of the Commonwealth: Suggesting Amendments to the Commonwealth Constitution Recommended by the Australian Labor Party./J.J. Kenneally"
473:, a Melbourne suburb. They had three sons and two daughters. He and his brother Matthew maintained a close relationship with the Kelly family: Jim Kelly, the youngest of the Kelly brothers, served as
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again managed to ignore
Kenneally's copyright four years later in its publication of Roy Bridges' centenary history of Victoria and was again forced to pay Kenneally for breach of copyright.
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Report of
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For his 1929 book, Kenneally put together police statements made under oath at the time of the Kelly break-out and the events leading up to it, with the findings of the 1881
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and early editions are prized by collectors. It has gone through nine editions: two self-published, six by four different
Melbourne-based publishers, and one by Victoria's
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686:"Commonwealth of Australia: Legislative Election of 13 April 1910"
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Dandenong, Victoria: The Kelly Gang Publishing Company, 1929.
139:; 1870 – 20 February 1949) was an Australian journalist and
671:"The Candidates: Victoria, House of Representatives, Merdna"
614:. North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Victoria). 5 February 1937.
981:"A Hero's Legend and a Stolen Skull Rustle Up a DNA Drama"
642:. Dandenong, Victoria: The Kelly Gang Publishing Company.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1954)
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537:Cheltenham, Victoria: Standard Newspapers, 1955.
16:Australian journalist and politician (1870–1949)
169:'s Timber Worker's Union and was active in the
161:Raised in the northeastern part of Australia's
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1021:Kenneally, J. J. (James Jerome), 1870–1949"
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215:, he was the youngest of the Kenneallys of
181:, Victoria in the 1906 and 1910 elections.
894:. National Gallery website. Archived from
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