Analysis of Wanted Poster, Offering a Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of the Kelly Gang

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The primary source that will be analysed is a poster titled “Wanted poster, offering a reward for information leading to the capture of the Kelly gang”. The Kelly gang consisted of four bushranger men, Edward (Ned) Kelly his brother Dan Kelly and two of their friends Joe Byrne and Steve Hart. Ned Kelly and his gang are one of Australia’s most famous historical figures. Throughout this text it explores a brief history leading to the creation of the poster, the intended audience, important features of the poster and also what can be learnt from the source.

It is important to first know the circumstances and history of Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang to truly understand the severity of the poster. Trouble first began for Ned Kelly when his father died and being the eldest son had to provide for his family. He was first arrested at age fourteen for stealing 10 shillings from a Chinese man(___). Many other accounts of robbery and confrontations with the police followed this incident and the Kelly family had become well known for causing problems. It wasn’t until the year of 1878 that major havoc struck when newly appointed Constable Fitzpatrick was in charge of the local Greta Police Station. He was warned to stay away from the Kelly family and yet ignored what was said and decided to take matters into his own hands (___). During the encounter it is said that Constable Fitzpatrick not finding Ned or his brother home assaulted Ned’s sister Kate and this lead Ellen Kelly their mother to shoot him in the wrist. Ellen Kelly was sentenced three years in jail and brothers Ned and Dan were facing fifteen years because of the false accusations made by Constable Fitzpatrick blaming them (ausfirst).

As a result of this event Ned and Dan create...

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...ember 1880 (aust first). Despite the constant negative publicity 30,000 people signed a petition to support Ned Kelly in hopes to dismiss his sentence(Masson, 2010).

Through the analysis of the source it is learnt that the capture of the Kelly gang was a highly important political issue. The fact that many posters were released wanting the capture of the Kelly gang shows that the government were under a lot of pressure and by offering money as a reward was their own hope to gain support. Their main aim was to get rid of the Kelly gang to restore control and authority. The poster only shows one side of the story and is very bias as the information is released from the government. Even today Ned Kelly is a controversial topic within Australian history. Even though he was a convicted criminal many Australian’s believe that he was a great person and highly important.

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