You can also see where the bullet from a policeman’s rifle struck the helmet’s visor.The virtual tour of the most complete version of Kelly’s armour since it was worn at the 1880 siege of Glenrowan reveals that, ironically, Ned Kelly was captured when police fired at his unprotected legs.The Library building is temporarily closed. ][Breast-plate rotates for reverse view. The helmet resembled a tin can without a crown, and included a long slit for the eyes. ]'A menacing figure in what appeared to be a tin-can helmet…'Ned Kelly's armour is on display until 20 July 2020 in Ned Kelly’s armour weighed around 45 kilos but the heavy suit of steel saved his life when he emerged from the bush at Glenrowan, gun blazing, and helped launch the Kelly myth.Our virtual reconstruction of Kelly’s iconic suit of armour shows how each piece was fashioned from plough metal and put together with bolts and leather. Two stolen circular saws and iron tacks were tried and found not to be bulletproof. A red square indicates the holes in the bottom of the face-plate and label text appears beside it. Our virtual reconstruction of Kelly’s iconic suit of armour shows how each piece was fashioned from plough metal and put together with bolts and leather. The suits' separate parts were strapped together on the body while the helmet was separate with internal leather straps that straddled the head, keeping the massive weight off of the collar bones and the shoulders, also allowing it to be removed easily. All four men wore The manufacture of the four suits took four or five months. ][Individual parts of the armour in image separate out. This is indicated with a red curved line and accompanying label text.
Label text appears next to the lappet. It has become a widely recognisable image and icon, inspiring many cultural depictions and cementing Ned Kelly as one of Australia's most well-known historical figures.
][Image rotates anti-clockwise, red square highlights holes at side of amour. After the shootout there were five bullet marks on the helmet, three on the breast-plate, nine on the back-plate, and one on the shoulder-plate.Although no bullets actually penetrated through the armour, each bullet to Ned's helmet caused massive bruising, lacerations and disorienting concussion. The helmet resembled a tin can without a crown, and included a long slit for the eyes. ][Image separates the two parts of the face-plate and bolts come out from the sides. ][Breast-plate rotates back to front view. Red curved line indicates the focus area and label text appears beside this. Ned wore a padded skull cap and his helmet also had internal strapping so that his head could take some of the weight. The Victorian Police were told about the armour three times by informants, but Hare and Sadleir both dismissed the information as "nonsense" and "an impossibility". A red box highlights the rivets in the centre. ][Image rotates to reveal the front of the left arm-plate and a red square indicates the holes at the top. Hare gave Ned Kelly's armour to Dan Kelly's armour (left) and Steve Hart's armour (right), on display in the Padding is only known from Ned's armour and it is not clear if the other suits were similarly padded. The Kelly Gang’s armour, made of plough mouldboards, closely followed the style of ancient Chinese armour — as worn by Beechworth Chinese in the town’s Prince of Wales Birthday processions of 1873 -74.
][Image rotates again to reveal the full front-view of the armour. ][The right arm plate rotates horizontally to reveal the curve. The police even questioned whether he was human. New text and a red square appear at the top of the face-plate. The suits' separate parts were strapped together on the body while the helmet was separate with internal leather straps that straddled the head, keeping the massive weight off of the collar bones and the shoulders, also allowing it to be removed easily. Red square highlights marks on surface, label text accompanies. Ned Kelly's armour weighed 44 kilograms (97 lb). ][Arm-plate rotates back into place, the colour of the arm-plates fades and the face-plate is highlighted. ][Sepia photo of a group of men standing amongst trees, pointing rifles. ][Image of armour returns to frontal view with all parts back in their original positions and colour returned. There is label text beneath this box. His suit was the only one to have an apron at the back, but all four had front aprons. ][Drawing of Ned Kelly wearing armoured-helmet, long coat and shooting a pistol. A red line indicates the area at the top of the breast-plate and label text appears beside it. Superintendent Hare, who led the attack at Glenrowan, felt entitled to a souvenir as a … ][Sepia photo of Ned Kelly, with a bandana around his neck and what appears to be a chain around his legs. Label text accompanies. [Red text over a black-and-white photo of Kelly’s armour reads: Ned Kelly’s armour – a virtual reconstruction][Sepia photo of a house behind a railway line fades into a sepia photo of the bearded face of Ned Kelly. ][Image of armour rotates further. Constable Arthur, who was closest, thought he was a "huge Following the siege of Glenrowan the media reported the events and use of armour around the world.
The gang's armour was made of iron a quarter of an inch thick, each consisting of a long breast-plate, shoulder-plates, back-guard, apron and helmet. Image begins to rotate.
][Face-plate is put together again and a red square indicates bullet holes at the top, with accompanying text][Entire image of armour rotates anti-clockwise. Ned Kelly's armour weighed … Ned Kelly’s armour weighed around 45 kilos but the heavy suit of steel saved his life when he emerged from the bush at Glenrowan, gun blazing, and helped launch the Kelly myth. ][Colour of breast-plate in image fades and the shoulder plates become darker. When Ned Kelly was captured and his gang members killed, the gang's armour quickly became a source of fascination and conflict between the police involved in the final shoot-out. ][Four photographs of the members of the Kelly Gang – Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart. ][Image rotates the back-plate to show reverse view.
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