In the late 19th century, the American frontier became famous for its outlaws and gangsters.

Men like Billy the Kid and Jesse James became notorious for their criminal exploits.

While this was happening in the American West, there were similar outlaws in the Australian Bush.

One in particular has captured the imagination of Australia and the reason he became so famous

was, let's just say, unique. Learn more about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang,

and how they became legendary

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Australia was famously populated by the British who sent convicted convicts to settle there.

To be fair, many of the people that the British sent over were often on trumped up charges just because they needed bodies.

But there were actually hardcore criminals sent to Australia, and in the 19th century, Australia was a far wilder place in the country you know today.

It was in this environment that Ned Kelly was born in what was then the colony of Victoria in

1854.

His father, John Red Kelly, came from Ireland, and he was one of the convicts who was sent to Australia as punishment.

The crime he committed in Ireland was stealing two pigs.

His family had a history of getting into trouble with the law.

Ned had an uncle named Jim Kelly who was arrested for cattle wrestling,

and an eight-year-old Ned made his first appearance in court

to testify in his behalf.

In 1865, Red Kelly was sent to prison for six months for stealing a calf.

When he was released from prison, his already bad alcoholism worsened and he died in

1866, leaving a 12-year-old Ned to provide for his family.

The Kelly family was very poor and given their history of crime was often harassed by the local police.

At age 14, Ned fell in with a bush ranger named Harry Power and got into trouble with the law for stealing horses.

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