In 1879, Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly devised a plan to create bulletproof armour and wear it during shootouts with the police. He and other members of the Kelly gang—Joe Byrne, Steve Hart, and brother Dan Kelly—had their own armour suits and helmets crafted from plough mouldboards, either donated by sympathisers or stolen from farms. The boards were heated and then beaten into shape over the course of several months, most likely in a crude bush forge and possibly with the assistance of blacksmiths. While the suits successfully repelled bullets, their heavy weight made them cumbersome to wear, and the gang debated their utility.
Also on display are Kelly’s Snider Enfield rifle and one of his boots.
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PAN SHOT
I forget what this is from. I know I have seen it. I just can’t place it.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(I think)
Yep
Thanks. That’s what I thought. So you’re probably right.
I’d highly recommend reading further into Australia’s bushrangers as a whole and individually - Ned Kelly was one of many who were hunted by the police further and further, as the Outback was ‘settled’.
If you haven’t come across him yet, check out John Francis Peggotty, the (alleged) ostrich riding, blinged-out, Irish little person bushranger Birdman of the Coorong.
I only know about this because of Lego Masters Australia.
I watched a documentary about him a long time ago by Mr Serious
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless_Kelly
Serious did another about the inventor of beer foam, definitely recommended.
Pan shot!
The black knight shall always triumph!
You’re unable to make it out from the armour but it had to be specially altered for Ned’s enormous balls
