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The Kelly Hunters

By: Grantlee Kieza
Narrated by: Tamblyn Lord
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By the author of the critically acclaimed Mrs Kelly, as well as other best sellers such as Banks, Monash and Banjo, The Kelly Hunters is a fascinating and compelling account of the other side of the legendary Kelly story.

When Ned Kelly and his band of young tearaways ambushed and killed three brave policemen in a remote mountain camp in 1878, they sparked the biggest and most expensive manhunt Australia had seen. The desperate search would end when Kelly and his gang, wearing suits of armour, tried to derail a train before waging their final bloody gun battle with police in the small Victorian town of Glenrowan.

In the 20 months between those shootouts and aided by a network of informers, hundreds of lawmen, soldiers, undercover agents and a team of Aboriginal trackers combed rugged mountains in freezing conditions in search of the outlaws. The police officers were brave, poorly paid and often ailing, but they risked death and illness in the hope of finding the men who had killed their comrades.

The hunt for the Kelly gang became a fierce battle of egos between senior police as they prepared for the final shootout with Australia's most infamous bushrangers, a gun battle that etched Ned Kelly's physical toughness and defiance of authority into Australian folklore.

©2022 Grantlee Kieza. Grantlee Kieza asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this Work. (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing. This audio version produced by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited.
19th Century Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Oceania True Crime

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The Kelly Hunters by Grantlee Kieza

It's good to have a start and a finish .instead of Ned being an adult.and getting into trouble with the law but I do think they where persecuted by the police a bit but murder is murder I really enjoyed this book Thank you Grantlee Kieza💜 & Thank you Tamblyn Lord 4 reading to me💜

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A remarkable story

Loved this - a great story that tells the truth about a fascinating time in Australian history.

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Badly written, not historically factual.

As far as I can tell the first telegraph was from Melbourne to Williamstown 1854. It would have been a single line with a man at each end tapping out Morse code. Certainly the word Telstra had not been invented then, so I doubt the story of a Telstra message. Was there even a train near the Kelly home? How was communication with Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, Maryborough & good god, Frazer Island! I have been to all these places. The only way would be by ship, yet the book reads like it took a couple of days. How did they find the trackers or get them back from Qld. We’re the police really that stupid. Rewards never paid? All too unbelievable for me. I will try listening again when I have nothing to read.

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