A companion guide to the Ned Kelly display at State Library Victoria. Features physical and digital items in our collections and links to external sites.
Do you want to learn more about Ned Kelly's story, or about any other topic raised in this guide? This page links to resources available at the Library and at other collecting institutions. For other bonus material, also keep an eye out for the Explore more heading on other pages of this guide.
The Library holds many print and online resources relating to Ned Kelly, including databases which can be accessed from home by Library members who live in Victoria. There are other resources are external to the Library that can be accessed online for free.
We recommend beginning your research with the following:
There's more to discover in our collections, online and at the Library. Start with these guides for search tips and advice on how to reference collection items in your assignments:
Interested in other topics? Browse our research guides for a quick start to your research.
The Library holds a vast collection of books on Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang. You can search for these using our Library catalogue.
Use the refine by options to narrow your search. For example you could narrow your search to:
Edward 'Ned' Kelly : the historical record : 1820 - 1893 by Ned Kelly was a 19th century bushranger, part of the Irish diaspora living life on the colonial frontier as part of the early settler community. What did it mean to be an outlaw in those times? How is it that his story has elicited such conflicting views among so many? Get a picture of early colonial life in Australia through these databases and ebooks, and with some help from our blogs and research guides, if you want it.
Did you know that State Library Victoria members can access hundreds of databases and over a million ebooks from home (if your home is in Victoria)? If you aren't a member yet, you can sign up online.
Discover a unique and personal view of events in the Australasian region from the arrival of the first settlers through to Australian Federation at the close of the nineteenth century.
Explore manuscript, printed and visual sources for the study of Empire (particularly Britain) over the last 500 years.
Discover first-hand perspectives on life in British colonies and insights on relationships between gender, empire, race and class. This collection includes British government and official records, personal papers and diaries, rare periodicals, and conference proceedings.
For advice on historical research and more stories from the Library collection, explore our Library blogs and one of our many other research guides on Australian history.
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Explore the Ned Kelly online exhibition and historical collection at the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV).
As the archive of the State and local government in Victoria, PROV holds records documenting key events in the Kelly story. These have been digitised and can be viewed online for free.
Discover more objects from the Kelly story at the Victoria Police Museum, including Constable Thomas McIntyre’s manuscript and objects relating to Stringybark Creek and the Kelly Gang.
Dive into The University of Melbourne Archives to discover more artefacts part of the Kelly story, including:
