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Unlike most of Australia’s bushrangers, Ned only stole from the banks, and from the rich – he never held up travelers or mail coaches. He believed he only killed in self-defence and that his actions were the result of police persecution and his unfair treatment by the authorities. Ned Kelly was born in 1854, in Beveridge. His father, John ‘Red’ Kelly, died when Ned was 11. After that Ned left school to find work so he could support his famil