"The resurgence of the Ned Kelly legend ... stresses the enigma of why one of the most decent, law-abiding peoples in …"

"Ned's story falls on that universal fault line that makes someone a rebel or a freedom fighter to one group and an ou…"

"Mrs McCormack struck my horse in the flank with a bullock's skin it jumped forward and my fist came in collision with…"

"My mother, with an infant baby, and brother-in-law and another neighbour, were taken for aiding and abetting and atte…"

"If the public do not see justice done I will seek revenge for the name and character which has been given to me and m…"

"This cannot be called wilful murder, for I was compelled to shoot [the police] in my own defence, or lie down like a …"

"[Fitzpatrick] seems a strapping and genteel looking young man, and more fit to be a starcher to laundress than a troo…"

"Had I robbed, plundered, ravished and murdered everything I met my character could not be painted blacker than it as …"

"I am really astonished to see Members of the Legislative Assembly led astray by such articles as the Police, for whil…"

"Everyone looks on me like a black snake."