Justice in Kelly Country - Strahan, Lachlan
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Partway through the Jerilderie Letter Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening him: he would shoot me like a dog. Those few fateful words have echoed through Australian history and been the cause of much bloodshed and violence. They ushered in a national myth: the legend of the Kelly Gang. For two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat Ned and his gang shot dead three police in an event now known as the Stringybark Creek killings. Neds reason for opening fire? He thought one cop was Anthony. Lachlan Strahan Anthonys great-great-grandson grew up believing Ned…mehr

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Partway through the Jerilderie Letter Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening him: he would shoot me like a dog. Those few fateful words have echoed through Australian history and been the cause of much bloodshed and violence. They ushered in a national myth: the legend of the Kelly Gang. For two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat Ned and his gang shot dead three police in an event now known as the Stringybark Creek killings. Neds reason for opening fire? He thought one cop was Anthony. Lachlan Strahan Anthonys great-great-grandson grew up believing Ned Kelly was a heroic outlaw and Anthony the ruthless cop who pursued him. Yet as Lachlan began to explore his ancestors life he discovered an alternative story. This is a tale about justice and retribution, morality and vengeance. It is about making a life against the odds in a wild frontier society. It is also a story of inheritance: of the words passed from father to son and the myths we choose to preserve.
Autorenporträt
Lachlan Strahan is a historian and a diplomat. His first book, Australia's China, has become one of the standard works on Australia- China relations. His second, Day of Reckoning, traced a series of crimes in Papua New Guinea after World War II and was shortlisted for the 2006 NSW Premier's Australian History Prize.