Stringybark Creek-Ned Kelly Series

If left alive Kennedy would, Kelly said, be left to a slow torturing death at the mercy of ants, flies, and the packs of dingoes. Therefore he decided to put an end to the sufferings of the wounded sergeant, and, as the latter momentarily turned his head, Kelly fired and shot him through the heart.

Historical record Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010