![]() ![]() The document is named after the town of Jerilderie, New South Wales, where the Kelly Gang carried out an armed robbery in February 1879 during which Kelly tried to have his document published as a pamphlet. It is a longer and more detailed version of the Cameron/Euroa Letter which Kelly sent to a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the police in December 1878. ![]() He describes cases of alleged police corruption and calls for justice for poor families. ![]() In the letter Kelly tries to justify his actions, including the murder of three policemen in October 1878 at Stringybark Creek. The Jerilderie Letter is a 56-page document of approximately 8,000 words. It is one of only two original Kelly letters known to have survived. The handwritten document known as the Jerilderie Letter was dictated by Australian bushranger Ned Kelly to fellow Kelly Gang member Joe Byrne in 1879. Some of the 56 pages comprising the Jerilderie Letter, on display in the State Library of Victoria ![]()
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