I personally think Ned Kelly was a hero not a villain. For some of use you are probably agreeing but for the rest I'm wrong. I thought about this over and over again then finally i made up my mind. Now i know Ned Kelly robbed banks,murdered people and was always involved in horse theft but think again, when Ned Kelly robbed banks he gave some of it to the poor and he ONLY formed the kelly gang because they had taken his mother (Ellen Kelly) to prison for three years for no reason.They had thought if they take his mother to prison she will speak and tell them where Ned and Dan were. If they had not taken his mother none this rad off had happen.

And that is why think Ned Kelly is a hero not a villain!

Ned Kelly was simply standing up for his rights, the way he was doing so wasn’t right but his motive was. He broke the laws, but the laws were injustice.

Ned Kelly is hero to my eyes because the problem was the authorities such as the police, who acted like that Ned Kelly is bad man for doing thefts and robberies, but the problem started from them. Ned Kelly was merely standing up for his rights because that time they where was a little discrimination going unto the Irish because of their background and guess what Ned was Irish so maybe he thought that no one would take action, so he had his own method of protest and showing who is wrong but still I think that his method was wrong but his motive wasn't wrong

he was hunted by police because he tried to get back at them for arresting his mum for no reason

He saved someones life when he was in his teens but he did rob banks. He robbed banks because he wasn't selfish so he gave the money to the poor and his family and friends.

Dear Ned was both a hero And a victim.

If he and his family ahd been left alone by the police this wouldn't of happened and we might of had a good right of history. BUT the police would NOT leave him alone.

Also, he was like a robin hood of the time. He would give some of what he got from the banks he would give to the poor.

And other things but my laptop only has 2% charge so I have no time...

besides, he was hanged as an outlaw- how would you like it if you were hung for standing up for what was right against unfair laws?

He's like the very definition of a bad arse rebel, so I love him :')

He saved a schoolmate from drowning when he was 12 and his dad only died when he was 10. Also, he only killed those policemen to protect his gang, and when he accidentally shot Sergent Kennedy, he put him out of his misery.

And, in the Genrowan siege, he let the prisoners escape, because the police were shooting the innocent prisoners.

Although, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, the poor Irish loved him, the rich English hated him, so really the decision is really depended on who you are.

I find him more of a hero than a villain. In his early years, he saved a young boy from drowning. Later on in his life, his friend had lent him a horse which was in fact stolen without Kelly's knowledge. This had got him unjustly arrested for a few years. Also, some say when Ned had murdered 3 cops it was mainly for self defense, as they came to him with guns and allegedly shot at him first...

Also, people had made up most of his crimes, and even made up things about his mother, which led to his innocent mother's arrest. You can't really blame him from rebelling against the law and such; he was the son of Irish convicts who obviously despised the English.

Ned Kelly was the only hero on Australia history confronting the colonial empire. It's was a class struggle with Britain colonialism that no many wanted to take part on it and today they sweep under the carpet. Him and his family were attacked and they responded.The accidental shutting of a policeman was the trigger for the hunting to presided. Saluted to the only hero of the Australian history!

Ned kelly is a hero he save a 7 year old boy from drowning and the boy became a father with 4 girls and 8 sons so he is a HERO!!!

I think Ned Kelly is a hero because he was all ways trying to do the right thing but the police all ways try to get evolved and making Ned Kelly get mad. yes he did go agents the law but if it was not for them he would be a good guy

The Shelton’s thought that Ned has stolen their horse, but he did something that made the Shelton’s forget it. DICK SHELTONS dad demanded that Ned Kelly was a thief. Their son dick was walking to school when he fell into Hughes Creek. when Ned Kelly was walking to somewhere he found the boy drowning so he jumped into the river at the speed of light. Fear was covering him. I came home wet and I told: “my mum that Ned Kelly saved me from drowning he should be awarded.” Then his mum and dad said that he is poor and stole my horses so we should give him a small gift. Then my dad said that we will give him a green sash. That’s a good Idea I demanded. After a week, we rewarded him with the present we decided to give him. He was thankful for this present. Dick Shelton demanded, “thank you for saving me”. Then ned Kelly said it’s all right. Ned Kelly demanded, “thank you for the present.” Ned was happy with his strange reward. Ned wore the green sash on only special occasions. Ned Kelly’s mother was proud of his work saving the Shelton boy. Since then Shelton’s thought that ned Kelly is good and evil. The Shelton’s and ned Kelly were like the faces of a coin one side is always negative. Everyone in his family liked it and so did the Shelton’s. Then they thought they should have given him something else. Ned Kelly was proud himself for saving a drowning lad. From then the people in the town of Glenrowan was proud of having a kid likened.

He was hunted by police because he tried to get back at them for arresting his mum for no reason.

Ned Kelly was being a nice person with the horse that he didn't know that was stolen and he neally got killed by not even knowing that it was stolen

Ned Kelly is a hero.I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may now have a bright side

People have always argued about Ned Kelly being a hero or a villain. Don’t be too quick to judge. You people may think Ned Kelly was a villain but really, he was a hero. As he saved a young lads life, he stole money from the banks and gave it to the local people and while he was robbing the banks to get money for the local people he burnt up all the banks reports, so they don't know who is in debt with the bank. Ned was let out 6 months early from his sentence of 3 years of hard labour because of good behaviour.(He was sentenced and it wasn’t his fault)

I fully agree that Ned Kelly is a hero, because when his mother went to jail the police thought that Ned was trouble, so people he knew would give him something that was stolen like lets just say for example.....when that guy said to Ned about that pretty chestnut horse named lady then the guy gave the mare to Ned cause she was a stolen horse!

So then after that the police targeted Ned cause the mare was stolen by somebody else.

then the community of Greta or whatever started to blame the Kelly gang on anything that would happen in the town

sooooooo NED KELLY IS A HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Ned Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880)[a] was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer. One of the last bushrangers, and by far the most famous, he is best known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police.

Kelly was born in the British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the Squattocracy and as victims of police persecution. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power, and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874 on a conviction of receiving a stolen horse. He later joined the "Greta mob", a group of bush larrikins known for stock theft. A violent confrontation with a policeman occurred at the Kelly family's home in 1878, and Kelly was indicted for his attempted murder. Fleeing to the bush, Kelly vowed to avenge his mother, who was imprisoned for her role in the incident. After he, his younger brother Dan, and two associates—Joe Byrne and Steve Hart—shot dead three policemen, the Government of Victoria proclaimed them outlaws.

Kelly and his gang eluded the police for two years, thanks in part to the support of an extensive network of sympathisers. The gang's crime spree included raids on Euroa and Jerilderie, and the killing of Aaron Sherritt, a sympathiser turned police informer. In a manifesto letter, Kelly—denouncing the police, the Victorian government and the British Empire—set down his own account of the events leading up to his outlawry. Demanding justice for his family and the rural poor, he threatened dire consequences against those who defied him. In 1880, when Kelly's attempt to derail and ambush a police train failed, he and his gang, dressed in armour fashioned from stolen plough mouldboards, engaged in a final gun battle with the police at Glenrowan. Kelly, the only survivor, was severely wounded by police fire and captured. Despite thousands of supporters attending rallies and signing a petition for his reprieve, Kelly was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, which was carried out at the Old Melbourne Gaol. His last words were famously reported to have been, "Such is life".

Historian Geoffrey Serle called Kelly and his gang "the last expression of the lawless frontier in what was becoming a highly organised and educated society, the last protest of the mighty bush now tethered with iron rails to Melbourne and the world".[1] In the century after his death, Kelly became a cultural icon, inspiring numerous works in the arts, and is the subject of more biographies than any other Australian. Kelly continues to cause division in his homeland: some celebrate him as Australia's equivalent of Robin Hood, while others regard him as a murderous villain undeserving of his folk hero status.[2] Journalist Martin Flanagan wrote: "What makes Ned a legend is not that everyone sees him the same—it's that everyone sees him. Like a bushfire on the horizon casting its red glow into the night."[3]

if he's a villain then why does he keep getting hunted and keep trying to kill him just for doing nothing