Ironclad bushranging Ned Kelly taking the attacking force in rear.

Foreground shows Ned Kelly in helmet and coat, standing with one hand behind his back, firing a pistol through the trees towards policeman, other police with their backs to Kelly, sheltering among trees, firing across a clearing at a wooden hut, bushland all around.

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Date(s): 1880-08

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