What year did Ned Kelly become a bushranger?

Answer 1

Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous bushranger, was quite young when he turned to crime. He was twelve when his father died, and so he was subsequently required to leave school to take on the new position as head of the family. Shortly after this, the Kellys moved to Glenrowan. As a teenager, Ned became involved in petty crimes, regularly targetting the wealthy landowners.

Kelly was apprenticed to notorious Victorian bushranger Harry Power at age 15, which was in either 1869 or 1870. Power took him on and taught him the finer points of bushranging.

Answer 2

Ned Kelly was born in 1854 and started bushranging within a couple of years of leaving school at age 12, following the death of his father. He was "apprenticed" to bushranger Harry Power at age 15. After embarking on his own bushranging career, he was hanged in 1880. Therefore, the nearest estimate for how long he was a bushranger is 11-12 years.

Answer 3

Ned Kelly was born in 1854 and started bushranging within a couple of years of leaving school at age 12, following the death of his father. He was "apprenticed" to bushranger Harry Power at age 15.

Therefore, it can be estimated that he began bushranging around the year 1869.

Answer 4

Ned Kelly was twelve when his father died, and he was forced to run the family farm. It is believed he had a few run-ins with the law in the years immediately after his father's death. He is believed to have become a full-time bushranger in 1870, when he was apprenticed to Harry Power at age 15.

Answer 5

Ned Kelly started bushranging within a couple of years of leaving school at age 12, following the death of his father. He was "apprenticed" to bushranger Harry Power at age 15.

Answer 6

Yes. This was the age Ned Kelly was when he was apprenticed to notorious bushranger Harry Power.