Left indigent, the widow and children moved to a hut at Eleven Mile Creek, about half-way between Greta and Glenrowan in northern Victoria, where Ned became the main breadwinner, taking jobs as a timber cutter and rural worker - ringbarking, breaking in horses, mustering cattle and fencing. · Kelly, 14, was arrested and served seven weeks in jail for the alleged assault of a Chinese pig farmer. It was also alleged Kelly was an assistant to thief-turned- bushranger Harry Power, although police found no evidence to prove a connection to Power's crimes. · In April 1878 a police officer named Fitzpatrick accused Ned's mother of attacking him and that Ned had then shot him in the wrist. Mrs Kelly was sent to prison for 3 years. · Fearing the police wouldn't believe their account of the events, Kelly went into hiding at Stringybark Creek with his brother Dan. A shoot-out began between the
bringing indigenous Australians stories to wider notice. Alexis Wright and Tara June Winch are also famous Aboriginal writers. Film: The film-making in Australia started at the beginning of the 20th century. The most famous Australian actors are Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Heath Ledger. Some famous movies are, for instance, "Happy Feet", "The story of the Kelly Gang" and "Moulin Rouge". Ned Kelly was an Australian bushranger, and, to some, a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities.