Dan Kelly (1861 – 28 June 1880) was an Australianbushranger and outlaw. The son of an Irishconvict, he was the youngest brother of the bushranger, Ned Kelly. Dan and his brother killed three policemen. With two friends, they formed the Kelly Gang. Dan Kelly died during the famous siege of Glenrowan.
More books have been written about the Kelly Gang than any other subject in Australian history. The Kelly Gang were the subject of the world's first full length feature movie, The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in 1906. They robbed banks, took over whole towns, kept the people in Victoria and New South Walesfrightened. For two years the Victorian police searched for them, locked up their friends and families, but could not find them.
