The true story of the Kelly Gang Armour | Did it work? Who made it?

The Kelly Gang armour is an Australian icon - but how was it made? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube 👉 https://ab.co/2YFO4Go

Legend has it, it was made over a stringy bark log by the gang themselves, but historians and blacksmiths say all the evidence points to it being done by a professional blacksmith in a forge.

In this 2003 story from ABC TV’s Catalyst program we finally find out the truth, as history meets science. It follows the armour of Joe Byrne, Ned Kelly’s second in command, on a journey of discovery from Glenrowan to the ANSTO’s nuclear reactor in Sydney. There a team of scientists and historians finally shed some light on how the famous armour was made.
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