Who was Ned Kelly?

In Australia, in the nineteenth century, the outlaws were known as 'Rangers of the bush'. Ned Kelly was the last and most famous of these men. Born in 1855, he formed a gang with his brother, attacking wealthy landowners and stealing horses. Their exploits made them famous, and some poor farmers regarded Ned Kelly as a kind of Australian Robin Hood. But his gang was one day captured by soldiers in Glenrowan. All the outlaws were killed, except Ned Kelly, who wore special protection that he had made. He was wounded and captured, and executed in 1880.