Editing Ned Kelly (section)

==Remains and graves==
[[File:National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia - Joy of Museums - Ned Kelly - Death Mask.jpg|thumb|upright|Kelly's [[death mask]] on display in the [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]]]]
Kelly was buried at the Old Melbourne Gaol in what was known as the "old men's yard".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71238643 |title=DEEMING'S GEAVE. |newspaper=[[Australian Town and Country Journal|Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870–1907)]] |location=NSW |date=28 May 1892 |access-date=8 October 2012 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710031603/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71238643 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 1881, reports emerged that Kelly's body had been illegally dissected by medical students for study.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3150874 |title=Our Melbourne Letter  |newspaper=[[The Northern Territory Times|Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873–1927)]] |location=Darwin, NT |date=14 May 1881 |access-date=16 September 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710031609/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3150874 |url-status=live }}</ref> Public outrage at the rumour raised concerns of civil unrest, leading the gaol's governor to deny that it had occurred.<ref name="Head">[http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/program/nedshead Ned's Head] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926193647/http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/program/nedshead|date=26 September 2011}} [[SBS One]] Documentary: The scientific investigation and DNA testing of Kelly's skeletal remains 4 September 2011</ref>

In 1929, the Old Melbourne Gaol was closed for demolition works, during which the remains of felons were uncovered. Before being reinterred in a mass grave at Pentridge Prison, skeletal parts were looted by workers and spectators from a number of graves, including one marked with the initials "E.K.",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21366334 |title=Ned Kelly's Grave|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=14 January 1929 |access-date=14 August 2012 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> situated apart from the rest on the opposite side of the yard.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66218475 |title=DISHONORED DEAD. |newspaper=Oakleigh Leader |location=North Brighton, Vic. |date=22 December 1894 |access-date=9 September 2014 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The skull from this grave was handed over to the police and stored at the Victorian Penal Department, then sent to the [[Australian Institute of Anatomy]], [[Canberra]] in 1934. It went missing but was later found in a safe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65505208 |title=Ned's Skull is Now Locked Up. |newspaper=[[Benalla Ensign]] |location=Vic. |date=8 January 1953 |access-date=8 October 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710031534/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65505208 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1972 the skull was exhibited at the Old Melbourne Gaol until it was stolen on 12 December 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110928966 |title=Ned Kelly's skull stolen. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=13 December 1978 |access-date=1 September 2014 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710031603/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110928966 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 9 March 2008, archaeologists announced they believed they had found Kelly's burial site at Pentridge Prison, among the remains of 32 executed felons.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Reuters <!-- |author-link=Jonathan Standing --> |first=Jonathan |last=Standing |location=[[Sydney]] |date=9 March 2008 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSYD14597520080309 |title=Grave of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly said found |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109224747/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSYD14597520080309 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, the skull that was stolen in 1978 was handed over for forensic testing along with the Pentridge remains. After conducting several tests in 2010–11, the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine concluded the skull was not Kelly's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vifm.org/education-and-research/the-ned-kelly-project/vifm-media-release/|title=VIFM Media Release – Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine|access-date=8 September 2014|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227000228/http://www.vifm.org/education-and-research/the-ned-kelly-project/vifm-media-release/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kelly's skeleton was identified among the Pentridge remains through DNA analysis and comparisons to bullet wounds he received at Glenrowan. Most of the skull is missing,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/science/06kelly.html |title=A Hero's Legend and a Stolen Skull Rustle Up a DNA Drama |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 August 2011 |author-link=Christine Kenneally |first=Christine |last=Kenneally |access-date=8 September 2011 |archive-date=7 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907070007/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/science/06kelly.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with what remains of the [[occipital bone]] showing cuts consistent with dissection.<ref name="Head"/><ref name=WSJ2Sep2011>{{cite news |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |page=A6 |date=2 September 2011 |title=Scientists Nab an Australian Outlaw <!-- |author-link=Enda Curran --> |first=Enda |last=Curran |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904716604576544123240961458?mod=googlenews_wsj |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831131934/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904716604576544123240961458?mod=googlenews_wsj |url-status=live }} (Article on the web is slightly different from the print edition.)</ref>

In 2012, the Victorian government approved the handover of Kelly's bones to his family, who made plans for his final burial and also appealed for the return of his skull.<ref>''Time'' magazine [https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/06/outlaw-ned-kellys-remains-given-to-family-132-years-after-his-death/ "Outlaw Ned Kelly's Remains Given to Family – 132 Years After His Death", 6 August 2012]  Retrieved on 13 August 2012.</ref> On 20 January 2013, following a Requiem Mass at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Wangaratta, Kelly's final wish was granted as his remains were buried in consecrated ground at Greta Cemetery, near his mother's unmarked grave. It was encased in concrete to prevent looting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ned-kelly-laid-to-rest-20130120-2d0ws.html|title=Ned Kelly laid to rest|work=The Age|date=20 January 2013|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-date=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123074952/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ned-kelly-laid-to-rest-20130120-2d0ws.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kelly's original headstone, along with those of other felons executed at the Old Melbourne Gaol, was repurposed during the [[Great Depression]] to construct bluestone walls protecting Melbourne beaches from erosion.<ref>[http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/walksandtrails_historytrail_bluestoneseawall.htm Bluestone Seawall (stories in the stones)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023180428/http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/walksandtrails_historytrail_bluestoneseawall.htm |date=23 October 2012 }} [[City of Bayside|Bayside City council]]</ref>