The Kelly Gang

Hocking, Geoff (2004) Australia In History: The Kelly Gang The Last of The Bushrangers. Harcourt Education, Melbourne, VIC.

This non-fiction book tells the story of Ned Kelly and the rest of his gang. How Ned's life began, information about his family history, how the Kelly gang took on the police even with a huge reward being offered for their capture, and eventually the end of the Kelly gang in 1880 at Glenrowan Hotel after a shoot-out and fire. Later that year Ned Kelly was hanged for his crimes.

This book is very interesting and I would recommend it to any school library collection, not only because it provides important information about some of Australia's history but because there are other books available in this Australia in History series.

Throughout the book there are words typed in bold, mainly different terms that are not commonly used in today's spoken language, for the reader to refer to the back of the book in a glossary of terms. Very handy for children who may not be widely read and to come across strange words to be able to look them up in the same book.

Jo-Anne Phillips ETL402