Visit to Avenel

[Stephen Whiteside]

I have posted a short piece about visiting Avenel, the town where a young Ned Kelly rescued a boy from drowning, on my blog.

You can find it here:
http://www.stephenwhiteside.com.au/975/

[Maureen K Clifford]

That's a story that is not so well known Stephen - Lovely to hear it and thank you for sharing it with us. Look forward to hearing Maggies recording. Well done

[Stephen Whiteside]

Thanks, Maureen. The father of the boy he saved presented him with a large green sash with gold fringes as a token of his gratitude. When Ned was captured at Glenrowan, he was wearing the sash under his armour. The surgeon who examined his wounds 'souvenired' it, but it re-appeared many years later, and is now on permanent display at the Costume & Pioneer Museum in Benalla - still blood stained.