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Jill Dimond

Jill Dimond received the Library Council of NSW honorary fellowship in 2008 to research a biography of Mrs AM Hamilton-Grey. ‘Ned Kelly’s skull’ was an unexpected outcome of that research.

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Published in Overland Issue 211 Winter 2013 · Culture

Ned Kelly’s skull

Jill Dimond

Earlier this year, the remains of Ned Kelly were buried in a small graveyard in north-east Victoria. But the skeleton that was laid to rest 130 years after the bushranger's execution was missing a skull. What happened to Ned's head?