Witness: Archive 2011

Ned Kelly, the infamous Australian outlaw was captured in the remote settlement of Glenrowan in 1880.In a dramatic last stand, Kelly and his gang took hostages and tried to derail a police train.Kelly was hanged a few months after his capture. The rest of the gang were killed.Witness brings together eye-witness accounts of the last stand. The programme also hears from the Australian historian Professor Carl Bridge.PICTURE: Ned Kelly is shot and captured while wearing his armour (HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES).