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John Edward Kelly John Edward Kelly i(A85587 works by) (a.k.a. Ned Kelly)
Also writes as: Laoi
Born: Established: 6 Jul 1840 Kinsale, Cork (County),
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Ireland,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1884 Boston, Massachusetts,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Male
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 9 Jan 1868 Departed from Australia: 1871
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1 Prison Thoughts II i "Next Memory turns to free Colombia's shore,", John Edward Kelly , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 46)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs John Flood (editor), John Boyle O'Reilly (editor), 1867 At sea : John Edward Kelly , 1867 (Manuscript version)7654219 7654209 1867 periodical

The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs was created on board the Hougoumont, the last convict ship to come to Australia. The ship departed from Portsmouth on 12 October 1867, with 280 convicts (including 68 Fenians) and 108 passengers, and arrived in Fremantle on 9 January 1868.

During the voyage, those on board 'started a journal, to which the most talented were contributors ... Each number was read in public, and so much applauded, that towards the end of the voyage the convicts were obliged to write out copies of the journal for the mates.'

Source: 'Diary of a Fenian Convict', Freeman's Journal, 19.1321 (1 August 1868): 11. The quotation is a paraphrase from the diary of John Boyle O'Reilly.
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