Remains of outlaw Ned Kelly found

ARCHAEOLOGISTS said yesterday that they believe the remains of iconic Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have been found in a mass grave at the site of a former prison.

Kelly was hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880, but documents show his remains and those of 32 other executed prisoners were exhumed and reburied at Pentridge Prison in 1929.

Archaeological digs at the site of the former prison have unearthed unmarked coffins containing the remains of the executed prisoners, badly decomposed and mingled.