Edward Ned Kelly is a convict born to an Irish family in Australia. He is the most famous bushranger. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, a bushranger is an outlaw who lives in the bush. He is known for his wild life style, which included shoot out with Australian policemen, stealing horses, committing bank robbers all for the benefit of his family and other poor people. This mark him a figure in Australian folklore. Some people consider him a villain but other is consider a hero. He is commonly referenced in Australian slang with the phase "as game as Ned Kelly" - which refers to being or wild.