Ned Knight in Aussie Armour. Eugenia Navarre. 2016.

These untold generational stories passed down through Kelly sympathiser families shatter 19th century bureaucratic propaganda that has shaped our Australian history.

The Kelly record is finally set straight, due to genuine grassroots information.Persistent research by writer Eugenie Navarre for over a decade reveals 'the other side' of the Kelly saga. It tells what really happened when Ned and Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart were on the run, supported by family and friends.

It puts the Kelly Outbreak back in the landscape of that era, when a youth revolt known as Larrikinism was shaping society, and undercurrents of discontent saw the birth of the Irish agrarian organisation, the Whiteboys in North East Victoria.

Enter activist and reformer Ned Kelly, the wild colonial boy whose dream of freedom from oppression and a 'fair go' for the poor settlers led him, like some knight of old, to take up arms and the iron clad Kelly gang was not alone. Many sympathisers were armed and ready to support the Glenrowan uprising.

This never-before told collection of memoirs reveals Dan Kelly and Steve Hart probably escaped the Glenrowan fiasco, another well-kept secret. Credible family stories in this book tell of Dan returning to NE Victoria to visit old friends.

The Ryan family story of Cobb, the remarkable horse Ned Kelly broke in, and later rode to Jerilderie and Glenrowan gives insight into the nature of the outlaw activist.

The delicate subject of Ned's sweetheart is analysed by family research experts, revealing a previously unknown liaison.

History will be forced to re-evaluate the life of Ned Kelly, now those who held truth close to their hearts have spoken out - Australia, the world, has waited a long time for these revelations.