Vote Result: Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang

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Josh Kendall

Heck yeah. Time for some Aussie representation.

Max

My favourite Australian of all time.

Svennie

Interesting. I know nothing about Australian history so it will be something new to learn. :) Looking forward to it.

Alex Purchase

It is a generalization, since education is managed at the State and Local level thus teacher and school quality varies wildly. Also kids these days don't seem to care about history and it's difficult to cram 240 years of US History in 32 weeks. But my point still stand that us history education is generally watered down. High school courses rarely challenge the many misconceptions or go in depth in topics. Minority group contributions are usually downplayed, The brutality of Christopher Columbus, the devastation of the Indian Wars, or the horrors of Slavery are never really full depicted. Nor hypocrisies of many of the greatest Americans in practicing the ideals which this country was found on. The underground railroad is depicted as a organized system with heavy emphasis on White abolitionists. Soraya said her goal in posting the Underground railroad as a voting option was to rectify these misconceptions.

Marco Honrade

It is a rather broad assumption to say that all US history is watered down. I know not everybody is fortunate, but I happened to have a few amazing history teachers that taught history very similarly to how EC presents it. Although, I would say that EC presents it much better, the point stands.

Hannah the Seal

Ah, well, having heard of Attila and actually being familiar with the facts of his life are two rather different things.

Nessf

Most of the People I Know of give me the impression of being completely ignorant of the Facts of Attila's Life story as well. Mind you they're probably also unaware of the Existence of Extra History, too. If, on the other Hand, you are completely obsessesd with Ancient Rome, like I am, then Attila does sort of comes with the Territory.

Martin Verran

Ned won because Most of us haven't heard much about it. We've all heard of Attila. Curiosity is a powerful thing. Don't worry. He and all the other well known chapters of history will get their own series. Once they put up a series of voting polls for the well known ones exclusively.

Autumn Nichols

He at least came in second? Could be back for a rematch later!

Nessf

Martin Verran

Heath Ledger played Ned Kelly in a wonderful movie of the same name based on him and his gangs life story. I highly recommend it, I would say heath ledger's second best performance after Dark knight.

Ambihextrous

Oh, this is thrilling!

Antti Björklund

As an Australian my reaction to this win was "noooooooooooooooooooo!!" Followed by some broken sobbing. This is FAR from obscure in Australia, we learn about it, people talk about it, there are movies and tv shows about it, it's very prominently known. Too known. BUT, trying to look on the bright side, extra history always delivers on quality. I was really looking forward to hearing about the underground railway, because such things aren't really taught here and because poc history dammit, but I look forward to seeing what EH will do with this. Heck, maybe I'll even learn something new. Ah well, as Ned would (allegedly, before being hanged at the tender age of 25) say, "such is life".

Zoe Alleyne

This will be a fun topic. Not surprising like the previous 5 US history topics, the Underground Railroad lost in a landslide, less than half the number of votes for first place and 247 votes short of third place. It’s clear that the Extra Credits community prefers obscure topics. Since most of patreons live in the US, US history topics will start with a popularity debuff. Sengoku Jidai or the First Battle of Manassas. South Sea Company or the Run-up to the Civil War. The First Crusade or Benedict Arnold. US topics can't compete with other topics, despite the fact we know history education in the US is woefully watered down. I don’t think we’ll see a US history topic unless the EC crew and community members really try to promote it or we have specific themed poll on US history like the April poll on Science and Economics.

Marco Honrade

Well, James now can say that he has covered each (inhibited) continent.

Steve Jackson

OK, Thank

Steve

Nope. Edward "Ned" Kelly lived between December 1854 & November 1880 (hung on November 11th) in Australia, where he was a Bushranger (escaped convicts living in the bush). He is probably best known for his fight at Glenrowan with the Victorian Police, which involved him and his gang wearing home-made armour.

eLNeroDiablo Studios

Kelly as in Machine Gun Kelly ?

Steve

Hmm. I'm both thrilled - because this is a fun topic - and dissapointed. The underground railroad is a big, important one, I was really hoping you'd get to talk about it. The curse of the North American topics strikes again. Ah well, perhaps another vote.

Nessf