A descendant of Ned Kelly says the family plans to give the infamous bushranger a dignified private funeral, after receiving news that his last wish to be buried with his family has been granted.
Anthony Griffiths, a grandchild of Kelly's sister, said the family welcomed Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark's decision to return Kelly's remains to his descendants so they could meet his final request to be buried in consecrated ground.
"That's very welcome news indeed," Mr Griffiths said.
"Our family, like every family, likes to be able to bury their own family members. Our aim is to give him a dignified funeral, like any family would."
It was likely Kelly will be laid to rest in a small cemetery in the Greta churchyard south of Glenrowan, where his mother Ellen, several of his brothers and sisters and other relatives are buried in unmarked graves.
