A New Zealand woman who is convinced she owns the skull of notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly has held a wake for the infamous criminal to mark his burial yesterday.
Kelly was buried without his head in a private service in rural Victoria on Sunday. The identity was confirmed more than 130 years after his execution by DNA testing of his bones to compare them to one of his descendants.
His family is still in search of Kelly's skull, which Napier woman Anna Hoffmann maintains she was given 30 years ago while on holiday in Melbourne.
Ms Hoffmann said she not heard from Australian authorities since claiming last year she had Kelly's head.
She has maintained she is willing to return it to the family if they wish for its DNA to be tested.