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In October 1898 a woman was found dead in a lagoon on the outskirts of the town of Forbes in NSW. She was identified as Ada Foster, 35, a mother of four.
What few people in the town knew was that the dead woman was actually Kate Kelly, the sister of notorious bushranger Ned Kelly. What was Kate doing in Forbes â 370 kilometres west of Sydney and 470 kilometres from her Kelly clan in north-east Victoria? Was her death murder, suicide or an accident?
âShe deserved betterâ: Rebecca Wilson, author of a new book about Ned Kellyâs sister Kate, with one of her paintings of Kate.