I was fortunate enough to be present during part of the filming for this documentary.
I got to meet Tony Robinson whom I enjoy watching on Britain's Time Team program.
I had already been involved with the first dig and was wrapped to be in on a second.
The material used to cover and preserve the site worked well and so many treasures were still to be found.
To see the molten glass, percussion caps and charcoal remains of the famous Glenrowan Inn was a fantastic feeling.
I have enjoyed following the story of the siege for a long time and to hold these relics in my hand was beyond description.
Before I finish I think it is worth mentioning that if not for the Briggs family this dig could not have happened. Mr Briggs bought
the block at Siege st especially to preserve the site. The council forced him to demolish a sound brick building on the site, if
this had not occurred we could not have completed the dig and I could not have had the joy of seeing the remains of the inn,
perhaps for the first and last time since 1880.

From ABC.TV:

Join well-known British actor, author and presenter Tony Robinson (Blackadder,Time Team, The Worst Jobs in History)
on an archaeological dig unearthing details of Ned Kelly's infamous last gun battle in 1880.

Ned Kelly Uncovered follows the first ever excavation of the Glenrowan Inn site where the iconic Australian bushranger and his gang holed up for
a showdown with police.
The dramatic siege which lasted over 24 hours, ended with Ned Kelly's capture and the death of gang members Joe Byrne, Dan Kelly and Steve Hart.
Nearly 130 years later, can a team of archaeologists and historians reveal new insight into Ned Kelly's final moments of freedom?
More than a century after the Kelly Gang rode the ranges of Victoria and NSW, holding up towns and stealing thousands of pounds, opinion remains
passionately divided between those who love Kelly as a persecuted champion of the poor and those who dismiss him as a cold-blooded killer and thief.
Will the dig site shed new light on the motivations of a man cast into legend by history? Or have souvenir hunters destroyed any chance historians have of
uncovering the truth?
With specialist commentary from Kelly experts Ian Jones and Alex McDermott, this one-hour documentary follows a seven-week dig led by archaeologist
Adam Ford.
As the archaeologists unearth a host of artefacts including cartridges and bullets, the scientists conduct tests with fascinating results. Meanwhile, the historians
strip back the myth, piecing together the clues to give a detailed new look at an iconic Australian, literally from the ground up.