Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus./Irish) the stomach [= SE belly].

1948		Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 25 Dec. 6/3: ‘I know how actors and suchlike get around behind my hammer making uncouth remarks about my Ned Kelly’.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 86: I got his arm and rammed a right into his Ned Kelly.
1963–74		B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 34: Once it gets down to your old Ned Kelly you stand a flamin’ good chance of chundering!!!
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
1996		P. Howard The Joy (2015) [ebook] I’m feeling a bit Moby Dick. It starts in me auld Ned Kelly, a pain like.
2002		Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Ned Kelly: the belly.
2005		P. Howard Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress 45: I point at Vaughan’s big flabby Ned.
2021		P Howard Braywatch 59: [H]e makes a big point of looking at my Ned Kelly.

2. the television [= SE telly].

1979

R. Barker Fletcher’s Book of Rhy. Sl. 39: Sitting in your own rat and mouse, clustered round the Ned Kelly.