The remains of Ned Kelly have been returned to his descendants who will hold a private burial 132 years after his death.
The Herald Sun says the property developer behind the Pentridge Village where Kelly was buried has been forced to hand over the bushranger's remains.
The Victorian government on Wednesday issued a new exhumation licence for Kelly's remains, which scuttles the plan of developer Leigh Chiavaroli to use the remains as part of a museum.
Kelly's great-grandniece Ellen Hollow has pleaded for the return of the outlaw's skull, which has gone missing.
"We also appeal to the person who has the skull in their possession to return it to the VIFM (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine) so that when the time comes for Ned to be laid to rest his remains can be complete."
The skull was stolen from a glass cabinet in the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1978.
Kelly's bones were identified last September after a 20-month investigation of 24 skeletons exhumed from the Pentridge Prison site.
It's expected he will be laid to rest in a small cemetery in the Greta churchyard south of Glenrowan, where Kelly's mother Ellen, several of his brothers and sisters and other relatives are buried in unmarked graves.
