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In the more traditional world of publishing, where new books about Ned Kelly were numerous and always referenced the legend and the hero, now the tide has turned and for five years, beginning with the 2012 landmark ‘Kelly Gang Unmasked’ by Ian MacFarlane, the dominant themes have been sceptical.
Feb 24, 2021 · Ned Kelly, the bane of Victoria’s establishment, poses defiantly against the bluestone wall of the Melbourne Gaol. On first glance we see a powerfully built young man taunting his captors by jiggling the chains around his legs, his right hand resting on his hip, his knees relaxed casually.
Ned Kelly was freed in early 1874, ( and, – another inconvenient fact – once again received a generous remission of his sentence) and supposedly for the next two years at least was going straight. So did he NOW demonstrate his devotion to his mother and stand up for his family?
Aug 12, 2018 · The story of bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang of outlaws has become the stuff of Australian legend, but nobody captured the essence of the story in a way that resonated with the public quite...
Further information on the Shelton rescue is in Keith McMenomy's magnificently produced "Ned Kelly: The Authentic Illustrated History", with a double-page photo of a section of Hughes Creek “where Shelton’s rescue took place”, pp. 14-15.
Right now an exhibition in Wodonga tells the story in 26 oil paintings of the women involved in Ned’s life story — Ned’s mother Ellen, his sisters, the policemen’s widows and wives, the mothers of other Kelly Gang members. The narrative works are by artist and retired teacher Janet Goodchild-Cuffley.
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Jan 20, 2013 · More than 130 years after he was hanged, Ned Kelly, Australia's most notorious outlaw, is being buried, an event which reminds the country how divisive he still remains.
