I do apologise most sincereley to the Kelly Fanatics whose day was ruined by my mis-identification of this building in a previous photo – now deleted – as the Bank. One of the lessons Harry Power is supposed to have taught Ned Kelly when he was his “apprentice” was that to survive as a bushranger […]
Month: June 2015
More on the Killing of Lonigan
One of Ned Kellys Rifles : this one is on display at the Imagining Ned Exhibition. The Note by the Rifle at the Exhibition : Don’t tell the Neducator anyone – His business model would be wrecked if the truth got out! The Kelly Fanatic who has a Facebook Page devoted – but utterly failing – to “Unmask” […]
Kelly Book Launch
On Saturday June 6th I went back to Bendigo to attend a Presentation on Ned Kelly by Doug Morrissey and Leo Kennedy, and afterwards to the formal launching of Morrisseys book, “Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life”. These two events were linked to a course offered by Latrobe University called “Exhibiting Culture: Imagining Ned”, designed to […]
A closer look at the Killing of Lonigan
In the Jerilderie Letter Ned Kelly recalled his killing of Lonigan at Stringybark Creek as follows: “When I called on them to throw up their hands McIntyre obeyed and Lonigan ran some six or seven yards to a battery of logs instead of dropping behind the one he was sitting on, he had just got […]