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A ‘thoroughly white’ novel of national mythmaking: Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang at 25

It’s hard to fathom that 25 years have passed since Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang was published to such acclaim. A glance at the novel’s entry in the AustLit database gives a sense of the phenomenon. It has gone through 15 editions, won 17 awards – including…

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Freeman manhunt: the modern history of bush fugitives

High-profile modern fugitives have lived in remote areas and bushland to evade police, with accused cop killer Dezi Freeman capable of doing the same.

AAP

Police killings cast pall over restful mountain town

The killing of two police officers has cast a pall over a restful town near ski fields where locals are not surprised at the identity of the accused gunman.

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Five Great Reads: ‘Shrinking girl summer’, Sharon Stone, and Peter Carey’s Ned Kelly

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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7 centuries-old suits of battle armor from around the world

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress.

LiveScience

The day a bleeding Mick Jagger made Canberra nurses swoon

The pistol exploded, badly injuring the rocker's right hand.

The Canberra Times

Budget funds stop Aust film history going up in flames

The budget has allocated funds to upgrade a facility that is home to milestones in Australian history captured on highly flammable nitrate film.

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Should Nerriga Ned be outlawed... or given one last shot?

Social media was abuzz when Ned was removed on council orders.

The Canberra Times

‘Completely unique’: two early Sidney Nolan paintings to go up for sale for first time in almost 75 years

Canvases going to auction were part of Nolan’s breakthrough exhibition in 1949, described as a ‘pivotal moment’ in Australian art

The Guardian - AU

Ned Kelly's descendants claim cultural heritage rights over the site of his last stand. The Supreme Court disagrees

The Victorian Supreme Court has determined the descendants of Ned Kelly’s family are not a distinctive cultural group with the right to protections of their “intangible cultural heritage”.

The Conversation

The story of a 'highly educated' bushranger you probably don't know, but should hear

A gay bushranger who was miffed that his legend was overshadowed by Ned Kelly

The Canberra Times

Possession and devotion inform Sarah Krasnostein's compelling reinterpretation of Peter Carey's art

Sarah Krasnostein’s On Peter Carey is the 12th instalment of Black Inc.’s highly readable series, Writers on Writers. The series is nicely conceived, as it pitches Australian writers not just against each other, but across a generational divide.

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William Crighton and John Schumann making music with inmates at Cessnock jail

"The best class I've ever taught," says Redgum legend John Schumann.

Newcastle Herald

Paul Kelly: ‘I never heard back from Shane Warne – maybe he didn’t like the reference to his mother’

The prolific songwriter and huge sports fan has a new compilation packed with songs about famous figures – including Warne, Adam Goodes and Eddie Betts

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‘It became toxic' - Refusal to sign Arsenal hero prompted Sir Alex Ferguson feud at Manchester United

The pair have been extremely complimentary of each other after retirement but Sir Alex admitted the superstar was the catalyst for a major managerial feud.

Daily Mirror

Behind walls of old asylum where 9,000 patients died and ghosts still haunt halls

Ghosts, fires and detained arsonists that went mad, Beechworth Mental Asylum is full of grim stories. Over 9,000 patients are believed to have died at the institute

The Canberra Times

Bridge bombing a blast from the past

This explosive tale of intrigue made front-page news in 1939 but all these years later the mystery remains: who tried to blow up Foxlow railway bridge ... and why?

Glasgow Live

The Glasgow ned and the word's mysterious 19th century origins

Here in Glasgow, we've been familiar with the word 'ned' for decades - but how many of us know where it originated? According to one theory, the word is much older than you might think.

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‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

The Canberra Times

Sidney Nolan's search for paradise

This is a blockbuster - minus the razzmatazz - that brings together Nolan's best work.

Chronicle Live

You can't put a price on that: The inside story on how David Kelly's goal saved Newcastle United from going bust

Three decades on from David Kelly's iconic goal against Portsmouth, we look at how it helped United avoid possible liquidation

ABC News

Many secrets were buried when Birdum disappeared, including who killed Bill Jacobsen

Birdum was once the busy end of the railway line from Darwin. Now, it's an abandoned ghost town reclaimed by the bush - and it took many secrets with it, when it disappeared.

Newcastle Herald

A Paul Kelly feast, including How to Make Gravy

Paul Kelly, Civic Theatre, April 6

The Guardian - UK

Mick Jagger on acting: ‘Jack Nicholson told me to start with a character’s sex life’

He stripped off in Performance, dragged up in Bent and wore a bucket on his head in Ned Kelly. As he lends his glorious voice to new spy thriller Slow Horses, the Rolling Stone relives his greatest roles

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Ambiguity and amorality: is Douglas Stewart's Ned Kelly one of Australia's great forgotten plays?

In 1943, Dolia Ribush, a Russian-speaking Latvian theatre director of medium height and considerable charm, made an illegal trip to Sydney from Melbourne — interstate travel at that time, as during Covid-19, being restricted.

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