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Ned Kelly

May

John Peter Russell’s Cruach en Mahr, Matin, Belle-Île-en-Mer, c.1905 carries a pre-sale estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million in Deutscher and Hackett’s 24 April sale of Important Australian and International Fine Art in Melbourne.

Australia’s best art auction result in 17 years

Bullish bidders dropped $17 million on Impressionists, Whiteleys and others at the strongest result for a mixed vendor sale since the heady pre-GFC days of 2007.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue

April 2022

The Ned Kelly myth is built on a foundation of dozens of historical omissions, distortions and falsehoods.

New Ned Kelly book reveals why the bushranger was really a villain

The author of ‘Nabbing Ned Kelly’ explodes the myth of the iconic outlaw as a Robin Hood figure.

  • David Dufty

May 2021

The Beveridge is close to the childhood home of Ned Kelly.

Stockland swoops on Melbourne site near Ned Kelly homestead

Stockland has taken charge of a 140-hectare site in Beveridge, in Melbourne’s north, from developer Ouson Group.

  • Larry Schlesinger

March 2021

Rebecca Wilson began painting Kate Kelly before she wrote a biography about the gang member.

Reclaiming Kate Kelly – the story of Ned’s little sister

An artist became so obsessed with the famed bushranger’s sibling, she was inspired to write her biography – and discovered an unusual family connection to her.

  • Rebecca Wilson

November 2020

Sidney Nolan's Ned-head template among affordable lots on sale

Among the 124 items are works with surprisingly low estimates for an artist of this calibre, as well as several that are particularly notable.

  • Andrew Burke

September 2020

Victoria's experience must be studied by governments across Australia.

What governments have learnt from Victoria's second wave

A proud medical history is not the same as a disciplined command and control system operating on the ground.

  • Tom Burton

March 2020

Peter Carey at his home in New York.

Why Peter Carey is happy his book was broken

True History of the Kelly Gang, a novel about the convict stain, has been turned into a film about toxic masculinity.

  • Duncan White

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