May
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
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
- Exclusive
- Property development
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
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
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
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
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