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True history of the Kelly Gang

Carey, Peter, 1943-2019
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Soon to be a film airing on Stan starring George MacKay, Essie Davis and Russell Crowe. As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his narrative in semi-literate but magically descriptive prose. To his pursuers he is a thief and a murderer. To his own people he's a hero for opposing the English. Ned, who saw his first prison cell at fifteen, has become the most wanted man in the wild colony of Victoria, taking over towns and defying authority. Here is a classic outlaw tale, made alive by the skill of a great novelist. There are no sentences like these in all Australian literature and yet they could only have grown from our soil.
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Imprint:
[Melbourne, Victoria] : Penguin Books, 2019.©2000
Collation:
478 pages : map ; 20 cm
Notes:
First published by University of Queensland Press, 2000."A film by Justin Kurzel. Now a Stan original film" -- Cover.
ISBN:
9781741667639 (paperback)9781760896430 (pbk)9781760897963 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
BRN:
74048
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City LibraryFictionCAREOn loan - Due: 28 Jun 2026
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East Melbourne LibraryFictionCAREIn-transit from Southbank Library to East Melbourne Library (Set: 25 Jun 2026)
Kathleen Syme CarltonFictionCAREAvailable
Library at the DockFictionCAREAvailable
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