With Dr Ian White Is the vigilante Robin Hood a superhero? What about demigods and mythological icons such as Hercules, Måui, and Artemis? Superheroes are notoriously hard to define, making it difficult to identify when the pop culture icon first came into existence. We encourage papers that identify early examples of the superhero archetype and […]
Brad Webb chats with Matthew Holmes and Aidan Phelan You have the runs on the board thanks to a successful season with The Legend of Ben Hall. Obviously such an undertaking granted you valuable insight in production, distribution, and a number of other factors – so what lessons from that event do you plan to […]
World Premiere On Saturday 22nd March, 2003, amidst hundreds of adoring fans and too many try hard celebrities I walked the red carpet at the Regent Theatre to watch the world premiere of Ned Kelly. Granted the fans were screaming for Heath and Orlando and not at an overweight Andre Agassi look-a-like, but I didn’t […]
Brad Webb This week the media whipped itself into a frenzy over the announcement that bones exhumed from Pentridge Prison in 2009 were indeed those of Ned Kelly. TV, radio, newsprint and the internet all scrambled to go one up on the previous report. The DNA donor, Leigh Olver, went from being Ned’s great grand […]
Brad Webb Beechworth Courthouse2pm August 2nd, 2008 My discussion today is about ‘Ned Kelly and the Emergence of Technology’. The dictionary defines technology as, ‘the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. For example, the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences; and the machinery and equipment developed from such […]
Brad Webb August 4th, 5th and 6th, 2006 On Friday night, to kick start the Inaugural Ned Kelly Beechworth Weekend, Paul O’Keefe organised a meet and greet dinner at the Hibernian Hotel. This favourite haunt of Joe Byrne was a great place to catch up with about thirty of our closest friends. With a few […]
Statement of Significance – Why is this place important? The Kelly homestead at Beveridge, Victoria, comprises a timber cottage built by Ned’s father John ‘Red’ Kelly in January 1859 when his son was approximately four years old. It was a typical Irish style of cottage with an earthen floor and drainage running between rooms. Internally there […]
