Noeleen Lloyd Greta Hansonville Hall, Saturday 23 March 2019 The Armour: the myths, the facts… was held on Saturday 23 February 2019 at the Greta Hansonville Hall. Discussions focused on the Kelly Gang’s armour – how it was made, why it was made, and the impact it has had on history, folklore, and popular culture. One […]
Will it make ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ look more like ‘Mary Poppins’? Well, it looks like the lads are having another crack at the story of Ned Kelly, but this time focussing their attention on the gang’s final bloodied showdown and destruction in the small town of Glenrowan. I do hope this production goes ahead, as like […]
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 […]
‘GLENROWAN’ PRESS RELEASE Ned Kelly is an Australian icon and to many, a champion of the underdog. But was he really Australia’s Robin Hood, or has a darker truth been masked behind a colourful legend? On the 138th anniversary of Ned Kelly’s capture at Glenrowan, the creative team behind 2016‘s award-winning bushranger epic The Legend […]
Letter to his brother concerning his capture by the Kelly Gang Original held by The Mitchell Library, SydneyDonated by grandson in 1947Note: T. H. Cameron was 16 years old at the time of writing this letter Glenrowan 8 July 1880 My Dear Brother, You requested me in your last letter to give you the full […]
28th of June 1880 Each time I read about the siege at Glenrowan on that fateful morning of the 28th of June 1880, I can’t help but think of what it would have been like to have been one of the hostages. One can only imagine their terror as those police bullets tore through the […]
