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Lyn Innes Lyn Innes i(A83995 works by) (a.k.a. C.L. Innes; Catherine Lynette Innes)
Born: Established: 1940 Mudgee, Mudgee area, Gulgong - Mudgee - Rylstone area, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Last Prince of Bengal : A Family’s Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback Lyn Innes , Great Britain : Westbourne Press , 2021 23606318 2021 single work biography

'Weaving in scandals, broken marriages and political machinations to enthralling effect, The Last King of Bengal is the extraordinary portrait of a royal family's fall from power between 1840 and 1940. A family story that exposes the complex prejudices regarding class and race, work and family, religion and gender, at the heart of recent British and Indian history.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Ned Kelly : Icon of Modern Culture Lyn Innes , Westfield : Helm Information , 2008 Z1556457 2008 single work biography 'What is it that has made Ned Kelly into Australia's immortal outlaw? Who is the man behind the enigma of the archaic and yet strangely modern suit of armour, and why does he continue to have such an impact as a rebel figure in popular culture both inside and outside Australia? Using the evidence of contemporary sources, as well as many subsequent extracts from letters, books, plays, films and paintings about Ned Kelly, Lyn Innes explores the themes surrounding the personality of a man whose racial and historical inheritance was violently linked to an unchanging and static Australian landscape. Each historical section is introduced with an essay by Professor Innes which explains the political and cultural context of the time and illustrates how attitudes towards this legendary figure have developed throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Elizabeth Jessie Hickman : Australia's Last Bushranger? Lyn Innes , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: Moving Worlds : A Journal of Transcultural Writings , vol. 6 no. 1 2006; (p. 51-62)
1 Resurrecting Ned Kelly Lyn Innes , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sydney Studies in English , vol. 29 no. 2003; (p. 69-78) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 5) 'In a review of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang, the poet Peter Porter commented that the three most potent icons in Australian popular history were Ned Kelly, Phar Lap, and Donald Bradman. Of these Ned Kelly has the longest history, and has undergone numerous revivals and reconfigurations. One might also argue that he was the least successful of the three; he was a man who saw himself as a victim of empire, class, race, and the judicial system. At least that is how Kelly presents himself in The Jerilderie Letter, and many of those who have written about him affirm that this view was justified. So the question is why and in what ways Ned Kelly has become so potent; why cannot Australians let him die? And what does he mean to Australians, or indeed the rest of the world, today? This essay will glance briefly at some early representations of Kelly, before discussing in more detail Peter Carey's revival of Kelly, and considering the significance of that revival in the present.' (Author's abstract)
1 Unpacking the Trunks Lyn Innes , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Unbecoming Daughters of the Empire 1994; (p. 13-18)
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