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'This is a novel based on the life of Kate Kelly, Ned’s sister. It is a retelling of the outlaw legend from the point of view of the women in the family. The story is related by Kate, as she watches the inexorable destruction of her family and experiences first-hand the tragic price of notoriety.'
Source: Author's website.
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A biographical novel.
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Contemporary Interpretations of the Ned Kelly Legend : A Comparative Study of Sister Kate and True History of the Kelly Gang
内德·凯利传说的当代阐释:《凯特妹妹》与《凯利帮真史》的比较分析
2017
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— Appears in: Foreign Literature , vol. [2017] no. 4 2017; (p. 36-45)'Sister Kate and True History of the Kelly Gang are two important rewritings of the Ned Kelly Legend—an indispensable part of Australian collective memory. Both novels aim to rewrite history: Sister Kate focuses on deploring the unfair treatment of women in the nationalist history, whereas True History places emphasis on disclosing the operations behind the colonialist historiography. Both can be viewed as postcolonial rewritings: Sister Kate is primarily keen on bringing to light the catastrophic consequences under the colonial rule, while True History centers on the colonized Other’s fighting back. They are both involved in subverting the facade of masculinity. To attain this goal, Sister Kate reveals a series of aggressive exclusion on the part of the Kelly Gang, while True History focuses on the phenomenon of cross-dressing. A comparative study of both novels helps to explicate different writers’ concerns and approaches in their reshaping of Australian collective memory.'
Source: CAOD.
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Off with His Mask
2000
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 2000; (p. 1,8-9) -
Other Stories : The Representation of History in Recent Fiction by Australian Women Writers
1993
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— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 53 no. 1 1993; (p. 165-180) -
Constructing the Woman Writer: The Reviewing Reception of Hazzard's "The Transit of Venus"
1992
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— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1992; (p. 179-199) -
"Sweetest and Best in Womanhood"? : Equivocal Representations of Maternity in Australian Women's Fiction
1989
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— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 34 no. 4 1989; (p. 69-75)
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Kate Kelly's Revolt
1983
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— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , July no. 1 1983; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Sister Kate : A Novel 1982 single work novel -
Bomb Nuts, Detectives and Prisoners
1984
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— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn-Winter no. 18/19 1984; (p. 40-44)
— Review of Woman in a Lampshade 1983 selected work short story ; Hostages 1983 selected work short story ; The Cure 1983 single work novel ; Headlocks & Other Stories 1983 selected work short story ; The Tournament 1983 single work novel ; The Hand That Feeds You : A Satiric Nightmare 1982 single work novel ; Stop Press 1982 single work novel ; Sister Kate : A Novel 1982 single work novel ; Were All Women Sex-Mad? And Other Stories 1982 selected work prose ; The Last Adventures of Christian Doom, Private I 1982 single work novel ; An Item from the Late News 1982 single work novel -
Depression, Through the Eyes of Youth
1982
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 October 1982; (p. 102)
— Review of The Impersonators 1980 single work novel ; Sister Kate : A Novel 1982 single work novel -
Ned's Sister Kate as One of Life's Victims
1982
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 September vol. 102 no. 5333 1982; (p. 102)
— Review of Sister Kate : A Novel 1982 single work novel -
Tales of Women in Bondage
1982
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 November 1982; (p. 13)
— Review of Sister Kate : A Novel 1982 single work novel ; Stop Press 1982 single work novel ; Sugar Heaven 1936 single work novel -
"Sweetest and Best in Womanhood"? : Equivocal Representations of Maternity in Australian Women's Fiction
1989
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— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 34 no. 4 1989; (p. 69-75) -
Other Stories : The Representation of History in Recent Fiction by Australian Women Writers
1993
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— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 53 no. 1 1993; (p. 165-180) -
Creative Blues
1982
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 11-12 September 1982; (p. 8) -
Jean Bedford
1988
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— Appears in: Coming Out from Under : Contemporary Australian Woman Writers 1988; (p. 149-165) -
Feminist Writings, Feminist Readings : Recent Australian Writing by Women
1985
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— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 44 no. 4 1985; (p. 506-515)