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'A narrative non-fiction picture book about the life of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang, Australia's most infamous bushrangers. Backed by detailed research, the story focuses on Ned as a young man and the little known story of the green sash. The text also includes brief biographies and fact files on the Kelly Gang, the true story behind the green sash and a detailed list of sources.'
Source: Walker Books Australia, website, www.walkerbooks.com.au (sighted 21/06/2010)
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Instilling Postcolonial Nostalgias : Ned Kelly Narratives for Children
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 36 no. 2 2012; (p. 191-206) 'This essay examines books for children focusing on Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang, published from 2000 to 2011. Drawing upon theories of narrative, memory and nostalgia it analyses the narrative strategies and visual images through which these texts position readers, and their investment in formulations of the Australian nation. The essay argues that these books function as exercises in restorative nostalgia, producing palatable versions of Kelly as an Australian hero, and articulating connections between the Kelly legend and Australian national identity. By foregrounding Kelly's Irishness and by representing him as a "good badman", these Ned Kelly narratives for children, which range across fiction, non-fiction, picture book and play script, reinscribe versions of national identity which occlude more complicated narratives. In particular, their emphasis on struggles between Irish and English settlers, and between selectors and squatters, displaces Indigenous histories, colonial violence, and systemic discrimination against those deemed outsiders to the nation.' (Editor's abstract)
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The Historiographer's Gift : Greenwood and Lessac's Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Interpretations , July vol. 43 no. 2010; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies :Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 32)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book
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Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 June 2010; (p. 6)
— Review of 90 Packets of Instant Noodles 2010 single work novel ; Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book ; The Drunken Elk 2010 selected work poetry -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies :Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 32)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
[Review] Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Ned Kelly and the Green Sash 2010 single work picture book -
Yin and Yang
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 July 2010; (p. 10) -
Instilling Postcolonial Nostalgias : Ned Kelly Narratives for Children
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 36 no. 2 2012; (p. 191-206) 'This essay examines books for children focusing on Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang, published from 2000 to 2011. Drawing upon theories of narrative, memory and nostalgia it analyses the narrative strategies and visual images through which these texts position readers, and their investment in formulations of the Australian nation. The essay argues that these books function as exercises in restorative nostalgia, producing palatable versions of Kelly as an Australian hero, and articulating connections between the Kelly legend and Australian national identity. By foregrounding Kelly's Irishness and by representing him as a "good badman", these Ned Kelly narratives for children, which range across fiction, non-fiction, picture book and play script, reinscribe versions of national identity which occlude more complicated narratives. In particular, their emphasis on struggles between Irish and English settlers, and between selectors and squatters, displaces Indigenous histories, colonial violence, and systemic discrimination against those deemed outsiders to the nation.' (Editor's abstract)
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