* Farmer claims to have found Ned Kellys skull Nov 15, 2009
Farmer claims to have found Ned Kellys skull ... A handout photo from the National Trust of Australia on Friday shows a postcard of a Ned Kelly death mask, left, and skull as seen at the Old Melbourne Gaol in the 1970s ... A farmer in Australia has handed in a skull for forensic testing, claiming it is that of Ned Kelly, the countrys most notorious outlaw. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A dark tale to get their teeth into Sep 19, 2009
The outlaw past is another matter, far more readily and generally romanticised: Ned Kelly is an almost sanctified figure. But Alexander Pearce, who was tr 00004000 ansported to Australia in 1820 for stealing six pairs of shoes and went to almost unimaginable lengths to stay alive, who exemplifies the extremes that human beings are capable of, he is a more problematic, troubling, yet perhaps no less emblematic figure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
On the road to gentle heroism Sep 12, 2009
September 12, 2009 - 10:34AM. The struggle to survive in a hostile land breeds a noble spirit, writes Elizabeth Farrelly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
No one likes to be told what to do Sep 10, 2009
Yet we live in one of the most over-regulated countries in the developed world: a country where Ned Kelly is revered by many who also claim an affinity with the bush through which he ranged, yet live in the most suburban nation on Earth and who elected Kevin Rudd - the man least likely to enter a pub, let alone hold it hostage. The survey of 1500 people was taken in the first week of this month when the marketing industry was feeling the blowtorch of public scrutiny with the release of a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Chaser chases national treasures Aug 5, 2009
This week he presents , a 10-part series on ABC1 about historical events and people such as Ned Kelly and Vincent Lingiari. The series and its educational website was launched at the Sydney Opera House yesterday by Taylor and the federal Arts Minister, Peter Garrett. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Clubs pay out on pokies story Aug 3, 2009
"It beggars belief that reporter Tara Brown and her team didnt realise the danger and sheer stupidity of placing a man that has struggled with a gambling addiction for 15 years in front of a poker machine and asking him to gamble, Costello told the Diary in a statement yesterday, before the episode went to air. According to Clubs Australia, 60 Minutes also provided the gambler with the money to play and asked him to repeatedly play the machine to ensure it had sufficient footage. But 60... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Martin Flanagan Sport, at its best for me, is drama, a way of seeing into people. It's also folklore. Read more Jul 25, 2009
Chitty later played Ned Kelly in a movie. Sidney Nolan, the man who started painting the iconic Ned Kelly series of paintings while a deserter from the army, grew up in St Kilda. (The Age, Australia)
Questions hang over Ned Jul 9, 2009
Robinson, or Baldrick as many know him from the television comedy Blackadder, is only days into a two-week visit for the Australian-made documentary Ned Kelly Uncovered ... A television crew is waiting to film a line of armourers as they pelt a replica of legendary bushranger Ned Kelly's last battle site, the Glenrowan Inn, with bullets ... In the spirit of Time Team, the British archaeological television series Robinson has hosted for 15 years, Ned Kelly Uncovered seeks to unravel the famous... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Thursday TV: Ned Kelly Uncovered Jul 8, 2009
Tony Robinson in Ned Kelly Uncovered ... These days, Ned Kelly has sufficient pop-culture heft that he's probably overdue for some satire, or the revival of the 1970s musical ... Tony Robinson in Ned Kelly Uncovered. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Show of the week: Mask And Memory Jun 2, 2009
Sunday, described here as Nolan's "questioning muse", encouraged him to develop his unique interpretation of the Australian landscape and the first of his iconic Ned Kelly paintings. Sunday, however, wouldn't leave her husband and Nolan left for Sydney where he married John's sister, Cynthia, creating an enduring rift with his former patrons. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Why Johns may not be off the scene for too long May 17, 2009
Outside sport, the murderous historical figures Ned Kelly and Harry "Breaker" Morant were revered for their disdain for authority. Today, Underbelly is a huge television hit and some shady figures have successfully traded on their infamy. (The Age, Australia)
Global Rescue : Chris Wake Apr 28, 2009
In 2003 Wake produced a Ned Kelly series that featured alongside Sydney Nolan works in a theatre production at the New Zealand Festival of Arts. In her current series she prefers to stimulate the viewer to generate an opinion on current global warming issues and mans responsibility as the most educated animal in this momentous disaster. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Life writes its way into character Apr 20, 2009
Surprisingly, he has never won a Ned Kelly, Australia's leading awards for crime fiction, although he did receive the lifetime achievement award in 1999. And for one of Australia's best-known crime writers, he earns little more than $50,000 a year from writing, most of which comes from library lending rights. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Resigned to the continuation of league's code of silence Apr 11, 2009
The lack of this stifling rule gives the game a sense of free-flowing, exciting and seemingly lawless mayhem which makes it the Ned Kelly of football codes. As an umpire, I envied the players and thanked my lucky stars that I was a part of every game, rather than being a dictatorial "white maggot in the middle with a whistle". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Emily is ready to act her age Mar 27, 2009
Her career began to take off when she worked with Billy Connolly in The Man Who Sued God and she got to hug Heath Ledger in Ned Kelly, but it was while she was in LA promoting the little-known horror film Ghost Ship that she was spotted and sent a script for Lemony Snicket. The Uninvited is now showing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
First Ledger scholarship awarded Feb 21, 2009
Greg Jordan, who directed Heath Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly, was the guiding force in setting up the award after the actor's sudden death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. He remembers helping out Ledger with a few hundred dollars in the early days of the star's career when he was just "your old, broke Aussie actor". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Short and sharp Feb 21, 2009
He directed the cult Matrix spoof Computer Boy and the Ned Kelly comedy Ned. He has spent the past six years developing a horror film about serial killers, set in Adelaide. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Heath Ledger could help Oliver reach the stars Feb 20, 2009
The scholarship, including $US10,000 ($15,550) and Qantas flights between Australia and the US, was judged by a panel of Ledger's close friends and colleagues, including Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly, his US agent Steve Alexander, Ann Fay, who cast Ledger in his first TV series and Australian actress Rachel Griffiths. Rachel Griffiths said 'How do we judge this. (WA today)
Awards rain down on `forever young' Heath Ledger Feb 15, 2009
Back in Australia, he starred as Ned Kelly (2003) directed again by Gregor Jordan, but this one flopped at the box office. Another light role in Lasse Hallstrom's Casanova followed in 2005, in which he seemed to be having a lot of fun. (Jakarta Post)
Heath Ledger Fans Call for Joker's Retirement From Film Feb 10, 2009
Let's make sure no-one else plays a gay cowboy, one of the Brothers Grimm, Ned Kelly, a hero Knight, a petty criminal or a hunky school jock. And while we're at it, Henry Fonda nailed the old guy role in On Golden Pond. (Wired News)
Stay in Touch Feb 8, 2009
Gallipoli, Ned Kelly and Micallef. Our greatest military victory was a fiasco, our greatest criminal is celebrated for the way he was captured, and our coolest man (Micallef) is a dork. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Scoop: Watts opens up about loss of Ledger Feb 7, 2009
The two met in 2002, when they were making the Australian film Ned Kelly. Watts remembers, When I got to the set and did that first scene with him, I was like, Wow. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
