I just stumbled over a new Ned article of interest. I just looked at all the usual sites and no one has posted about it yet. I have sent the link to my inner circle and I am sure they will send to others, soon the outliers will have it and we will all be in the know. :)
We don't go live with this blog for another week or so, so this may be considered old news by then! Anyway, here it is:
The article/essay is called "Ned's Women: A Fractured Love Story" and it was written by Clare Wright and Alex McDermott.
It focuses mainly on Ellen Kelly and Ann Jones.
It is from Meanjin Magazine, Winter 2010, Vol 69 Issue 2.
I found the full text here:
http://meanjin.com.au/editions/volume-69-number-2-2010/article/neds-women-a-fractured-love-story/
Enjoy!
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Good pickup Sharon. Clare Wright, of course, was one of the Brains Trust panel on the late lamented show, The Einstein Factor, and has written on lady publicans in Victoria, so the redoubtable Mrs Jones would have been of deep interest to her, even without her hotel being a focal point in the downfall of the gang.
ReplyDeleteInteresting how the article said that Ellen was 5 feet 5 inches and quite tall - this would not be remarkable today, and I thought that Ellen was quite a bit shorter than that. The connections between Ellen and Mrs Jones were interesting as well - I wonder if they ever saw each other again after 1880. I would have loved to have heard the conversation.
Brian, I do remember that article about lady publicans, was back around 2003 or so. However, she had that Ann Jones was an English widow at the time of the siege. We know that Ann Jones was born in Ireland and her husband was very much alive in 1880 (but his work kept him from home for long periods of time). At least this article does have her husband as dying a decade after the siege. I remember when Dave White was the only one online who was saying she was not a widow in 1880! Good to see others catching on!
ReplyDeleteYes, many similarities between Ellen and Ann as they were both Irish ladies of a certain age.
I also thought Ellen was shorter, will have to look around for a reference!
Very gratifying to see that this new article is already making the rounds. I sent the link to Dave for the glenrowan1880 site and he used it and then soon after I started seeing it elsewhere.
Maybe I will see stuff other places to add here as I know that some people don't visit all the same Kelly sites! :)