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In the Weekly Times of December 27, 2010 there is an article about bush pubs called "Pub Stories on Tap" and it relates some very interesting bits (other than about Ned Kelly), but the bit about him was pretty spot on given the plethora of oral histories surrounding him:
How many pubs in the north lay claim to having had Ned Kelly under the
roof on at least one occasion? So many it is a wonder the poor bugger
ever got the chance to hold anyone up. If he had a few rounds in each
one, there is no doubt cirrhosis would have carried him off long before
the hangman’s noose was placed around his neck.
To read in full:
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/12/27/275101_entertainment-news.html
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Yes I reckon Ned must have gone on a pub crawl every weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt is fully documented that he did pop into a few in his time! ;)
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