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This week is the opening of the "Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia" exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra. One of my friends hopes to go see it before it closes in July and has promised to do a guest blog about it if he does. I am looking forward to that!
Also, I found the following Ned Kelly/St. Patrick's Day tie-in article at the Trove/NLA historical newspaper site:
The Mercury
March 8, 1879
The latest freak of Mr. Edward Kelly (observes the Riverine Herald), is a very rich one, and fully maintains his character of being possessed of the very largest amount of impudence. In a mining centre, within the boundaries of the electorate of Rodney, a grand fete is to be held on St. Patrick's Day next. In this town resides one who is said to be acquainted with the Kelly and Quinn families, and last week he received a letter from Ned Kelly, enclosing a £5 note towards the funds for the demonstration on St. Patrick's Day, the recipient averring that Kelly naively states that the bank note was a portion of the plunder annexed at Jerilderie. The receiver of the money says it is not impossible that the Kellys will form a portion of the concourse at the fete.
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