Article Alert: Ned Kelly Bailed Up with iPhones

In The Border Mail of August 12, 2013 there is an article and slide show from the Beechworth Ned Kelly weekend called "Ned Kelly Bailed Up with iPhones" in which it tells about everyone both in costume and out using their iPhones to "capture" Ned Kelly.

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1698599/ned-kelly-bailed-up-with-iphones-gallery/?cs=53

Article Alert: Flamin' Heck it was just so real

In The Border Mail of August 12, 2013 there is an article and slide show (the photos are very impressive) called "Flamin' Heck, It was Just So Real" about the siege reenactment and the burning of the Inn. They said that about 200 visitors were there for the show.

From the article:

Shouts came from the crowd each time the bushrangers appeared during the re-enactment, proving that even 133 years after his demise Kelly still has supporters.

“It worked exceptionally well,” organiser Ian Sinclair said.

“The fire brigade was there just in case, but they had nothing to do except enjoy the show.”

To read more and see photos:

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1698529/flamin-heck-it-was-just-so-real/?cs=11

Upcoming Book Alert: Peter FitzSimon's 'Ned Kelly' to be published November 2013

  Peter FitzSimons has written a new (non-fiction) book - Ned Kelly - The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend - that is going to be published in November (2013).

Stay tuned here for any further news and reviews!


Excerpt from the publisher's (William Heinemann Australia) website:

Peter FitzSimons, bestselling chronicler of many of the great defining moments and people of this nation's history, is the perfect person to tell this most iconic of all Australian stories. From Kelly's early days in Beveridge, Victoria, in the mid-1800s, to the Felons' Apprehension Act, which made it possible for anyone to shoot the Kelly gang, to Ned's appearance in his now-famous armour, prompting the shocked and bewildered police to exclaim ‘He is the devil!' and ‘He is the bunyip!', FitzSimons brings the history of Ned Kelly and his gang exuberantly to life, weighing in on all of the myths, legends and controversies generated by this compelling and divisive Irish-Australian rebel. 

See more at:

http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/peter-fitzsimons/ned-kelly-9781742758909.aspx

Article Alert: Ned Kelly bank hold-up helps fill the coffers at Beechworth

The Age newspaper of August 11, 2013 has an article about the Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend entitled "Ned Kelly bank hold-up helps fill the coffers at Beechworth."

It begins with:

A hold-up was held in a bank in Beechworth on Saturday, and the manager and staff knew all about it.
But they weren't aiding and abetting a group of criminals. By entertaining tourists as part of Ned Kelly weekend - including the pretend police firing off a few blanks from antique guns at the pretend criminals in the main street - they were filling the coffers of the north-east Victorian town.
Gareth Kay, manager of the Bendigo Bank, whose staff dressed in 1870s period costume, agreed it was unusual for a bank to participate and reckoned more mainstream banks would not agree to it.
''It's about participating in our community so if there's a festival we get involved in it.''

Among events held for Ned Kelly Weekend was a re-enactment of the 1880 committal trial of Kelly in the town's courthouse after the siege of Glenrowan, 60 kilometres away; and the burning down of Annie Jones' pub during the siege. The latter didn't actually happen in Beechworth, but this is the heart of Kelly country, organisers say. And the re-enactment didn't actually involve burning down a pub; due to Occupational Health and Safety, gas flames were ignited next to a timber replica of a grog shop on Saturday night in the town's police paddock. But you got the drift....

To read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/ned-kelly-bank-holdup-helps-fill-the-coffers-at-beechworth-20130810-2rp06.html#ixzz2baYnC5BR