I have recently struck up a friendly rapport with historical researcher Dr. Stuart Dawson who has been working on a piece for Eras Journal (an online journal published by Monash University) about Alexander Fitzpatrick and the Kelly Outbreak. He has certainly done a great deal of thorough research and the article has been meticulously footnoted. I look forward to more such articles in the future from him.
Below is an email he has sent out to interested parties:
Hi, as you had some past interest or concern with Ned Kelly issues, you may be interested in a new journal article, ‘Redeeming Fitzpatrick: Ned Kelly and the Fitzpatrick Incident’.
Abstract: In April 1878 Constable Fitzpatrick was wounded by Ned Kelly while attempting to arrest his brother Dan for horse stealing. The incident triggered the ‘Kelly outbreak’ that elevated Kelly to the status of Australia’s most notorious historical figure. Ever since the event Fitzpatrick has been almost universally labelled a liar and perjurer, and the various records of his testimony in two trials and a Royal Commission have been assailed as fanciful and unlikely concoctions.
This article reconstructs and vindicates Fitzpatrick’s version of events after some 140 years of denigration. Ned and his associates’ various statements and denials about the event emerge as a series of self-serving fabrications that, together with other evidence, raise doubts about much other prevalent Kelly mythology.
The article can be downloaded by Googling “Eras Journal” to reach the latest issue (17.1, November 2015), or directly from this link: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/eras/files/2015/11/Eras-171-4-Stuart-Dawson-FINAL.pdf
Please pass this note on to others who may be interested in this topic.
Cheers,
Stuart Dawson
Monash University
Below is an email he has sent out to interested parties:
Hi, as you had some past interest or concern with Ned Kelly issues, you may be interested in a new journal article, ‘Redeeming Fitzpatrick: Ned Kelly and the Fitzpatrick Incident’.
Abstract: In April 1878 Constable Fitzpatrick was wounded by Ned Kelly while attempting to arrest his brother Dan for horse stealing. The incident triggered the ‘Kelly outbreak’ that elevated Kelly to the status of Australia’s most notorious historical figure. Ever since the event Fitzpatrick has been almost universally labelled a liar and perjurer, and the various records of his testimony in two trials and a Royal Commission have been assailed as fanciful and unlikely concoctions.
This article reconstructs and vindicates Fitzpatrick’s version of events after some 140 years of denigration. Ned and his associates’ various statements and denials about the event emerge as a series of self-serving fabrications that, together with other evidence, raise doubts about much other prevalent Kelly mythology.
The article can be downloaded by Googling “Eras Journal” to reach the latest issue (17.1, November 2015), or directly from this link: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/eras/files/2015/11/Eras-171-4-Stuart-Dawson-FINAL.pdf
Please pass this note on to others who may be interested in this topic.
Cheers,
Stuart Dawson
Monash University
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