black and white photograph, C1933

photograph - Kelly kids

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newspaper article - Kelly kids

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Historical information

The two boys in this photograph are Stanley (7) and Maurice (5) Kelly. The two boys were lost in the bush near Orbost for three days. The had been sent by their mother, Mrs Parker, to borrow tea and sugar from a neighbour but became lost on the way home. They were found, scratched and with clothes torn, by a woodcutter, Mr W. Morell.
There was a newspaper article on the front page of the Adelaide Mail , Saturday 22 July 1933,

Significance

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Physical description

A small black / white photograph / postacrd of two small boys standing side by side in a paddock.

Inscriptions & markings

on back - "The Kelly Kids, lost near L. Curlip"

Subjects

kelly-maurice kelly-stanley

Identifier

1094

Date made

C1933

Place made

Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Materials

paper ink

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black and white photograph, C1933

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