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Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction, 1868

  • timber homestead with wooden slatted roof and open verandah. A small boy stands on the verandah. A forest can be seen in the background.

    3545 (obverse)

  • card of the back of the photograph with the number '3545-2' written along the top edge

    3545 (reverse)

  • timber homestead with wooden slatted roof and open verandah. A small boy stands on the verandah. A forest can be seen in the background.
  • card of the back of the photograph with the number '3545-2' written along the top edge

Historical information

This image, taken in 1868, is of of the Kelly family Homestead, located in Eleven Mile Creek, Greta West, Victoria. Ned Kelly built the homestead for his mother and siblings in 1877.

Significance

This photo of the Kelly family homestead, which is now in ruins, is one of very few images of the Kelly family's home that were taken, and as a rare glimpse of a site that was central both to Ned Kelly's personal story, but also the site of many skirmishes and arrests.

Physical description

Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper, mounted on board.

Inscriptions & markings

obverse:
sticky tape reside along the top edge

reverse:
3545-2

Subjects

References

  • The Kellys and Beechworth ISBN/ISSN: 987064624755 Information on image pages 21-22
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