Historical information

This photograph was taken in the Burke Museum c1970 and depicts an exhibition about the Kelly Gang.

Significance

This photograph is of social significance due to its connection with the Burke Museum as well as the Kelly Gang. The Kelly Gang story is integral to the formation of an Australian identity and highlights the Irish oppression during the 1800s. Ned Kelly is an Australian icon, mythologised in Australian literature, art, folklore and history, and the Kelly Gang story permeates Australia's national consciousness. The Burke Museum is significant here also, as the image shows the importance of the Kelly Story to the Beechworth area and local identity.

This photograph is also of research potential due to the great interest in the Kelly Gang history in Australia, and also for its presentation of a historical museum exhibition in Beechworth.

Physical description

Black and white, rectangular photograph, printed on photographic paper

Inscriptions & markings

Obverse:
Beechworth/a pictorial record of the early days/and associations with the Kelly Gang

Reverse:
BMA03314 1997.3125/Agfa