Postcard - Pulling up the line at Glenrowan postcard, c. 1906

Historical information

This postcard is part of a selection of re-enactment photos of Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly was an infamous outlaw in the late 19th-century whose image lives on in Australian legend.

Significance

These postcards are in an album of postcards dating from the late 19th century to mid 20th century. It reflects the popularity of collecting postcards in Australia which reached a height in the early 1900s until around 1920.

Physical description

A postcard depicting outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang forcing railway workers to destroy the railway track.

Inscriptions & markings

Front, bottom right of image: 'Pulling up the line at Glenrowan'
Back, top: 'POST CARD'

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