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Screen cap (Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan)
form y separately published work icon The Story of the Kelly Gang single work   film/TV  
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'Charles Tait is most often credited as the film's director, and his brothers Frank and John as the scriptwriters.'

Source: Sally Jackson and Graham Shirley, 'The Story of the Kelly Gang' (2006).

Issue Details: First known date: 1906... 1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
form y separately published work icon The Story of the Kelly Gang Frank Tait , John Tait , ( dir. Charles Tait ) Australia : Johnson and Gibson J. and N. Tait , 1906 Z1835073 1906 single work film/TV (taught in 2 units)

'The picture is an exceedingly interesting one right from the opening scene, where Constable Fitzpatrick arrives with a warrant for the arrest of Dan Kelly, then to the police camp, which is captured by the Kellys, the sticking-up of Younghusband's station, robbing the bank at Euroa, destroying the railway line, and finally to the capture of Ned Kelly in his suit of armour.'

[Source: 'The Story of the Kelly Gang', The Register, 29 December 1906, p.4.]

Expressive Cultures : Film NYU - Sydney 2014 (Semester 1)
form y separately published work icon The Story of the Kelly Gang Frank Tait , John Tait , ( dir. Charles Tait ) Australia : Johnson and Gibson J. and N. Tait , 1906 Z1835073 1906 single work film/TV (taught in 2 units)

'The picture is an exceedingly interesting one right from the opening scene, where Constable Fitzpatrick arrives with a warrant for the arrest of Dan Kelly, then to the police camp, which is captured by the Kellys, the sticking-up of Younghusband's station, robbing the bank at Euroa, destroying the railway line, and finally to the capture of Ned Kelly in his suit of armour.'

[Source: 'The Story of the Kelly Gang', The Register, 29 December 1906, p.4.]

Upfront: History of Film in Australia University of the Sunshine Coast 2015 (Semester 1)
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