‘I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.’
So opens Ned Kelly’s personal journal, addressed to his future daughter. The irony of this heartfelt promise, of course, is t ... (read more)