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What is the Jerilderie Letter?

Is one of only two original kelly letters to have survived

Written in 1879

Explores ideas of setting, authoritve figures and the heroism that surrounds Kelly.

NED

Justifies Kellys actions

Offers insight in to Ned's feeling and personal beliefs

Written by Joe Byrne but dictated by Ned Kelly

How is authority represented in this letter?

"I have been wronged and my mother and four or five men lagged innocent and is my brothers and sisters and my mother not to be pitied also who has no alternative only to put up with the brutal and cowardly conduct off a parcel of big ugly fat-necked wombat headed big bellied magpie legged narrow hipped splaw-footed sons of Irish Bailiffs or english landlords which is better known as Officers of Justice or Victorian Police who some call honest gentlemen."

Quote 1

"But it is not the

place of the Police to convict guilty

men as it is by them they get their

living had the right parties been

convicted"

Quote 2

comparison

Depicts Kelly as a hero and authority as the villian

Staring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts

What is the movie 'Ned Kelly'?

Ned Kelly's life is interprated in this film through the eyes of the people who wrote the script and worked on various aspects of the film

Released in 2003

Tells Ned Kelly's story through the acting, script, setting and more film codes and conventions

Directed by Gregor Jordan

"They say the trouble with the Irish is that they rely too much on dreams and not enough on gunpowder. Whereas the English were shy on dreams, as usual, but had plenty of the other. Now we had both."

spoken quotes from the film

"I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning. but I am a widows son outlawed and my orders must be obeyed"

"My mother is rotting away

in a prison cell... because of the lies of a policeman named Fitzpatrick."

"The biggest thieves and liars the sun ever shone on... The Victorian police."

Acting shows arrogant behaviour

Low position represents a lack of position or rank

Authority in scenes

high position in shot represents a higher psition in society or moreauthority

Midshot means that the scene is probably high in context

Overall exploration of authorty compared

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Through Quotes & Ned Kelly's personal views and thoughts

A writters interpretation of histrical events, represented through both the film 'codes + conventions' and script/quotes

Similarities

Differences

OVERALL SIMILARITIes & Differences

- In both sources 'authority' is represented as the villian

- Ned Kelly land his gange are depicted as heros

- Histroical Truth & revelelance

- Policeman are the main example for authority and are a lagrge focus of both sources

- In the Letter only one perspective is shown

- In the Movie other views are shown more so

- In the Film reasons police may have acted in a bad manner are present

- The letter is a primary source

- The movie is someone's interpretation of historical events

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES Between quotes in both sources

movie

MOVIE

Dear Sir

I wish to acquaint you with

some of the occurrences of the present past

and future....... (28 pages later) yet they know and acknowledge I have

been wronged and my mother and four or five men

lagged innocent and is my brothers and sisters and

my mother not to be pitied also who was has no alternative

only to put up with the brutal and cowardly conduct

of a parcel of big ugly fat necked wombat headed big bellied

magpie legged narrow hipped splawfooted sons of Irish

bailiffs or English landlords which is better known as

Officers of Justice or Victorian Police who some calls

honest gentlemen

VS

Quote Comparison 1

Dear Sir...

"I wish to acquaint you

with some of the occurrences...

"of the present,

past and future.

It will pay government

to give those people who are suffering--"

...justice and liberty.

"...justice and liberty.

My brother and sisters

and mother...

have to put up with the brutal

and cowardly conduct of a parcel of--

- "...big, ugly--"

- ...big, ugly, fat-necked--"

- "...fat-necked--"

- Wombat-headed.

Wombat-headed.

"...wombat-headed,

big-bellied--"

- Magpie-legged!

- Magpie-legged.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

- Joe, write that down. Magpie-legged.

"...narrow-hipped,

splaw-footed...

sons of Irish bailiffs--"

Or English landlords better known

as what? Victorian police.

LETTER

MOVIE

My mother is rotting away

in a prison cell... because of the lies of a policeman named Fitzpatrick

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Fitzpatrick left and invented some scheme to say that I shot him, which any man could see was false

Quote Comparasion 2

LETTER

Bibliography:

Jerilderie letter transcription National Museum of Australia. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/jerilderie_letter/page_1

Ned Kelly Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom movie. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/n/ned-kelly-script-transcript.html

1879 Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter Australia's migration history timeline NSW Migration Heritage Centre. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/objectsthroughtime/ned-kelly-jerilderie/index.html

Ned Kelly isn’t an icon, he’s a failure. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/rendezview/ned-kelly-isnt-an-icon-hes-a-failure/news-story/cc8f46b8d3c43dbd2545d10bacb02a2c

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