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in Mrs Skillion's absence

Producer: Tim Mosely
Relief printmaker: Tim Mosely

Book title: in Mrs Skillion's absence
Published by: Silverwattle Press
Year made: 2006
Place made: Australia
Edition:
(No. in Edition)
4
(2)
Dimensions: 115 x 365
Description of binding: bound by T. Mosely
Physical description: codex, single section case binding in cloth
Medium: linocuts, rubber stamped text
Further information:
This book is one of "the Kelly Books". "The Kelly gang wrote themselves into Australian history and folklore with the enduring image of the armour they fashioned for themselves. Made from stolen plough moulds the four gang members wore their armour only once in a shoot out at Glenrowan with the Victorian Police. In the “jerilderi letter” Edward Kelly, who was awarded for bravery in his youth, documents the abuse his family was put under by corrupt police. Significant in his defense is the treatment of his mother, sisters and other families involved. The Kelly Books juxtapose the armour of Dan Joe and Steve, the landscape of the bush where their story was played out and extracts from the jerilderie letter written by (n)Ed Kelly to a local paper. The books also expose other subtler narratives in the (n)Ed Kelly Story but no less significant than the bushranger, narratives such as mother & son, police and families, landscape and violence."

Producer: Tim Mosely
Relief printmaker: Tim Mosely

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