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Ned Kelly wrote the so-called 'Babington Letter' to Sergeant James Babington in July 1870. It was written shortly after Kelly had been held on remand by Babington.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
1870.
(Manuscript)assertion
Note/s:
Dated: 28 July 1870.
Facsimile images of the two-page letter can be viewed at: http://nedonline.imagineering.net.au/documents/images/KELLY1A.jpg http://nedonline.imagineering.net.au/documents/images/KELLY2A.jpg
The Black or Unfair Image : The Babington Letter as a SonnetMichael Farrell,
2008single work criticism — Appears in:
JASAL,
no.
82008;(p. 7-16)'This paper interprets Ned Kelly's letter to Sergeant Babington, written when Kelly was fifteen, as a sonnet. This opens up the text to a range of meanings inaccessible to a reading of it as a conventional message.'
The Black or Unfair Image : The Babington Letter as a SonnetMichael Farrell,
2008single work criticism — Appears in:
JASAL,
no.
82008;(p. 7-16)'This paper interprets Ned Kelly's letter to Sergeant Babington, written when Kelly was fifteen, as a sonnet. This opens up the text to a range of meanings inaccessible to a reading of it as a conventional message.'
