This film analysis is on the film "Ned Kelly" in the subject Australian Studies, which is compulsory is Australia. It answers questions on themes etc.

(1) (i) The movie "Ned Kelly" is telling the audience about Australian history and that Australia is not a perfect country, but struggles with criminals as well. It also conveys racism, not against blacks, but against the Irish. This is now dispelled as Ned Kelly is known as the 'Australian hero', not the 'Irish Migrant of Australia hero'. The Kelly family were always the target of the soldiers' fun. Friendship is portrayed as being vital, as …showed first 75 words of 1507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1507 total…people of Australia seem to rather be ignorant of the truth than be aware of the requirements of what the people view as a hero. Bibliography The following websites are where information was received for (4) (iii). http://www.nedkellythemovie.com/legend.htm http://www.nedkellythemovie.com/about.htm The following websites were where information was obtained for (5). http://www.ironoutlaw.com/html/writings_montague.html http://www.ehistory.com/world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2276