north east regional extra | February 24 - March 2, 2021
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February 24 - March 2, 2021
Kelly collection deserves space
By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
A LIFELONG interest in the Ned Kelly story resulted in Matt Shore founding and co-curating the Ned Kelly Vault with his good friend and Kelly biographer, the late Ian Jones, but the collection needs a new home. “I am not a Kelly expert, rather an enthusiast who has been utterly fascinated by this story since I was a little boy when my aunty presented me with the companion magazine to the 1980 television mini-series ‘The Last Outlaw’; I was well and truly hooked,” Matt said. “I worked on three Kelly exhibitions between 2001 and 2005. “Two of the exhibitions were held in Melbourne and a third (much smaller) exhibition was held at the Burke Museum in Beechworth. “The collection was so good that we knew it deserved a museum space of its own so after those exhibitions ended, Ian and I, along with the collection owners, tried to establish a permanent exhibition/museum.” Unfortunately for everyone, a suitable location couldn’t be found in Beechworth so Matt and Ian tried to expand their options with feasibility studies and meetings held in a number of different North East Victoria locations including Glenrowan, Avenel and Benalla.
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◆ COLLECTABLE: Matt Shore with the brass cashbox belonging to Glenrowan Inn proprietor Ann Jones. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley
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