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| Ned Kelly's famous armour |
During the week, I listened to a three-part podcast series about famed the famous or infamous nineteenth century Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly (1854-1880), which is part of the Real Outlaws series. The production values are good, and the narrator manages to do a convincing Irish-Australian accent. One minor issue is a factual error. At the time, Australia was made up of separate colonial governments, each of which was led by a Premier. The narrator describes the Premier of the Colony of Victoria at the time of Ned Kelly's capture in 1880 as the "Prime Minister." Australia did not have a Prime Minister until 1901, when the first Commonwealth government took office.
