Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang: Ethical Dimensions in the Re-evaluation of Australia’s Mythic Hero1
Abstract
Peter Carey’s novel True History of the Kelly Gang negotiates the multiple and contradictory meanings that Ned Kelly’s historical record brings about. The figure of Ned Kelly brings to the fore the ethical dimensions of revisiting and questioning one of the best-known myths of the nation.
History is not complete unless it takes into account what men believe to be true in times of crisis as well as the objective truth.(Noorul Hasan)