Monday 17 December 2018

Glebe, mural

This mural is on the side wall of the former Valhalla Cinema, along Glebe Point Road, in the inner west suburb of Glebe. Titled "Kelly & her Gang", I suspect Kelly is or was, a local identity and her gang were her colourful friends from the inner city. The title is a play on the Australian film "Ned Kelly and His Gang" released in 1906 and believed to be the first narrative movie ever made in the world. It tells the story of bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang of outlaws.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Amaze Me Monday, Blue Monday, Through My Lens.

15 comments:

  1. Funny mural.
    Ohhh, back in 1995 we stayed in a backpacker in that street.

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  2. Very colourful :) Thanks for participating Jim.

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    1. I suspect Kelly is or was a local identity. I'll add a bit more of an explanation in the post.

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  4. This mural was painted in the 1993 by the young people attending the Glebe Youth Centre. Some of the kids were indigenous and another claimed to be a descendant of Ned. The concept emerged from a special camp . The mural was later repainted and although it was changed, as the original facilitator of design I believe - the integrity of the community artwork was maintained.

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    1. Kelly Jaffer was a friend of mine back in the 90’s when we all lived in Glebe. The mural depicts great time amongst friends in our local community. We were all in the mural before she was commissioned to paint over it again in 2008. It was a pleasure to know Kelly. She now resides in Tamworth.. If you happen to read this Kelly, all my love Marie xx

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