Landscape-Ned Kelly Series

The ‘Kelly Country’ is that portion of north-eastern Victoria which extends from Mansfield in the south to Yarrawonga in the north, and from Euroa in the south-east to Talangatta in the north-west. Historical record

I put a fire or a setting sun on the horizon… I wanted a clear ambiguity because this was a tranquil scene for the subsequent violence. It’s along the Goulburn River. That muddy, opaque quality of the dam is very Australian; muddy under the serene, clear blue sky. Sidney Nolan Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010