The questioning-Ned Kelly Series

The troopers enquired at the homestead as to thewhereabouts of the outlaws, but were told to ask theold man who was up bathing himself in the dam.Historical record

The police did not question the old man as they knew hewould misdirect them, but thought the wife could be bluffed,but she was shrewd and well trained and like a good wifewould misdirect them. My uncle Jack used to wash himselfwith a bar of laundry soap in the dam; Velvet soap in fact. Sidney Nolan Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010