The slip-Ned Kelly Series

The gully was exceedingly rough and precipitous. So muchso that on one occasion as we were ascending in singlefile one of the packhorses lost its footing and fell.Historical record

I was proud that I’d got the horses going up the hill all right.It was difficult for me. One of the pack horses had fallen,so I decided to put it upside down and give levitationanother aspect. It is a dreadful descent and the horsewill fall forever. I am nearing the climax of the tragedy.Sidney Nolan Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010