Article by David Huxtable, Director LookEar At the small town of Beveridge, some 40km north of Melbourne, lies the boyhood home of Australia’s most famous
RBA Director Roger Beeston and key emerging heritage professional, Meher Bahl, were delighted recently to accompany eminent international museum expert and conservationist, Vice Chairman of
Balgo is located on the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert and the western edge of the Tanami Desert of Central and Western Australia.
Article by David Huxtable, Director LookEar At the small town of Beveridge, some 40km north of Melbourne, lies the boyhood home of Australia’s most famous outlaw, Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly. It is a simple timber house that was built in stages spanning about 40 years, commencing around 1859 by Ned’s father, John ‘Red’ Kelly. The Kelly family lived there for about five years before moving to Avenel when Ned was 10. They ran a small dairy farm, with fruit trees and a vegetable garden to supplement their kitchen. The next owners, the Stewarts, extended the house between the 1880s and the