Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly a "significant respect for authority". Former criminal and celebrity Chopper Read produced numerous paintings of Ned Kelly, alluding directly to Sidney Nolan's imagery. One of Read's paintings features Kelly with a woman's breasts. He explained that "it relates to the fact that I think Kelly was a homosexual, ... I'm not really a fan of his. I'm tired of people calling me the modern-day Ned Kelly." However, Read compared himself with Kelly in some of his paintings. One such self-portrait titled "Tast Ful Old Criminal" ["sic"] was purchased amid controversy by the State Library of Victoria in 2003. "The Story
Kate Kelly (outlaw) have been a suicide and left a husband and 4 children. The folk song "Ye Sons of Australia" includes an (erroneous) passage about Kate's role in the Kelly Gang; Kate Kelly is mentioned again later in the song, taking a role in the siege at Glenrowan; Kate is the main character in Jean Bedford's first novel, "Sister Kate" (1982).In the 2003 film "Ned Kelly", starring Heath Ledger, Kate is played by Irish actor Kerry Condon.The Whitlams song "Kate Kelly" is about Kate Kelly. In October 2006, Sydney-based auctioneer Tom Thompson exhibited a revolver that he claimed had belonged to Kate