Sidney Nolan Sidney Nolan Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (; 22 April 191728 November 1992) was one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century. His oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in all of modern art. He is best known for his series of paintings on legends from Australian history, most famously Ned Kelly, the bushranger and outlaw. Nolan's stylised depiction of Kelly's armour has become an icon of Australian art. Sidney Nolan was born in Carlton, at that time an inner working-class suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917. He was the eldest of four children. His parents, Sidney
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