Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Products manufactured a die-cast "Ned Kelly" repeating cap pistol, which was widely marketed in the mid-1940s. Its design bore no obvious attempt at historic relevance. The distinctive homemade armour Kelly wore for his final unsuccessful stand against the police was the subject of a famous series of paintings by Sidney Nolan. Ned Kelly is a recurring theme in the work of Ha-Ha (Regan Tamanui), one of Melbourne's foremost street artists. Since 2002, he has put up many stencils of Ned Kelly's face in the laneways of Melbourne, which have become an icon of Melbourne street art. He described Kelly as
Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly distraction allows Ned to escape the hotel via the back door, and by the time the police realise the ruse, Ned is galloping away on a horse. Waylon Jennings recorded "Blame it on the Kellys" which was included in the soundtrack for the 1970 film "Ned Kelly". In 1971, US country singer Johnny Cash wrote and recorded the song "Ned Kelly" for his album "The Man in Black". "Shelter for my Soul" was written and recorded by Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning for the 2003 film "Ned Kelly". It was written from Kelly's perspective on death row and played over the