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Stones in the Bush

Unclassified 18+
Various, 74 mins, Australia, 1970-72. Courtesy: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.

Ned Kelly

This program features two experimental documentaries made in the early 1970s exploring the relationship between Ned Kelly and the landscape tradition of Australian art and writing.

A Stone in the Bush (Mick Glasheen, Martyn Sanderson and John Allen, 26 mins, 1970) is an impressionistic record of the shooting of Tony Richardson's Ned Kelly, featuring Mick Jagger.

Kelly Country (Stuart Cooper, 48 mins, 1972) is an essay-style documentary following Sidney Nolan as he travels to various iconic locations. Features commentary by Orson Welles.