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Mouthful of Dust

A Ned Kelly Web Experience

A cinematic web experience that features 3D scans of objects linked to Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Five acclaimed authors, working in fiction and non-fiction, offer new ways of thinking with these objects.
Featuring:
Wesley Enoch
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The Armour
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Grace Chan
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The Death Mask
Featuring:
Nam Le
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The Jerilderie Letter
Featuring:
Sarah Krasnostein
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The Rifle
Featuring:
Cameron Hurst of The Paris End
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The Boot
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