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Description

Early Australian period drama -monologue of Ellen Kelly, Ned Kelly's mother. Dramatic, characterful. Irish, story telling, narrative, character, dramatic, believable.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

Irish (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
the police have treated my Children very badly. I have three very young ones and had won only a fortnight old. When I got into trouble, that child I took to Melbourne with me, but I left Kate and Grace and the younger Children behind. The police used to treat them very ill. They used to take them out of bed at night and make them walk before them. The police made the Children go first when examining our house so as to prevent the outlaws, if in the host, from suddenly shooting them. Kate is no only about 16 years old and it's still a mere child. She's older than grace. Mrs. Skilling is married and, of course, knew more than the others who are mere Children. She's not in the house. No, Mr. Brooke Smith was the worst behaved of the force and had less sense than any of them. He used to throw things over the hosts, and he came in once to the lock up staggering drunk. I did not like his conduct that was a banana. I wonder why they allowed a man to behave as he did to an unfortunate woman. He wanted me to say things that were not true. My holding comprises 88 acres, but it's not all fenced in. The grown will not give me a title. If they did, I could sell it once and leave this locality. I was entitled to release a long time ago, but the keeping it back, perhaps, if I had a lease, I might stay for a while if they'd let me alone. I want to live quietly. The police speak coming backwards and forwards and saying There are reports, reports as to the papers, there's nothing but lies in them. From the beginning, I was soon to be closer to a school on account of my Children. If I had anything forward, I would soon go away from here.