''Our Sunshine'' is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer

Robert Drewe Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. Biography Robert Drewe was born on 9 January 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Perth. He grew ...

. It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film '' Ned Kelly'', directed by Gregor Jordan and starring

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and Naomi Watts.

Awards and nominations

* 1992 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction * 1992 shortlisted

Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1 ...

References

1991 Australian novels Biographical novels Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Australian novels adapted into films Pan Books books {{1990s-bio-novel-stub