Ian Edward Swainson Jones (22 September 1931 – 31 August 2018) was an Australian television writer and director and an author specialising in the history of notorious outlaw

Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...

and his gang.

Career

Jones had a long career in Australian television, and is best remembered for his writing and directing work at

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on shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and for '' Against the Wind'', a highly successful mini-series, created in collaboration with Bronwyn Binns, which explored Australia's convict past.Bronwyn Jones (1944-2003)
'' Quadrant''. Jones and his wife Bronwyn Binns created a portrayal of Ned Kelly and his associates when they produced the mini-series, '' The Last Outlaw'', which was shown in 1980. He also wrote several reference books about the Kelly gang including the bestseller ''Ned Kelly: A Short Life'' and ''The Fatal Friendship: Ned Kelly, Aaron Sherritt and Joe Byrne''. In his work, Jones draws extensively on oral history interviews with descendants of the members of the Kelly Gang, in addition to decades of archival research. Jones also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 biopic film ''

'' which starred

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. Jones died in Melbourne on 31 August 2018.

Honours

In December 2006, Ian Jones was awarded the

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by the

Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsib ...

in recognition of his enduring contribution to Australian screen culture.

Works

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Booklets

Published scripts

Contributed chapters

*"The Kellys and Beechworth", "Kelly the folk hero" and "A new view of Ned Kelly" In: ''Ned Kelly: Man and Myth'' edited by Colin F. Cave, Melbourne : Cassell (1968, ) *"Guns of the Kelly Story" and "The Kelly Armour: Fact and Fantasy" in: ''The Last Outlaw'' by

Les Carlyon Leslie Allen Carlyon (10 June 1942 – 4 March 2019) was an Australian writer and newspaper editor. Early life Carlyon began his career in journalism with ''The Herald and Weekly Times'' as a cadet on the ''Sun News-Pictorial'' (now the ''H ...

, Melbourne, VIC : HSV7 (1980)

Introductions

* In: ''The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia'' by Justin Corfield, South Melbourne, VIC : Lothian, (2003, )

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Ian 1931 births 2018 deaths Australian screenwriters Australian television directors Australian television writers Australian historians People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School People from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian male television writers