Our Sunshine

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Our Sunshine
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Author Robert Drewe
Country Australia
Language English
Publisher Pan Macmillan, Australia
Publication date
1991
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages189
ISBN 0330273264
Preceded byFortune 
Followed by The Drowner  

Our Sunshine is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer Robert Drewe.

It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film Ned Kelly , directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts.

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