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Bunbury historian, former councillor and deputy mayor.
Brendan Kelly is a part-time historian and writer, with a specific interest in Amateur Entertainment in Western Australia between 1875 and 1895. He views his subject through the lens of the class and culture of that time. Brendan writes daily and describes himself as an eclectic writer of history, fiction, poetry, essays, emails and file notes. He has produced three period essays for the Royal Western Australian Historical Society – ‘Francis Jerome Ernest Hart’, ‘Gerald Raikes - A Discreet Silence’ and ‘CORA - A Presswoman of Repute’. He is also tinkering with historical fiction as a side-shoot of his research. Brendan is a public speaker, who enjoys the input of audiences with their own stories. He lives in Bunbury, where he is a member of the South West History Writer’s Group and the South Side 'QUILLS' Writing Group.
Works
Button, Jesinta 2019, Article about launch of Bogans, Booze ... , Bunbury Mail, 24 December.
Kelly, Brendan 2018, 'Francis Jerome Ernest Hart', Early Days, no. 102: 49-61.
Kelly, Brendan 2019, Bogans, Booze and Bad Tattoos: 12 Years as a Bunbury City Councillor, self-published?
Kelly, Brendan 2022, 'Gerald Raikes: A Discreet Silence', Early Days, no. 106: 1-15.
Kelly, Brendan 2023, 'Francis Hart', this site.
Brendan Kelly May Gibbs: Amateur Entertainer 2 October 2023
Brendan Kelly Amateur Entertainment 1875-1895 in Western Australia: Sex & Drugs & Gilbert & Sullivan 8 May 2024
Kelly Brendan 2024, [[../people/beresfordhartnoll.html|'Hart Beresford-Hartnoll – Stirring the Possum']].
Kelly Brendan 2024, '[[../people/hartfrancis2.html|Francis ‘Jerry’ Hart as Cercivulus – a pain in the neck]]'.
Photo from the Bunbury Mail, as above.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 3 October, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/authors/kellybrendan.html (it was last updated on 13 May, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.