had been in the water for eight days. The magistrate concluded Kelly died from drowning owing to no other suspicious circumstances identified. Today the death of Kelly would be investigated thoroughly. Her husband, William Foster, was convicted six months earlier for using abusive language against his wife within hearing of the public, and he was reportedly physically abusive also. There's some evidence that Kelly suffered postnatal depression and had started drinking during the day. She was buried in Forbes Cemetery. Her newborn daughter died a few weeks later. Her children were taken in and brought up by her mother, Ellen, and brother, Jim Kelly. Her headstone was erected around 1910, through the good graces of a former employer. In popular culture The folk song "Ye Sons of Australia" includes a romanticised passage about Kate's role in the Kelly Gang; The daring Kate Kelly how noble her mien As she sat on her horse like an Amazon queen, She rode through the forest revolver at hand Regardless of danger, who dare bid her stand. She was the subject of the 1946 painting Constable Fitzpatrick and Kate Kelly one of Sydney Nolan's Kelly series. Kate is the main character in Jean Bedford's first novel, Sister Kate (1982).In the 2003 film Ned Kelly, starring Heath Ledger, Kate is played by Irish actor Kerry Condon.Australian rock band, The Whitlams, included a song about her, "Kate Kelly" on the 2002 album Torch the Moon. She also inspired an exhibition of work from the artist Gria Shead in 2014. In February 2021 Rebecca Wilson's biography, Kate Kelly, The true story of Ned Kelly's little sister, was published by Allen & Unwin. Revolver In October 2006, an auctioneer exhibited a revolver that he stated had belonged to Kelly. It was claimed to be the revolver carried by Constable Fitzpatrick when attempting to arrest Dan at the Kelly house on the night of 15 April 1878, and which was wrestled off him by her brother, Ned. The revolver was said to have been found concealed in a wall cavity of the house in Forbes where Kelly had lived between 1888 and 1898. The revolver was auctioned on Tuesday, 13 November 2007, where it sold to a private collector for A$72,870, narrowly beating a rival bidder representing the State of Victoria. The provenance of the revolver has since been disputed by firearms collectors, none of whom have examined the