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EJANZH: Martyr on Phillips and Davies

D Phillips, S Davies (eds), A Nation of Rogues? Crime, law and punishment in colonial Australia, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Philippa Martyr I like history which not only informs, but entertains. This is not in the least…

EJANZH: Irish Ribbonmen in Tasmania

Mel Keenan The following study sets out to sketch the profile of the average ribbon transportee to Tasmania by investigating those convicts who advised the Tasmanian authorities that they had been transported for offences relating to “ribbonism”. The University of…

EJANZH: Greason Article

By David Greason ** ‘The Party system of Government can play little part, if any, in the struggle for real democracy. In principle, it is the antithesis of democracy.’ Eric D. Butler, The Money Power versus Democracy, 1940. ‘A recent…