A Cavalcade Of Queensland S Crimes And Criminals

A Cavalcade of Queenslands Crimes and Criminals, for every year following the colonys separation from New South Wales from 1859 to 1920, Jarvis Finger has recounted Queenslands most notable crimes.

A totally revised edition of the tragic case of Australian Indigenous man Kipper Billy, a convicted rapist condemned to hang in Australia in 1862 before a watertight alibi was established for him and his co-accused, Billy Horton. While Horton was pardoned before the execution could be carried out, no such acknowledgment of innocence was extended to Kipper Billy, who had been killed during an attempted jailbreak. Dogged crime reporter Ken Blanch wrote the first edition of this book White Lies, Black Blood: The Awful Killing of Kipper Billy in 2015, which resulted in an historic posthumous Queen's pardon for Kipper Billy by the Governor of Queensland in 2018, possibly the world's first pardon of an Indigenous prisoner who died in custody. This is the story of that pardon and what happened next.

The authors explore the amount of concern and fear about crime in Australia and compare this with the level in the United States.

Crime and justice in Queensland.

Betty Shanks was brutally murdered 70 years ago. This book’s third edition reveals Betty’s secret life as documented in an ASIO file, which states that: - Betty was in an ‘intimate association’ with a young married man who was a member of the Communist Party of Australia. - Betty’s best friend from schooldays at Brisbane Girls Grammar School and at the University of Queensland, Winifred Cowin, worked for ASIO before committing suicide in 1958. - An ASIO officer arrived in Brisbane on Sunday 21 September 1952 to recruit Betty, only to be told that she had been murdered the previous Friday night. Ted Duhs alleges that Betty was killed by a man she met at the Grange tram terminus as she returned home from a night class at Brisbane’s Central Tech. This man, referred to as ‘the man in the brown suit’, was seen by four witnesses, including Marie Patton who is still alive. Minutes before Betty was attacked, Marie saw him 30 yards from the murder scene. Evidence suggests he was Eric Sterry. His daughter, Desche, is still alive, and in 1999 her story “My Dad Killed Betty Shanks” was published in The Courier Mail, after her earlier attempts to persuade the police were unsuccessful.

War has shaped Australian society profoundly. When we commemorate the sacrifices of the Anzacs, we rightly celebrate their bravery, but we do not always acknowledge the complex aftermath of combat. In The Cost of War, Stephen Garton traces the experiences of Australia’s veterans, and asks what we can learn from their stories. He considers the long-term effects of war on returned servicemen and women, on their families and communities, and on Australian public life. He describes attempts to respond to the physical and psychological wounds of combat, from the first victims of shellshock during WWI to more recent understandings of post-traumatic stress disorder. And he examines the political and social repercussions of war, including debates over how we should commemorate conflict and how society should respond to the needs of veterans. When the first edition of The Cost of War appeared in 1996, it offered a ground-breaking new perspective on the Anzac experience. In this new edition, Garton again makes a compelling case for a more nuanced understanding of the individual and collective costs of war.

Has anyone ever heard of Colin Munro, let alone 'Fern Vale'? Yet this was the first Queensland novel, published in London in 1862. The author, of Scottish origin, was a young mercantile clerk who, after five years in Brisbane, returned to London to seek a wife and write a book. He returned to Brisbane in 1863 to become a storekeeper, merchant and Pacific trader. He later became a farmer and, while pursuing his agrarian dream in Queensland, this extraordinary man played out the purpose of his novel. Though written as a pastoral romance on the Darling Downs, the book's real aim was to attract migrants to the new colony during the optimistic 1860s. Taking its cue from the visionary Rev. Dr John D. Lang of Sydney, the novel, set in 1856-57, expounds the controversial issues of labour, industry and capital, as well as the tropical economy, land regulation, aboriginal policy, convict origin and separation from NSW.

"Fern Vale: Or The Queensland Squatter Vol. III " by way of Colin Munro is a captivating narrative set within the hard landscape of Queensland, Australia. The narrative recounts the problems and triumphs of squatter life through the protagonist's eyes. As settlers in a harsh and cruel environment, the people in "Fern Vale" face the pains of frontier existence. Munro offers a sparkling portrayal of existence on the Australian frontier, from the difficulties of clearing land and establishing homesteads to clashes with indigenous organizations. Amidst the harsh realities of survival, Munro weaves collectively themes of resilience, willpower, and the well-known spirit of adventure. Through fantastically sketched characters and evocative descriptions of the Queensland bush, "Fern Vale" transports readers to the untamed beauty and tough conditions of the Australian outback. As the collection's first installment, "Fern Vale" sets the putting for an epic narrative that explores Queensland's changing panorama and the lives of its citizens. Munro's super writing and eager insight into human enjoy make "Fern Vale" a charming study that transports readers to a bygone era of discovery and journey.