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  • The 'Condemned Criminals': sexual violence, race, and manliness in colonial Australia

    Author(s)
    Kaladelfos, Andy
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kaladelfos, Andy
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    In 1879, the New South Wales government took the unusual step of recommending the execution of three men-two white and one black-for two separate crimes of rape. The government's decision provoked outcry from capital punishment abolitionists who inundated the parliament and press with appeals for mercy, and held sensational public rallies decrying the use of the death penalty. Politicians' varied responses to the crimes show their preoccupations in ensuring ideals of colonial manliness and colonial honour remained intact no matter what the cost. This case offers an important example of the complex relationship between gender, ...
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    In 1879, the New South Wales government took the unusual step of recommending the execution of three men-two white and one black-for two separate crimes of rape. The government's decision provoked outcry from capital punishment abolitionists who inundated the parliament and press with appeals for mercy, and held sensational public rallies decrying the use of the death penalty. Politicians' varied responses to the crimes show their preoccupations in ensuring ideals of colonial manliness and colonial honour remained intact no matter what the cost. This case offers an important example of the complex relationship between gender, race, sexuality and colonial politics.
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    Journal Title
    Women's History Review
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    5
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2012.658186
    Subject
    Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
    Courts and Sentencing
    Cultural Studies
    Historical Studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/51772
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