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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Essay: Crime History for Criminologists -- 1. Law in Aboriginal Societies -- Essay: Indigenous Law and the Intrusionof the West -- Primary Source: Wundanyuka kulu Jujuju -- 2. Australian Criminal Justice Systems -- Essay: From Military Tribunals to Trial by Jury -- Primary Source: Prisoners for Trial, Adelaide, 1846 -- 3. The Criminal Class Theory and Its Enemies -- Essay: British and Irish Convicts and the Idea of a Criminal Class -- Primary Source: Female Convict Indents, 1845 -- 4. Aboriginal People and Settler Colonial Law -- Essay: Entangled in the Colonial Justice System -- Primary Source: "Proclamation to the Aborigines," C. 1828-30 -- 5. The World of Ned Kelly -- Essay: The Other Bushrangers -- Primary Source: The Jerilderie Letter, 1879, Excerpt -- 6. Identifying Underworlds -- Essay: Underworld Figures? Describing Vagrants -- Primary Source: From the Victoria Police Gazette, 1901 -- 7. Race, Class and Sexual Violence -- Essay: Sexual Violence, Racism, and the Death Penalty -- Primary Source: Opposing Capital Punishment, the Bulletin, 1889 -- 8. Husband Poisoners and Baby Killers: Women Criminals -- Essay: The Ordinary Crimes of Female Offenders -- Primary Source: Victoria Gaol by Janet Dibben, 1904 -- 9. Popular Crimes -- Essay: "Unnatural" and Unpopular Crimes -- Primary Source: The "Pyjama Girl Conundrum," 1944 -- 10. The Long History of Australian Gangs -- Essay: Whatever Happened to the Larrikin Pushes? -- Primary Source: Kate Leigh Prison Record, 1915 -- 11. Innocent Criminals -- Essay: The Media Versus Lindy Chamberlain -- Primary Source: Azaria Chamberlain's Matinée Jacket, 1980 -- 12. Researching the History of Crime in Australia -- Essay: Using Digital Archives of Crimes and Criminals -- Index.

The City of Newcastle has been viewed as marginal to the main narratives of Australian history, despite its contribution to industrial development being likened in importance to that of a Pittsburgh or Birmingham. A focus on visible air pollution makes it possible to reposition Newcastle as the centre of environmental innovation, largely because of the knowledge gathered by Novocastrians about smoke abatement in the Anglo‐American industrial cities upon which it modelled itself. The reduction of smoke in Newcastle since World War II is attributed partially to the City Council activities, but also to the displacement of pollution elsewhere, both within Australia and to the Asian cities to which coal is exported.

The Star Hotel in Newcastle has become a site of defiance for the marginalized young and dispossessed working class. To understand the whole story of the Star Hotel riot, it should be seen in the context of other moments of resistance such as the 1890 Maritime Strike, Rothbury miners' lockout in 1929 and the recent battle for the Laman Street fig trees. As Australia's first industrial city, Newcastle is also a natural home of radicalism but until now, the stories which reveal its breadth and impact have remained untold. Radical Newcastle brings together short illustrated essays from leading scholars, local historians and present day radicals to document both the iconic events of the region's radical past, and less well known actions seeking social justice for workers, women, Aboriginal people and the environment.

This paper presents an investigation into the legal history of Australia's kangaroos. It aims to provide a detailed analysis of how the law and policy governing the killing of kangaroos has evolved over time in response to changing public perceptions. This history begins with the pre-European period and traces the impact of European colonisation, early growth of the commercial kangaroo industry, and the increased role of science and regulation upon kangaroos. The paper critiques the historical designation of kangaroos as 'pests' that need to be 'managed' and argues that such an approach is inconsistent with current scientific understanding. As this 'pest' status has fallen in importance there has been a shift in regulatory goals from damage mitigation to resource utilisation, although government planning and policy continue to cite damage mitigation alongside objectives to maintain viable populations and a sustainable and commercially viable industry. While the kangaroo industry's current focus is upon the 'sustainable use of wildlife', the history of attitudes towards kangaroos as 'pests' is so deeply and widely entrenched that it is impossible for the industry to meet welfare standards. The article concludes that the commercial kangaroo industry does not have any clearly defined policy benefit and should be reassessed to take greater account of the impact it has on ecosystems and kangaroo welfare.