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Tasmania’s Last Hanging

Reg Watson
Read and listen to the circumstances surrounding Tasmania's last hanging. Originally published in the No.3, 1992 issue of the APJ
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Death Underground

Fatal Accidents in Coal Mines on the South Coast of NSW

R. R. Lidden
This article, from the April 1979 issue of the APJ, gives an overview of the types of fatal accidents that can occur in coal mines. The article was written due to a lack of general awareness within police ranks as to the the nature of coal mining fatalities. At that period the coal mining industry was particularly dangerous and police often found themselves called to collieries to investigate deaths for the coroner.
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The Black Rooster

A True Account of a Human Sacrifice

Superintendent H.S. Thomas
A human sacrifice and cargo cults. From the January 1972 edition of the APJ; written at a time when Australia was the colonial ruler of the territories of Papua and New Guinea, and when Australians held senior positions of authority in all government agencies, especially the police.
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