TY - JOUR
T1 - The Bankstown anti-eviction 'riot' of 17 June 1931 : a crime of the propertyless?
AU - Cottle, Drew
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The Bankstown anti-eviction ‘riot’ of 17 June 1931 poses a problem for both law and history. An examination of the event may not solve the problem of what actually occurred. However, it will demonstrate that a riot did not occur and that the police behaviour was hardly exemplary. The law ensured that the accused were arrested, tried and sentenced to prison terms. Were their only crimes being propertyless and resisting homelessness? Their place in Australian history is reduced to a footnote. But what did they do? Why were they punished?
AB - The Bankstown anti-eviction ‘riot’ of 17 June 1931 poses a problem for both law and history. An examination of the event may not solve the problem of what actually occurred. However, it will demonstrate that a riot did not occur and that the police behaviour was hardly exemplary. The law ensured that the accused were arrested, tried and sentenced to prison terms. Were their only crimes being propertyless and resisting homelessness? Their place in Australian history is reduced to a footnote. But what did they do? Why were they punished?
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/559285
UR - http://www.anzlhsejournal.auckland.ac.nz/pdfs_2007/ANZLHS_E-Journal_-_Cottle.PDF
M3 - Article
SN - 1177-3170
JO - Australia and Zealand Law and History E-Journal
JF - Australia and Zealand Law and History E-Journal
ER -