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The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF)

"The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF) was established in 2002 to source and manage appropriate and affordable Public Liability insurance for Historical Reenactment societies and Living History groups across Australia.

As of September…

Tags: Australasian, Australia, Australian, federation, insurance, law, laws, legal, leisure, living history, public liability, re-creation, recreation, reenactment, safety, sport

The White Knights for Justice

The White Knights for Justice are a society who represents victims of injustice. They were founded in 1992 and are based in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport, Queensland, and were founded by a member of the Special Air Services Regiment (SAS), and…

Tags: cross, crosses, Gold Coast, horse, justice, knights, law, legal, Qld, Queensland, SAS, secret society, Special Air Service Regiment, White Knights, White Knights for Justice

Bigoted Bedrock of Our Law

Amidst media fervour over the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (Princess Catherine), Geoffrey Robertson raises the Australian republican question in this opinion piece. Beginning with reference to Thomas Paineâ€™s denunciation…

Extracts from the Melbourne Newspaper, The Argus

A series of extracts from The Argus ranging from 1878 to 1880. They tell of the Kelly Gang's exploits and their encounters with colonial Victorian law enforcement. A few of the extracts towards the end of the list include descriptions of the…

Tags: Armour, Australian landscape, bush, bushranger, bushrangers, crime, criminal, Edward Kelly, Kelly Gang, knight, knights, landscape, law, legal, legend, legends, media, Melbourne, myth, mythology, Ned Kelly, police, stealing, theft

Magna Carta

On the seven hundred and twentieth anniversary of the first issue of Magna Carta (in 1215), this article in the Western Mail outlines the charterâ€™s significance for English history and notes that special lessons had been delivered in…

An Address On the Occasion of the Naming of Magna Carta Place, Langton Crescent, Canberra

An address made by the Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan at the naming of Magna Carta Place in Canberra. He justifies the naming by arguing that the Magna Carta and the ideologies it represents contribute to the creation of a valuable and "enduring myth [in…

Tags: address, Australian government, Australian law, Australian place names, Canberra, English Law, equity, freedom, legal, Magna Carta, naming, place, place name, place names, SIr Gerard Brennan, speech

Medieval "Justice" Had Strange Ways

This article from the Junior Argus section of Melbourne newspaper The Argus describes what the author regards as 'strange' methods for ascertaining guilt or innocence in the medieval past. Short of finding reputable people to swear to a…

Tags: accused, Barbarity, court, criminal, criminality, divine intervention, fire, guilt, innocence, justice, legal, medieval, oath, ordeal, ordeal by fire, ordeal by water, punish, punishment, trial by ordeal, water

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