Certain publications are … being imported into Australia, which have no literary or intellectual value and are obviously published in order to cater for those seeking to satisfy depraved tastes for morbidity, sadism, sensuality, etc. These books are usually printed … Continue reading
NAA: C3059, She Gave Me Hell and … ‘Darcy Glinto’ (Harold Kelly), She Gave Me Hell and … [1950], Robin Hood Press, London, 1953 Banned: c.1950s
NAA: C3059, Road Floozie ‘Darcy Glinto’ (Harold Kelly), Road Floozie [1941], Robin Hood Press, London, 1953 Banned: 4 March 1942 to c.1960s View records relating to this book: Prohibited publication ‘Road Floozie’, 1942-61 Seizure of 100 copies of ‘Road Floozie’, … Continue reading
NAA: C3059, The Hangman is a Woman ‘Darcy Glinto’ (Harold Kelly), The Hangman is a Woman, Robin Hood Press, London, c.1953 Banned: c.1950s
Our new cafe display features the covers of nearly 90 books and magazines banned in Australia between the 1920s and the 1970s. This A-Z provides information about these prohibited pubications, including links to digitised documents held in the National Archives collection. … Continue reading