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, Vengeance is Mine Mickey Spillane, Vengeance is Mine [1951], Corgi Books, London, 1960 Banned: c.1950s View a Customs file relating to this book: Prohibited publication – ‘Vengeance is Mine’, 1951-52
NAA: C0359, One Lonely Night Copy D Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night [1951], Morrison and Gibb Limited, London, 1958 Banned: c.1950s View a Customs file relating to this book: Prohibited publications ‘One Lonely Night’, ‘I, The Jury’, ‘My Gun is … Continue reading
NAA: C0359, My Gun is Quick Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick [1951], Morrison and Gibb Limited, London 1957 Banned: c.1950s View a Customs file relating to this book: Prohibited publications ‘One Lonely Night’, ‘I, The Jury’, ‘My Gun is … Continue reading
NAA: C3059, The Long wait Mickey Spillane, The Long Wait [1951], EP Dutton and Co. Inc., New York, 1956 Banned: c.1950s
NAA: C3059, Kiss Me Deadly 2 Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me, Deadly, Arthur Barker Limited, London, 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