The Government Gums and Rattling the Dish
by Peter J Bridge with Gail Dreezens
ISBN 0 85905 399 7, (2007 New), Soft Cover, A4, 51pp, saddle, illust, 180grams
$22.00* + POST
Before the advent of gaols prisoners were chained to trees, a practice surviving in WA until the 1950s. Digger justice was rough, ready, and sure. When the police came crime soared. Perhaps we need local justice committees to be revived.