AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
Banned in Australia
Censorship Agencies:
Literature Censorship Board
Decision:
24 Nov 1954
NAA Source:
A3023; Folder 1954 and C4129/1; Box T
Censorship notes:
Consolidated Press Limited was charged before H.J. Coombe S.M., in the Adelaide Police Court, with having distributed an indecent advertisement for 13 French Street. In the course of his judgement Mr. Coombe commented on the fact that the original form of the book had been passed by Customs and said that he could only charitably assume that the scrutineers of the Customs Department had not read beyond the first two or three pages. The case for the prosecution was presented on the grounds that the book as a read as a whole the book was plainly and blatantly obscene.
It was only after the company was convicted and fined that the book was passed to the Literature Censorship Board for review, which prohibited it.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Last amended 9 Dec 2013 14:12:53
