Open AccessAn Introduction to Crime & Punishment
Author(s) -
Lorne Walker-Nolan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
coolabah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1988-5946
DOI - 10.1344/co2021291-3
Subject(s) - prison , indigenous , punishment (psychology) , colonialism , criminology , history , sociology , political science , archaeology , psychology , social psychology , ecology , biology
Few scholars of Australian history need reminding that Colonial Australia began as a British prison. The detrimental effect these origins had, and arguably still have, on Indigenous Australia is unambiguous. The extent to which this brutal background shaped the modern nation merits re-evaluation. In this issue of Coolabah, we aim to extrapolate and explore the links stretching from the First Fleet, and assess how much of a role this past plays in the building of the modern Australian nation.