by Mary W Maxwell, LLB In this article, I create a new list of the famous features of the “Port Arthur conspiracy theory,” relating to the 1996 massacre. I am doing so because in the last few days there seems to be a new groundswell of interest in Martin Bryant’s innocence. Someone has offered a… Continue reading I Offer $100 Each to the First Five Refuters of the Conspiracy Theory of Port Arthur
Category: Port Arthur
Something Very Aussie for Australia Day from AussieMal
by Mary W Maxwell, LLB Dear Gumshoers and all Australians who give a damn, In 1996 — which wasn’t yesterday — we had a great drama. Some say the purpose of it was to set the scene for gun control. Another possibility is that the Powers That Be wanted to knock off a few ASIO… Continue reading Something Very Aussie for Australia Day from AussieMal
A Sort of Lost Manuscript about the Port Arthur Massacre
by Anonymous Introduction by Mary Maxwell, LLB Today, September 14, 2023, is the 10,000th day of unjust imprisonment of Martin Bryant at Risdon Prison, Tasmania. A long time ago, someone sent to my Adelaide address a report about the day April 28, 1996. As I don’t know the author’s name, I did not publicize it.… Continue reading A Sort of Lost Manuscript about the Port Arthur Massacre
Incriminating Questions about the Port Arthur Massacre
(L) Former Police commissioner of Tasmania Richard McCreadie, Photo: Herald Sun, (C) Sgt Gerald Dutton, Photo: The Examiner, (R) Public Prosecutor Damian Bugg, Photo: cdpp.gov.au by Malcolm R Hughes In response to Mary Maxwell’s Australia Day 2023 article on Martin Bryant’s continuing incarceration, and knowing that some people still believe, or pretend to believe, that… Continue reading Incriminating Questions about the Port Arthur Massacre
Retired Cop Andrew MacGregor Compares Port Arthur and Sandy Hook
(L) Port Arthur prison, from the convict days, Photo: smh.com.au (R) Sandy Hook school, Photo: abcnews.go.com by Mary W Maxwell, LLB I am the author of a book about the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, and coauthor of a book about the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. Until today I was unaware that anyone had compared the… Continue reading Retired Cop Andrew MacGregor Compares Port Arthur and Sandy Hook
How to Figure Out If Sandy Hook Is Fact or Fiction
by Mary W Maxwell, LLB Allow me to pretend that I’m teaching a high school class on “How to think.” The problem before us is the allegation by government and media in 2012 that a school shooting took place in Connecticut, at which 20 children and 4 staff members died. Is there any chance it… Continue reading How to Figure Out If Sandy Hook Is Fact or Fiction
25 Years After The Port Arthur Massacre and Remembering Stewart Beattie
by Dee McLachlan 25 years on and the official narrative still prevails in mainstream media — unquestioned. In an ABC report, three members of Victoria’s response team at the siege have embarked on a 410km trek from Melbourne to Hobart for the 25th anniversary, and to raise money for the Alannah and Madeline (Mikac) Foundation.… Continue reading 25 Years After The Port Arthur Massacre and Remembering Stewart Beattie
A Young Person’s Guide to the Port Arthur Massacre – Mal Hughes Passes the Torch
by Malcolm R Hughes Who was present at the Port Arthur massacre – Ned Kelly or Martin Bryant? Neither. Introduction by Mary W Maxwell This is an unusual article by Mal Hughes who often writes succinct comments (as “Aussiemal”) at GumshoeNews.com. He has learned, from chatting with millennials – people born after 1990 – that… Continue reading A Young Person’s Guide to the Port Arthur Massacre – Mal Hughes Passes the Torch
Happy 53rd Birthday to Martin Bryant
by Mary W Maxwell, LLB In 2015 Gumshoe Editor Dee McLachlan and myself published Port Arthur: Enough Is Enough (free download here). That book is held by the Australian National Library and three state libraries. One of those states is Tasmania, despite the message of the book being anathema to the government of that state.… Continue reading Happy 53rd Birthday to Martin Bryant
An Appeal to the Royal Bosom for Mercy for Martin Bryant
by Mary W Maxwell, LLB Greetings, Your Majesty. This letter concerns a man who has been in prison for 23 years for supposedly massacring 35 people at Port Arthur, Tasmania on April 28, 1996. Anyone who has looked at the facts knows that he is innocent, as he was truly incapable of the crime. I… Continue reading An Appeal to the Royal Bosom for Mercy for Martin Bryant
Further to the Discussion of Martin Bryant’s Innocence
by Malcolm R Hughes It is impossible for a left-handed person, who had not used a rifle right-handed previously to do what Martin has been accused of doing. The shooting to death of 12 and wounding of 10 in a matter of seconds, is impossible for anybody except a very small percentage of the population.… Continue reading Further to the Discussion of Martin Bryant’s Innocence
Still Think Bryant Is Guilty? OK, Answer These Questions
by Malcolm R Hughes How did Barry Unsworth come to make the prediction in December 1987 that, “there would never be uniform gun laws, until there had been a massacre in Tasmania?” Why Tasmania? Why did Ray Groom sacrifice a ministerial position in Federal Parliament to take up a Tasmanian Parliamentary career about the time… Continue reading Still Think Bryant Is Guilty? OK, Answer These Questions