Law, Religion, and Heritage Research Program Team Edit Special Issue of Queensland History Journal

The Law, Religion, and Heritage Research Program Team at the University of Southern Queensland has edited a special issue (Volume 25:7) of the Queensland History Journal.  The special issue, "Arbiters of Justice: Historical Studies of Southern Queensland Lawmakers" contains research presented at a colloquium in November of 2021.  Here is the table of contents:

Introduction by Julie Copley, Marcus Harmes, Sarah McKibbin, Jeremy Patrick

‘To chastise and punish’: Patrick Logan, justice of the peace and magistrate of convict Moreton Bay by Roger Ford

Dr Stephen Simpson and the origins of the court system in Queensland by Thomas Bradley

Lawgiving in early colonial Queensland – an historical perspective by Helen Gregory

Justice Alfred Lutwyche and the early Supreme Court by Timothy Nugent