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Suicide

Cooke, Simon. “’A ‘Dirty Little Secret’? The State, the Press, and Popular Knowledge of Suicide in Victoria, 1840s-1920s.” Australian Historical Studies 31, no. 115 (2000): 304-24.

Hassan, Riaz. Suicide Trends in Australia, 1901-1985: An Analysis of Sex Differentials.  New York: Guildford Press, 1989.

Jowett, Stephanie, Belinda Carpenter, and Gordon Tait. “Determining a Suicide under Australian Law.” University of New South Wales Law Journal 41, no. 2 (2018): 534-56.

Ross, Lynette. “The Final Escape: An Analysis of Suicide at the Penal Settlement of Port Arthur”. Journal of Australian Colonial History 7 (2005): 181-202.

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