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For sale: Berrima Gaol and a slice of coup d’état

The bizarre plot to install a fascist state

4 December 2021

9:00 AM

4 December 2021

9:00 AM

Whoever buys the Berrima Gaol will not only acquire a dark slice of history and a host of ghosts, but may also experience the belated frisson of a thwarted political coup.

The year was 1932. As the Great Depression gripped, the NSW Labor government refused to pay interest on British bonds.

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Anne Twomey is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney.

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