In 1935 to be Catholic was to be Irish, and the hierarchy ruled its flock with a firm doctrinal hand and an unchallenged tribal authority - no one more so than Daniel Mannix, the venerable Cork-born archbishop of Melbourne. Tall, gaunt and magisterial, Mannix was already ancient. Born in 1864, he had become a contentious ecclesiastical figure in the Irish nationalist movement. Shipped to Australia, his stand against conscription led to demands for his deportation. In 1920, the Royal Navy prevented him landing in his insurgent homeland and he returned to Australia,...
The Monthly, December 2005 - January 2006, No. 8
In This Issue
The Nation Reviewed
Comment • Margaret Simons
Fumigation in London & Amsterdam • M.J. Hyland
Why Drug Dealers Vote Liberal • Richard Cooke
Wide Open Road • Julienne van Loon
Man with the Pearl-White Cord • Helen Garner
Fumigation in London & Amsterdam • M.J. Hyland
Why Drug Dealers Vote Liberal • Richard Cooke
Wide Open Road • Julienne van Loon
Man with the Pearl-White Cord • Helen Garner
The Monthly Essays
Archbishop Peter Jensen, surprise scouge of John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull, has a vision of a country and a Liberal Party more
Alan Woods and his amazing computer. A nags-to-riches-story
Nothing prepares a parent for the day their partner does a runner and takes the children.
Australia's last frontier society is long gone. So what's next for the city of Darwin?
Everywhere is anywhere when you travel these days, whether it's invasions or gardening shows.
Arts & Letters
Together Apart • Maria Tumarkin
Betrayals of Faith • Drusilla Modjeska
The Dog Days of Ray • Matthew Ricketson
Show Me the Horror • Clive James
Nihilistic Ear-worms • Robert Forster
'The Ballad of Desmond Kale' by Roger McDonald • Zora Simic
'Vulture'; 'Sunday Arts'; 'The Movie Show' on ABC-TV • Kerryn Goldsworthy
Betrayals of Faith • Drusilla Modjeska
The Dog Days of Ray • Matthew Ricketson
Show Me the Horror • Clive James
Nihilistic Ear-worms • Robert Forster
'The Ballad of Desmond Kale' by Roger McDonald • Zora Simic
'Vulture'; 'Sunday Arts'; 'The Movie Show' on ABC-TV • Kerryn Goldsworthy
Encounters
Nellie Melba & Enrico Caruso • Shane Maloney



