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, November 2007, No. 29
Detainee DON 94 • Linda Jaivin
Lazarus Taxa
• Ashley HayCheckmate • Leigh Sales
All Bogans Here • Anna Funder
Kill Your Idol • Luke Davies
Familiar Compound Ghosts • Patrick McCaughey
An Afternoon at Rough Trade • Robert Forster
‘Mini Shots’ 1–9 by various authors
• Carlie Jennings‘Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World’s Most Revered and Reviled Bird’ by Andrew D Blechman • Sean Dooley


