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Prominent Australians call for independent inquiry in the interest of justice
In 2013, Jim Unkles participated in the filming of a Foxtel documentary, Breaker Morant - The Re Trial for the History channel. He used the opportunity to interview leading Australian MPs and senior legal counsel to get their views of the case for independent review....
A tough break for Breaker Morant
HARRY "Breaker" Morant, executed more than 112 years ago, has no chance of Australian backing for a pardon. The Federal Labour Government will take no action to pardon Morant and Peter Handcock, who were executed by a British firing squad after being convicted of...
New bid to pardon Breaker Morant
More than a a century after he was executed, supporters of Harry "Breaker" Morant have upped the ante in their fight to have the legendary soldier pardoned. Morant - executed by firing squad in 1902 for killing prisoners in the Boer War - had always contended he was...
Boer War Memorial revives ‘Breaker’ campaign
Today's planned release of details about the Anzac Parade National Boer War Memorial has thrust the controversial execution 110 years ago of two Australians convicted of war crimes back into the spotlight. Lieutenants Harry ''Breaker'' Morant and Peter Handcock were...