b'132752749 751Circa 1960s to 1980s Royal Show advertising poster cards, POPE SHOT & POPES DAY OF TERROR Thursday, May 14 the largest 64 x 39cm, & Friday, 15, 1981 Melbourne newspaper banner posters; each (6 items) 66 x 51cm.$200300The first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, 13 May 1981, in St. Peters Square in Vatican 750 City. The Pope was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Aca POLITICS & THE LAW while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck four times and suffered severe blood loss. Aca was apprehended Jan MACKAY (Australian, b.1950) & Toni ROBERTSONimmediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian (Australian, b.1953). court. The Pope later forgave Aca for the assassination RELEASE VIOLET and BRUCE ROBERTS - attempt. He was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio WHY ARE THEY STILL IN JAIL? Ciampi at the Popes request and was deported to Turkey in 1980 colour screenprint, Earthworks Poster Collective logo inJune 2000.image lower left, $100200 58 x 92cm. Linen-backed.In December 1975 Violet Roberts and her son Bruce Roberts were arrested and later convicted of murdering Violets husband,752Eric Roberts. Violet and her six children had endured years ofMartin SHARP,violence and abuse at the hands of Eric Roberts. However, the(Australian, 1942 - 2013),Roberts personal story was not told during their trial as the law[Sydney Opera House],required that a defence of provocation could only be argued if1983 colour screenprint, initialled S in image lower right,the killing was done in the heat of the moment. In response tosigned and dated 5.4.92 in ink on image lower centre,this injustice a Free Violet and Bruce Roberts Campaign was100 x 74cm. Linen-backed.begun by the Women Behind Bars organisation.[Banners andThe poster is a text-free version of the 1983 issue, created for posters] succeeded in attracting public and media attention.the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House which opened They are icons of the successful campaign which resulted in thein 1973.release of Violet and Bruce Roberts and the subsequent change$8001,000to the NSW Crimes Act to provide recognition of the impact and effects of domestic violence.$8001,000753Ron TANDBERG (Australian, 1943 - 2018)If Its Not On, Its Not On,c1991 Lithograph. Linen-backed30 x 100cmText continues Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services.$500600 '