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The '''Port Arthur massacre''' in [[1996]] was a [[mass shooting]] in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded in [[Port Arthur]], [[Tasmania]]. [[Martin Bryant]], pleaded guilty and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. Fundamental changes of [[gun control]] laws within Australia followed the incident. In [[2016]] footage of his interrogation was released for Australian [[television]], substantiating the [[official narrative]] about the event.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3479014/Chilling-footage-Martin-Bryant-interrogated-shows-moment-admits-carrying-Australia-worst-mass-murder-thought-camera-off.html</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3479871/Martin-Bryant-conspiracy-theorists-insist-Port-Arthur-massacre-staged-end-gun-ownership-despite-killer-s-confession-screening-TV.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyZbr-7SG0 MASS KILLER INTERVIEW: Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur shooter killed 35 people | 7NEWS Spotlight]</ref>
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==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
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The '''Port Arthur massacre''' of 28-29 April 1996 was a killing spree which claimed the lives of 35 people and wounded 37 others mainly at the historic Port Arthur prison colony, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania, [[Australia]].<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/04/30/1996-04-30_aftermath_of_horror__death_t.html Aftermath of horror death toll climbs to 35] New York Daily News 30 April 1996</ref> The attack was perpetrated by "[[lone nut]]" [[Martin Bryant]], a 28-year-old from New Town, a suburb of Hobart, who after initially denying responsibility, eventually pleaded guilty to the crimes and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole.
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The '''Port Arthur massacre''' of 28-29 April [[1996]] was a killing spree which claimed the lives of 35 people and wounded 37 others mainly at the historic Port Arthur prison colony, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania, [[Australia]].<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/04/30/1996-04-30_aftermath_of_horror__death_t.html Aftermath of horror death toll climbs to 35] New York Daily News 30 April 1996</ref> The attack was perpetrated by "[[lone nut]]" [[Martin Bryant]], a 28-year-old from New Town, a suburb of Hobart, who (in spite of having an IQ of only 66) displayed considerable shooting skills, killing 12 people in 15 seconds.<ref name=theguardian>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/it-took-one-massacre-how-australia-made-gun-control-happen-after-port-arthur</ref><ref>https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_Bryant saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190116080637/https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_Bryant Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.vn/5yfEp Archive.is]</ref> After initially denying responsibility, Bryant pleaded guilty to the crimes and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole.  
  
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===Original official narrative===
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==Alternative culpability==
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The attacks were first made known to the public on 28 April 1996, at which time members of the public were told that it was a [[terrorist]] attack by as many as 4-5 unknown gunmen, believed to be related both to [[ANZAC day]] (25 April) and to Port Arthur being known as a tourism site.
 
  
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===Narrative changed at night of 28 April 1996===
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At some point during the night, someone phoned police to inform them that the gunmen at Port Arthur were now at Seascape Lodge, some 50km away, and the names of the gunmen were released to the media as being: Noelene Martin, David Martin, Glen Ray Pears and Martin Bryant. [[Martin Bryant]] was said to be the true identity of "Jaimie", the person speaking to police, who worked at Seascape Lodge with the owners, Noelene and David Martin.  It was described as a terrorist plot aimed at stopping tourism to Tasmania, explicitly to Port Arthur. 
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|text=It will take a massacre in Tasmania before we get gun law reform in Australia.
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|subjects=Gun control
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|authors=Barry Unsworth
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|source_details=The Australian
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|source_URL=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/heres-a-list-of-the-craziest-port-arthur-conspiracy-theories/news-story/195ca7e4f1cd6d02349534b57915871a
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===Narrative changed on morning of 29 April 1996===
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Right after the event and ever since concerns about the {{on}} have been raised.  
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After the fire, it emerged that only one person was arrested: [[Martin Bryant]].  It later emerged that the other 3 names, who were publicly named as assisting Martin Bryant, had in fact been amongst the 35 victims, as the death toll rose from 32 to 35.  Noelene and David Martin died on the night of 27 April 1996 while Glen Ray Pears it was suggested died before the gunman got to Seascape.  At the time, police would not reveal why the fire was started, who Martin Bryant was, or what might have motivated him.
 
  
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===Narrative changed by Prime Minister John Howard===
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=== Tavistock Institute ===
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The official narrative changed by then [[Australian Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] who stated in a public speech that the culprit of the fire was automatic weapons, that it had nothing to do with the identity of the person, or his skills with a firearm, that there was no motive as it was a random killing and that the only person to blame is the fact that automatic weapons are still able to be bought in this country easily.
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[[Allen Douglas]] and [[Michael J. Sharp]] wrote in [[EIR]] that the [[British]] security services through the [[Tavistock Institute]] connected psychiatrist that were evaluating Bryant.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130602171331/http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1997/eirv24n21-19970516/eirv24n21-19970516_046-mass_murder_in_australia_tavisto.pdf</ref>
  
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===Official police narrative===
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===The Mossad===
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Following Martin Bryant's arrest, police interview and psychiatric assessment, the official narrative changed again to state that Martin Bryant killed his two best friends and employers, David and Noelene Martin, on the night of 27 April 1996 after an argument at dinner where they had refused to sell property to him, believed to be Seascape Lodge itself, where he worked.  He had shot and killed them both in a rage, then the psychosis continued when he woke up the next morning, possibly as a result of seeing their bodies and remembering what he had done, leading him to steal a car and travel to Port Arthur, some 50km away, where, after sitting down to eat at the Broad Arrow cafe, he announced that there were "a lot of WASPs and Nips around", then opened fire on unsuspecting tourists and workers, before casually walking out into the car park, opening fire on people hiding in a tour bus, before stealing a car and driving off, stopping to shoot and kill a woman and her 2 small children on the road, before stopping to ask a man for directions, then taking him hostage and driving to Seascape, where he pretended to be a terrorist before setting fire to the place so as to destroy the evidence, and giving himself up in a vain hope of getting away with it. While Martin Bryant was acknowledged to have suffered from a psychotic breakdown at the time of the incident, he was not described as insane at the time, as he was diagnosed as suffering from Asperger's syndrome, replacing his earlier diagnosis of schizophrenia, thus making him sane and in control of what he was doing, and eligible to be placed in prison, not in a psychiatric hospital.
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[[Joe Vialls]] claimed early on that the [[Mossad]] did it, but that it was covered up by the [[Australia]]n government.<ref>http://www.whale.to/b/viallspam.html saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20070104160123/http://whale.to/b/viallspam.html Archive.org]</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2002.02.04-150336/http://geocities.com/vialls/portarthur.html</ref> While this theory was the most popular originally, following the introduction of gun control, the gun control narrative became the most popular narrative, especially amongst US viewers of this event, who note the same gun control theories about various events in USA.
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===Australian "domestic terrorists"===
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Some{{who}} have claimed that this may have been done by "domestic terrorists" aiming to control tourist traffic to Australia, and in particular trying to prevent foreign tour guides (especially Japanese) from taking jobs away from Australians. Unlike the above two theories, this is in line with previous government policies, and is supported by the gunman's statement, immediately prior to the attack :"There are a lot of WASPS, not a lot of Japs".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130602171331/http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1997/eirv24n21-19970516/eirv24n21-19970516_046-mass_murder_in_australia_tavisto.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/life-of-bryant-killers-bizarre-existence-before-he-murdered-35-in-port-arthur-massacre/news-story/7d0f846e758877f801d23ff34064a9bc saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20210320081223/https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/life-of-bryant-killers-bizarre-existence-before-he-murdered-35-in-port-arthur-massacre/news-story/7d0f846e758877f801d23ff34064a9bc Archive.org]</ref>
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===Australian Security Intelligence Organisation===
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Gun lobbyists including the NRA had blamed the Australian government of organising it, through the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]], in order to push forward the [[gun control]] that won the [[John Howard]] Government the election a couple of years later. The massacre was followed by "a nationwide overhaul of gun regulation, as well as the buyback of more than 650,000 firearms."<ref name=theguardian/>
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==Mort Truck==
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There exists reports that the official government issued mort truck for the region was custom built shortly before the massacre and sold off directly thereafter.<ref>https://portarthurinquiry.blogspot.com/2018/12/truck.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130602164452/http://southeastasianews.org/portarthur/the_morgue_truck.html</ref>
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==Outcome==
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The [[National Firearms Agreement]] was implemented for firearm control.<ref>http://archive.today/2020.10.27-192937/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Agreement</ref> Four days after the killings, the Australian Prime Minister [[John Howard]] told the parliament:
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|text=We need to achieve a total prohibition on the ownership, possession, sale and importation of all automatic and semi-automatic weapons. That will be the essence of the proposal that will be put by the Commonwealth government at the meeting on Friday...
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|subjects=Gun control
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|authors=John Howard
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|source_details=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530024516/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/1996-05-06/0089%22;src1=sm1
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The laws to give effect to the Agreement were passed by Australian State governments only 12 days after the Port Arthur massacre.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210517021230/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/10/how-australia-and-britain-tackled-gun-violence.html</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/conspiracy/conspiracy/parthur1.html collection of articles] at [[Hiddenmysteries]]
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*[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wasp-the-port-arthur-massacre-movie#/updates/all WASP - The Port Arthur Massacre Movie] - [[Indiegogo]] campaign for a [[documentary]] about the massacre<ref>https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/port-arthur-massacre-filmmaker-paul-moder-hits-back-at-the-project-over-travesty-of-media-whiplashing/news-story/aabb0a9214b59bd1f18c2d6bd394acd0</ref>
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*[[Wikileaks]] - [https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Martin_Bryant_complete_interview Martin Bryant complete interview]
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*[https://wikispooks.com/iframeDocs/PortArthurMassacre/ Article] from the [[SydWalker Blog ]]
  
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Latest revision as of 16:16, 15 November 2022

Event.png Port Arthur Massacre (Deep event?) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
PortArthurPenitentiary.jpg
Date28 April 1996
LocationPort Arthur,  Tasmania,  Australia
Blamed onMartin Bryant
Type• Columbine Never Sleeps.png Mass shooting
• Gun control shooting.jpg Gun control shooting
•  Mass murder
•  Carjacking
•  Arson
Deaths35
Injured (non-fatal)37
Interest ofPaul Moder
DescriptionA mass shooting incident in and around Port Arthur Tasmania on 28 April 1996.

The Port Arthur massacre in 1996 was a mass shooting in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Martin Bryant, pleaded guilty and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. Fundamental changes of gun control laws within Australia followed the incident. In 2016 footage of his interrogation was released for Australian television, substantiating the official narrative about the event.[1][2][3]

Official narrative

The Port Arthur massacre of 28-29 April 1996 was a killing spree which claimed the lives of 35 people and wounded 37 others mainly at the historic Port Arthur prison colony, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia.[4] The attack was perpetrated by "lone nut" Martin Bryant, a 28-year-old from New Town, a suburb of Hobart, who (in spite of having an IQ of only 66) displayed considerable shooting skills, killing 12 people in 15 seconds.[5][6] After initially denying responsibility, Bryant pleaded guilty to the crimes and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole.

Alternative culpability

“It will take a massacre in Tasmania before we get gun law reform in Australia.”
Barry Unsworth (29 April 1996)  [7]

Right after the event and ever since concerns about the official narrative have been raised.

Tavistock Institute

Allen Douglas and Michael J. Sharp wrote in EIR that the British security services through the Tavistock Institute connected psychiatrist that were evaluating Bryant.[8]

The Mossad

Joe Vialls claimed early on that the Mossad did it, but that it was covered up by the Australian government.[9][10] While this theory was the most popular originally, following the introduction of gun control, the gun control narrative became the most popular narrative, especially amongst US viewers of this event, who note the same gun control theories about various events in USA.

Australian "domestic terrorists"

Some[Who?] have claimed that this may have been done by "domestic terrorists" aiming to control tourist traffic to Australia, and in particular trying to prevent foreign tour guides (especially Japanese) from taking jobs away from Australians. Unlike the above two theories, this is in line with previous government policies, and is supported by the gunman's statement, immediately prior to the attack :"There are a lot of WASPS, not a lot of Japs".[11][12]

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Gun lobbyists including the NRA had blamed the Australian government of organising it, through the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, in order to push forward the gun control that won the John Howard Government the election a couple of years later. The massacre was followed by "a nationwide overhaul of gun regulation, as well as the buyback of more than 650,000 firearms."[5]

Mort Truck

Mort Truck2.jpg

There exists reports that the official government issued mort truck for the region was custom built shortly before the massacre and sold off directly thereafter.[13][14]

Outcome

The National Firearms Agreement was implemented for firearm control.[15] Four days after the killings, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard told the parliament:

“We need to achieve a total prohibition on the ownership, possession, sale and importation of all automatic and semi-automatic weapons. That will be the essence of the proposal that will be put by the Commonwealth government at the meeting on Friday...”
John Howard [16]

The laws to give effect to the Agreement were passed by Australian State governments only 12 days after the Port Arthur massacre.[17]

External links


 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Port Arthur Massacre - A sceptical re-appraisalwebpage17 December 2010Syd Walker
File:Port Arthur Massacre-A Critical Study.pdfbook2006Carl Wernerhoff
File:Port Arthur Massacre.pdfarticle2006Carl Wernerhoff
Document:Tasmanian Minister Misleads Canberra about Fresh Evidence on Port ArthurwebpageFebruary 2001Joe Vialls

 

The Official Culprit

NameDescription
Martin BryantThe official "lone nut" perpetrator of the Port Arthur Massacre, with an IQ of just 66.
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3479014/Chilling-footage-Martin-Bryant-interrogated-shows-moment-admits-carrying-Australia-worst-mass-murder-thought-camera-off.html
  2. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3479871/Martin-Bryant-conspiracy-theorists-insist-Port-Arthur-massacre-staged-end-gun-ownership-despite-killer-s-confession-screening-TV.html
  3. ↑ MASS KILLER INTERVIEW: Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur shooter killed 35 people | 7NEWS Spotlight
  4. ↑ Aftermath of horror death toll climbs to 35 New York Daily News 30 April 1996
  5. ↑ a b https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/it-took-one-massacre-how-australia-made-gun-control-happen-after-port-arthur
  6. ↑ https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_Bryant saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
  7. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/heres-a-list-of-the-craziest-port-arthur-conspiracy-theories/news-story/195ca7e4f1cd6d02349534b57915871a The Australian
  8. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130602171331/http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1997/eirv24n21-19970516/eirv24n21-19970516_046-mass_murder_in_australia_tavisto.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.whale.to/b/viallspam.html saved at Archive.org
  10. ↑ http://archive.today/2002.02.04-150336/http://geocities.com/vialls/portarthur.html
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130602171331/http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1997/eirv24n21-19970516/eirv24n21-19970516_046-mass_murder_in_australia_tavisto.pdf
  12. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/life-of-bryant-killers-bizarre-existence-before-he-murdered-35-in-port-arthur-massacre/news-story/7d0f846e758877f801d23ff34064a9bc saved at Archive.org
  13. ↑ https://portarthurinquiry.blogspot.com/2018/12/truck.html
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130602164452/http://southeastasianews.org/portarthur/the_morgue_truck.html
  15. ↑ http://archive.today/2020.10.27-192937/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Agreement
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210530024516/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/1996-05-06/0089%22;src1=sm1
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210517021230/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/10/how-australia-and-britain-tackled-gun-violence.html
  18. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/port-arthur-massacre-filmmaker-paul-moder-hits-back-at-the-project-over-travesty-of-media-whiplashing/news-story/aabb0a9214b59bd1f18c2d6bd394acd0
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