1. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the BSSH annual conference at Old Trafford in September 1993. I am grateful to the audience for comments which hopefully have improved the argument.
2. Australian, 5 December 1992, 3 February 1993; [Adelaide] Advertiser, 5 May 1993; Ross Stapleton, ‘Billy the Kid’, Inside Sport, (July 1993), 45
3. Australian, 3 December 1992; [Adelaide] Advertiser, 20 January 1993; Australian, 5 December 1992.
4. [Adelaide] Advertiser, 16 March 1993, 15 March 1993.
5. Australian, 26 March 1993.