Editing Lady Chatterley's Lover (section)

=== Australia ===
The book was banned in Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74571643/penguin-books-may-contest-ban-on-lady-c |title=Penguin Books May Contest Ban on 'Lady Chatterly' |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=[[Melbourne]] |page=13 |date=24 February 1961 |accessdate=28 March 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.grin.com/document/205358 |title=Censorship in Australia – The Case of Lady Chatterley's Lover |first=Sophie |last=Lamell |date=2011 |accessdate=28 March 2021}}</ref> and a book describing the British trial, ''The Trial of Lady Chatterley'', was also banned.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74573518/publishing-action-to-test-the-law |title=Publishing Action to Test The Law |first=H. G. |last=Kippax |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |page=12 |date=17 April 1965 |accessdate=28 March 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1965 a copy of the British edition was smuggled into the country by [[Alexander William Sheppard]], Leon Fink, and Ken Buckley, and then a run of 10,000 copies was printed and sold nationwide.<ref>Patrick Mullins, ''The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought down Australia's Censorship System'', Brunswick, Victoria: Scribe Publications, 2020, chapter 4.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221080682 The trial of Lady Chatterley : Regina v. Penguin Books Limited], worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.</ref> The fallout from that event eventually led to the easing of [[censorship in Australia|censorship]] of books in the country. The ban by the [[Department of Customs and Excise]] on ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'', along with three other books—''[[Borstal Boy]]'', ''[[Vance Bourjaily|Confessions of a Spent Youth]]'', and ''[[Lolita]]''—was lifted in July 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74572326/police-to-decide-on-book-prosecutions |title=Police to Decide on Book Prosecutions |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=[[Melbourne]] |page=3 |date=28 July 1965 |accessdate=28 March 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> The [[Australian Classification Board]], established in 1970, remains.