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Crime in Australia
Bushrangers of Australia
Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from authorities between committing their robberies, roughly analogous to the British "highwayman". Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services.
- The Kelly Gang
- Musquito (bushranger)
- Dan Morgan (bushranger)
- Matthew Brady (bushranger)
- Martin Cash
- Andrew Scott known as Captain Moonlight
- Captain Thunderbolt
- Ben Hall
- Frank Gardiner
- Jack the Rammer
- Moondyne Joe
- Alexander Pearce
- Harry Power
Australian criminals
Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes, or are notable for their criminal activities and / or those who are now deceased. For Australian's currently imprisoned for crimes, see the section on Australian prisoners and detainees below.
Bank robbers
Criminal families
- Moran family
- Pettingill family
- Zoanetti family
Criminal gangs
Drug traffickers and drug related crimes
Australian's convicted of drug trafficking and other drug related crimes.
- Dennis Allen
- Kevin Barlow
- Brian Chambers
- Schapelle Corby
- Chika Honda
- Holly Deane-Johns
- Jim Krakouer, star AFL footballer
- Michelle Leslie
- Bali Nine
- Victor Peirce
- Kath Pettingil, matriarch of the infamous Pettingill family
- Pong Su incident
- Roger Rogerson, former police officer, sentenced to eight years jail in 1992 for involvement in police corruption.
- Robert Trimbole, International felon and drug lord
- Nguyen Tuong Van
- Carl Williams
Murderers
- Lindsay Beckett, convicted killer of the Bega schoolgirl murders
- Kenneth Brown, explorer and pastoralist hanged for murdering his wife
- Martin Bryant, convicted of 35 murders in the Port Arthur massacre
- George Buckley, The Newcastle Tragedy
- Leslie Camilleri, convicted killer of the Bega schoolgirl murders
- David Eastman, murderer of Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester
- Keith Faure, convicted Melbourne gangland murderer
- Wade Frankum, Strathfield Massacre
- Andrew Garforth, convicted killer of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South Wales
- John Gavin
- John Wayne Glover, the North Shore Granny murderer
- Sef Gonzales, murdered his mother, father and sister
- Julian Knight, Hoddle Street Massacre
- Jean Lee, last woman hanged in Australia
- Francesco Mangione
- Malachi Martin, murdered his servant and his wife's first husband
- Craig Minogue, Russel Street bomber
- Michael Murdoch, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
- Gary Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
- Les Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
- Michael Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
- Bradley John Murdoch, convicted murderer of Peter Falconio
- Phuong Ngo
- Martha Rendell, convicted child killer
- Stan Taylor, actor, convicted of the Russell Street bombing and murder of a police officer
- John Sharpe
- Lee Torney
- John Travers, convicted ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder
- Frank Vitkovic, Queen Street Massacre
- Tracey Wigginton
- Gerald Wayne Hyland,Taxi Driver, convicted murderer of Amanda Jane Carter in Tasmania
Serial killers
- Eric Edgar Cooke, last person hanged in Western Australia on October 26, 1964.
- Paul Denyer, the Frankston serial killer
- Peter Dupas, serving two life sentences for rape and murder.
- Eddie Leonski, serial killer from the United States commits murders in Melbourne
- Ivan Milat, Backpacker murders
Fraudsters
- Frank De Stefano
- John Friedrich
- Christopher Skase, failed businessman and fugitive who escaped to Majorca
Rapists and sex offenders
- Andrew Garforth
- Brian Keith Jones, aka Mr Baldy
- Bilal Skaf
- Mr Cruel
White-collar crime
Other
- Rodney Ansell, the inspiration for the film, Crocodile Dundee, killed by police in a shootout.
- William Buckley, British convict living on the Bellarine Peninsula
- David and Catherine Birnie
- Convicts on the First Fleet
- Edward Eagar, Irish attorney transported for forgery in 1811, who set up various Christian societies in Sydney
- Alphonse Gangitano, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Graham Kinniburgh, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Wayne Mansfield, email spammer
- Jason Moran, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Lewis Moran, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Mark Moran, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Breaker Morant
- Chopper Read, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Ronald Ryan, last man executed in Australia
- Michael Dennis Rohan
- Anu Singh
- Squizzy Taylor, Melbourne gangster
Convicts
Crime victims
- Louise and Charmian Faulkner, mother and daughter who went missing without trace in 1980
- Mary Buckley, The Newcastle Tragedy
- Victor Chang, heart surgeon
- Joe Cinque
- Shirley Finn, Perth brothel madam murdered in 1975
- Richard Kelvin
- Maria Korp - found in the boot of her car in Melbourne
- Donald Mackay, anti-drugs campaigner
- Juanita Nielsen
- John Newman, politician murdered outside his NSW home
- Tjandamurra O'Shane, set alight in children's playground
- Clea Rose, 21 year old victim of a hit-and-run in 2005
Crime witnesses
- Joanne Lees, (from Brighton, UK) chief crown witness in the Peter Falconio disappearance trial.
- Greg Domaszewicz, acquitted of the 1997 murder of 14 month old Jaidyn Leskie.
Death penalty in Australia
The death penalty was abolished in Queensland in 1922, Tasmania in 1968, the Commonwealth in 1973, Northern Territory in 1973, Victoria in 1975, South Australia in 1976, ACT in 1983, Western Australia in 1984, and New South Wales in 1985.
Executed in Australia
- Ernest Austin
- Eric Edgar Cooke
- John Gavin (convict)
- Colin Campbell Ross
- Martha Rendell
- Ronald Ryan
- Ned Kelly
Australians executed overseas
Several Australians have been executed overseas.
Major crimes in Australia
1800 - 1899
During the 1800s convicts were sent from Britain to Australia.
- Myall Creek massacre (1838) NSW - massacre of 28 Aborigines
- Maria shipwreck massacre (1840) - murder of all 26 survivors of the brig Maria, along the Coorong coastline. Two aboriginal men were found guilty and publicly executed in front of their tribe by the police after a drumhead court-martial.
- Hornet Bank massacre (1857) - murder and rape of Mrs Fraser, six of her children and three employees by the Yeeman tribe at the Hornet Bank cattle station near Taroom, Queensland
- Fanny Briggs murder (1860) - rape and murder of Rockhampton barmaid by members of the Native Police
- Lambing Flat riots (1860-61) NSW - anti-Chinese violence in goldfields
- Cullin La Ringo massacre (1861) Central Queensland - nineteen white settlers killed by aboriginals. One of the largest mass murders of whites by aboriginals in Australian history.
- Salt Creek Murders (1862) - local publican Malachi Martin murdered Jane Macmanamin, his servant. He was also believed responsible for the suspicious death of the previous publican in 1856, whose widow he later married.
1900 - 1999
- Jimmy Governor rampage (1900s) NSW murderer and outlaw
- The Gun Alley Murder (1921) Victoria
- The Newcastle Tragedy (1927) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- The Murchison Murders (1930s) Western Australia
- Pyjama Girl murder (1934) Victoria/NSW - mystery of woman found dead wearing pyjamas
- The Shark Arm Case (1935) NSW - man's tattooed arm regurgitated by a shark, leading to murder inquiry
- The Sundown Murders
- 1958 The rape and murder of nine-year-old Mary Hattam near Thevenard, South Australia, and the subsequent Max Stuart case
- 1972 Faraday School kidnapping teacher and 6 pupils kidnapped for $1 million ransom in Victoria
- 1972 Hijacking of Ansett Airlines flight 232 from Adelaide to Alice Springs with 28 passengers and a crew of 4. Followed by gun battle at Alice Springs Airport.
- 1972 Murder of Law lecturer Dr George Duncan by the Torrens River, Adelaide
- The Mackay sisters are abducted on their way to school, and are murdered.
- Sydney Hilton bombing, February 13, 1978, a bomb explodes outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney
- Truro murders, serial killings in bushland near Truro, South Australia
- Whiskey Au Go Go fire (1973)
- 1977 - Donald Mackay is murdered, leading to a Royal Commission.
- Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, known overseas as the Dingo Baby case.
- Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance, known as the St Kilda Mum Mystery
- The Family Murders, an alleged high society conspiracy involving the kidnap, torture, and murder of young men and teenaged boys, including Alan Barnes and Richard Kelvin, in Adelaide in the late 1970s and early 1980s
- Milperra massacre
- Anita Cobby murder
- Russell Street Bombing
- Hoddle Street Massacre
- Perth Mint Swindle
- Queen Street Massacre
- Walsh Street police shootings
- The Backpacker murders hitchhikers murdered by serial killer, Ivan Milat
- Victor Chang murder, heart surgeon murdered
- Strathfield massacre (1991) seven people killed in rampage in suburban Sydney shopping centre
- John Newman (1994) New South Wales politician assassinated
- Port Arthur massacre (1996) 35 people killed by gunman at a tourist attraction in Tasmania
- Tjandamurra O'Shane (1996) Aboriginal child is set alight in school playground in Cairns, Queensland.
- Jaidyn Leskie murder (1996) toddler murdered and found dumped in a dam near Moe, Victoria.
- Bega schoolgirl murders (1997) two schoolgirls are abducted, raped and murdered in Bega, New South Wales
- Alphonse Gangitano (1998) murder, setting off the Melbourne gangland killings
- Moorabbin Police murders (1998) police officers executed
- Snowtown murders (1999) bodies in the barrel case, bodies found in disused bank vault in Snowtown, South Australia.
2000s
2000s
- Marie Greening Zidan (2000) Grandmother is raped, tortured and murdered in Seaford, Melbourne
- Sydney gang rapes, 2000
- 2004 Redfern riot
- Melbourne gangland killings
- Society Murders (2002)
- Victor Peirce murder, shooting of Melbourne underworld figure in Port Melbourne
- Peter Falconio disappearance
- Monash University shooting (2002)
- Ashfield gang rapes - (2002)
- Pong Su incident (2003), a North Korean freighter is intercepted by Australian special forces, loaded with 300 pounds of heroin.
- Bulldogs gang rape allegation (2004)
- Benbrika affair (2005)
Law enforcement in Australia
Federal law enforcement
- Australian Coastwatch
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Australian Crime Commission
- Australian Customs Service
- Australian Federal Police
- Australian High Tech Crime Centre
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- Crime Stoppers Australia
- CrimTrac
- National Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Capital Territory Police
- ACT Corrective Services
- Community Based Corrections
- Custodial Operations
- Rehabilitation Programs Unit
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Organisations
Prisons in Australia
Life imprisonment in Australia
In Australia, life imprisonment is of indeterminate length. The sentencing judge usually sets a non-parole period after which the prisoner can apply for release under parole conditions. In the case of a criminal who has committed particularly heinous crimes, the sentencing judge may recommend that the person is "never to be released".
Prisons in Australia
Private prisons
Prisons in Australia managed by private corporations.
Prison museums
Former Australian prisons which are now open to the public as museums.
- Boggo Road Gaol
- Fremantle Prison
- Gladstone Gaol
- J Ward
- HM Prison Geelong
- Adelaide Gaol
- Mount Gambier Gaol
- Redruth Gaol
- Maitland Gaol
Former prisons
- HM Prison Beechworth
- HM Prison Fairlea
- HM Prison Geelong
- HM Prison Sale
- HM Prison Morwell River
- HM Prison Pentridge
See also
- Australian immigration detention facilities
- Islamic terrorism and Australia
- List of Australian mental asylums
- List of Australian prisons and detention centres
- List of Australian shootings
- Category:Prisons in the Australian Capital Territory
- Category:Prisons in New South Wales
- Category:Prisons in Sydney
- Category:Prisons in the Northern Territory
- Category:Prisons in South Australia
- Category:Prisons in Queensland
- Category:Prisons in Tasmania
- Category:Prisons in Victoria
- Category:Prisons in Melbourne
- Category:Prisons in Geelong
- Category:Prisons in Western Australia
Australian prisoners and detainees
Australian people currently imprisoned, and also those of other nationalities accommodated in Australian prisons.
See also: Category:Australian prisoners and detainees
Current prisoners
- Brendan Abbott, aka The Postcard Bandit
- Bali Nine, 9 Australians currently on trial for drug trafficking in Indonesia
- Martin Bryant, Port Arthur massacre
- Schapelle Corby, sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking in Indonesia
- Frank De Stefano
- Keith Faure
- Andrew Garforth, convicted killer of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South Wales
- Sef Gonzales,
- David Hicks, detained by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, sentenced to 7 years for terrorism in Afghanistan
- Sven Huebner,
- Julian Knight, Hoddle Street Massacre
- Ivan Milat, Backpacker Murders
- Craig Minogue, Russell Street Bomber
- Phuong Ngo
- Jack Roche,
- Bilal Skaf, sentenced to 55 years for Sydney gang rape crimes
- John Sharpe, sentenced to 33 years for the spear gun murders of his wife and two year old child.
- Stephen John Sutton, convicted of drug trafficking in Argentina
- Stan Taylor, Russell Street Bomber
- John Travers, ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder
- Bevan Spencer von Einem
Former prisoners
- Alan Bond
- Garry David, (d. 1993), self harmer, detained beyond his sentence for public safety
- Mamdouh Habib, accused but never charged of knowledge of 9/11, incarcerated in the US Camp X-Ray and released 2005
- Derryn Hinch, Melbourne radio personality jailed for contempt of court
- Chika Honda, Japanese woman imprisoned on drug importation charges
- Jim Krakouer, star AFL footballer, sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for drug trafficking.
- Rene Rivkin
- John Wayne Glover, Sydney granny murderer
See also: List of Australians in international prisons
Regional crime
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Riots in Australia
See -
Specific riots
Crime related books
Crime related television shows in Australia
- Australia's Most Wanted
- Blue Heelers (Seven Network - 1994-2006)
- Blue Murder (ABC - 1995)
- Bluey (Seven Network - 1976-1977)
- Cop Shop (Nine Network - 1977-1984)
- City Homicide (Network Ten - 2007-present)
- Division 4 (Nine Network - 1969-1975)
- Forensic Investigators
- Homicide (Seven Network - 1964-1976)
- The Long Arm (Network Ten - 1970)
- Matlock Police (Network Ten - 1971-1975)
- Phoenix (ABC)
- Prisoner (Network Ten - 1979-1987)
- Skirts (Seven Network - 1990)
- Solo One (Seven Network - 1976)
- Special Squad (Network Ten - 1984)
- Stingers (Nine Network - 1998-2004)
- Water Rats (Nine Network - 1996-2001)
- Waterloo Station (Nine Network - 1983)
- White Collar Blue (Network Ten - 2002-2003)
- Wildside (ABC - 1997-1999)
- Young Lions (Nine Network - 2002)
See also
- Australian court hierarchy
- List of disasters in Australia by death toll
- Use of death penalty worldwide
- Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union
External links
| Crime in Australia | |
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| Regional crime | Timeline · Melbourne · Northern Territory · Western Australia · Sydney · Newcastle · Brisbane |
| Australian law | Courts · Criminal law · Law enforcement |
| Australian people | Bushrangers · Bank Robbers · Convicts · Criminals · Fraudsters · Murderers · Rapists · Prisoners |
| Australian prisons | ACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · TAS · VIC · WA |
| International | Crime by country |
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