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Contents
  • 10 Australian prisoners and detainees
  • 11 Regional crime
  • 12 Riots in Australia
  • 13 Crime related books
  • 14 Crime related television shows in Australia
  • 15 See also
  • 16 External link

    • 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-American "highwayman". Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services.

    The Kelly Gang

    Ned Kelly, bushranger,1854 - 1880
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    Ned Kelly, bushranger,
    1854 - 1880

    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.

    Mark Brandon Chopper Read.
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    Mark Brandon Chopper Read.

    Convicted murderer of Peter Falconio, Bradley Murdoch, being escorted by members of the Northern Territory Police.
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    Convicted murderer of Peter Falconio, Bradley Murdoch, being escorted by members of the Northern Territory Police.

    Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbaro are executed by a lone gunman at 10.40am on a Saturday morning, whilst watching an Auskick Australian rules football clinic with Moran's children.
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    Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbaro are executed by a lone gunman at 10.40am on a Saturday morning, whilst watching an Auskick Australian rules football clinic with Moran's children.

    Nguyen Tuong Van, executed by hanging in Singapore on December 2, 2005.
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    Nguyen Tuong Van, executed by hanging in Singapore on December 2, 2005.

    John Wayne Glover, the North Shore Granny Murderer, found dead in his prison cell on September 9, 2005.
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    John Wayne Glover, the North Shore Granny Murderer, found dead in his prison cell on September 9, 2005.

    Members of the Purana Taskforce arrest Keith George Faure, brother Noel Faure and Evangelos Goussis in Geelong on May 19, 2004. Keith Faure and Goussis became the first and only murder convictions of the Melbourne gangland killings.
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    Members of the Purana Taskforce arrest Keith George Faure, brother Noel Faure and Evangelos Goussis in Geelong on May 19, 2004. Keith Faure and Goussis became the first and only murder convictions of the Melbourne gangland killings.

    Paul Denyer, the Frankston Serial Killer.
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    Paul Denyer, the Frankston Serial Killer.

    Bank robbers

    Criminal families

    Criminal gangs

    Drug traffickers and drug related crimes

    Australian's convicted of drug trafficking and other drug related crimes.

    Murderers

    Serial killers

    Fraudsters

    Rapists and sex offenders

    White-collar crime

    Other

    Convicts

    Crime victims

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    Crime witnesses

    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

    Australians executed overseas

    Several Australians have been executed overseas.

    Major crimes in Australia

    During the 1800s convicts were sent from Britain to Australia.

    1830s

    1860s
    • Lambing Flat riots (1860-61) NSW - anti-Chinese violence in goldfields
    • Cullin La Ringo massacre (1861) Central Queensland - nineteen white settlers killed by aboriginals. The largest murder of whites by aboriginals in Australian history.
    1890s

    1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
    The three Beaumont children, who disappeared from an Adelaide beach in 1966. They have never been found.
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    The three Beaumont children, who disappeared from an Adelaide beach in 1966. They have never been found.

    1970s 1980s
    Russell Street Police Headquarters was bombed in 1986.
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    Russell Street Police Headquarters was bombed in 1986.

    1990s

    2000s 
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    The 4000 ton freighter, Pong Su is boarded by Special forces troops and later impounded in a 125kg heroin raid in 2003.
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    The 4000 ton freighter, Pong Su is boarded by Special forces troops and later impounded in a 125kg heroin raid in 2003.

    Bilal Skaf, sentenced to 55 years for the Sydney gang rapes
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    Bilal Skaf, sentenced to 55 years for the Sydney gang rapes

    Law enforcement in Australia

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the Federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia
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    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the Federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia

    Federal law enforcement

    Australian Capital Territory

    New South Wales

    Head of the Purana Taskforce, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Simon Overland.
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    Head of the Purana Taskforce, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Simon Overland.

    Northern Territory

    Queensland

    South Australia

    Tasmania

    Victoria

    Western Australia

    Organisations

    The main cell block of Fremantle Prison.
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    The main cell block of Fremantle Prison.

    The gatehouse of Fremantle Prison by moonlight.
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    The gatehouse of Fremantle Prison by moonlight.

    A typical cell in Fremantle Prison.
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    A typical cell in Fremantle Prison.

    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.

    Former prisons

    See also

    Australian prisoners and detainees

    Australian people currently imprisoned, and also those of other nationalities accommodated in Australian prisons.

    See also:

    Current prisoners

    The Sharpe family in happier times. John Sharpe (middle) was convicted in 2005 of the spear gun murders of his wife and two year old child.
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    The Sharpe family in happier times. John Sharpe (middle) was convicted in 2005 of the spear gun murders of his wife and two year old child.

    Former prisoners

    See also: List of Australians in international prisons

    Regional crime

    Australian Capital Territory

    New South Wales

    *Crime in Sydney

    Northern Territory

    Queensland

    *Crime in Brisbane

    South Australia

    Tasmania

    Victoria

    *Crime in Melbourne

    Western Australia

    Riots in Australia

    See -

    Specific riots

    Crime related books

    Crime related television shows in Australia

    Homicide, 503 episodes aired between 1964 and 1977.
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    Homicide, 503 episodes aired between 1964 and 1977.

    See also

    External link

    Part of the series on Crime in Australia
    Regional crime: Timeline | Melbourne | Northern Territory | Western Australia | Sydney
    Australian law: Courts | Criminal law | Law enforcement
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