Infamous Australian mass murders

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Several massacres occurred in Australia leading up to firearms licensing laws in 1996 after the Port Arthur massacre, one of the deadliest lone wolf massacres in history. Because of this, most major gun massacres in Australia occurred before 1996.

Contents

1 Mass Deaths
2 Murders over period of time
3 Less than 5 deaths
4 Miscellanous
5 Notable effects on firearm laws
6 Killers
7 See also

Mass Deaths

Coniston massacre - Over 50 aboriginal people killed in the last aboriginal massacre. The motive was revenge for the murder of dingo hunter Frederick Brooks.
Milperra massacre - Two biker gangs, Comancheros and the Bandidos, engage in a shootout in a hotel carpark, killing 7 people, including an innocent teenage girl. Only one bikey was aquitted on the murder charges.
Hoddle Street massacre - Armed with 2 rifles and a shotgun, Julian Knight fatally shoots 7 people and wounds another 19 before surrendering to authorities.
Queen Street massacre - Armed with a sawn-off shotgun, Frank Vitkovic roams the Australian Post building killing 8 and wounding 5. When the weapon was finally wrestled from him he committed suicide by jumping out of a nearby window.
Strathfield massacre - Wade Frankum kills 7 and wounds six with a large knife and an assault rifle before turning the gun on himself when he realised he could not escape.
Port Arthur massacre - Armed with 2 semi-automatic assault rifles, Martin Bryant kills 35 people around Port Arthur before being caught by police when attempting to escape.

Murders over period of time

North Shore Granny Murders - John Glover murders six elderly women.
Melbourne gangland killings - 29 underworld figures murdered in an 8 year period between 1998 and 2006.

Less than 5 deaths

Walsh Street police shootings - 2 officers ambushed by armed offenders and subsequently shot dead.
Monash University shooting - Student Huan Xiang kills 2 and wounds 7 at Monash University before being wrestled to the ground by a wounded lecturer.
Moorabbin Police murders - Two police officers are fatally shot at close range whilst staking out a restaurant.

Miscellanous

Whiskey Au Go Go fire - Fire in club kills 15
Mack Truck murders - Truck driver deliberately crashes truck into a hotel, killing five and badly wounding 16.
Russell Street Bombing - 23 wounded when a car bomb ignites outside a Police Building. One of the wounded, a female police officer, died later of injuries from the explosion.
Sydney Hilton bombing - Two garbage men killed and 12 injured by a bomb planted in a garbage bin. A police officer who was wounded dies later.

Notable effects on firearm laws

Port Arthur Massacre - Semi-automatic rifles and pump action and self-loading shotguns banned from civilians. Licensing also necessary for all firearms, and ammuniton capacity restricted to 5 rounds in magazine-fed rifles
Monash University shooting - Pistols restricted to .38 calibre, magazine capacity restricted to ten rounds maximum, and pistols required to be minimum 12 inches long.

Killers

Martin Bryant committed Australia's worst massacre in history