Index

Abbott, Brenden xi, 115

Abbotts Hotel, Murchison 21

Abdallah, Gary 189

Abell, Phillip 203–4

Aboriginal trackers 6, 8, 13, 37, 41, 78

Adams, James (‘Snowy Lancaster’) 61, 62

Ah Chong 49

Ah Gayong 211

Ah Hook 34

Ah Ket 211

Ainley, Cyril 150

Alameda, SS 30–1

Alcock (aka Carrey), Edward 17, 18

Alexander, Brian 118

Alexander, Donny 214

Alford, Tubby 205

Allen, Dennis 189

Allen, Kenneth 85, 87

Allen, Richard 11

amateurs 199

Ambrose, Jerry 134, 135

Ambrose, Maureen 167

American Express heist 164

Anderson, James 5

Anderson, May 211

Anderson, William 25, 26

Andrews, Milton Franklin 31–2

Andrews, Norman 94, 95, 96

ANZ Bank, robbery of Murrumbeena branch 105

Apex gang 196

Applebee, Desmond John 160–1

Archibald, Alexander 6

Armaguard robbery 140–1

Armed Crimes Squad 204

Armed Hold-Up Squad 184

armed robbers, contemporary types 198–9

Armed Robbery Squad 187

armoured cars

introduced as deterrent to robbery 146–7

robberies of 109, 131, 132, 147, 151–2, 199

Arnott’s, poisoned biscuits 167

Ashley-Mobley gang 178

Aston, John 118

Atahan, Hakki Bahadi ‘Tim’ 189–90

ATM ram raiding 198

Australian law ix

automatic weapons 198

Avoca (steamer) 27

Ayres, Henry and Co, Melbourne 48

Bad Wig Bandit 186

Badger Game 91

Bain, James 65

Balmain Boys 143

Bank of Australia, robbery of vii–ix

Bank of New South Wales

public attitudes towards vii

robbery at Cloncurry 65–6

robbery at Murwillumbah 105

bank robberies

as adrenalin rush 130, 132

ATM ram raiding 198

by James Short 65–6

and current security measures 197–8

first in America 207

first attempted armed robbery 3–4

first in Australia vii–ix

with inside help 101

see also names of banks

Bannon, Jeb 159–60

Bannon, John 194

Barkly Street, Footscray, gold bullion theft 121

Barnes, Billy 17, 209

Barrett, Thomas vii

Barry J, Redmond x, 9

Basham, Terry 120–1

Bates, John 67–8

Bauer, Bernard 25–6

Baxter, John 70

Bazin, Leon 149

Beach Inquiry into allegations against police 126

Beale, Craig Robert (the Polite Bandit) 176–7

Beatty, Donald 42

Beerburrum mail robbery 118–21

Bell, Alice 53

Bell, Malcolm Robert (Bad Wig Bandit) 186

Ben Hall Gang 3–4, 8, 10

Bennett, Ray ‘Chuck’ 108–10, 111–13, 122

Bennett, Robert David 54–5

Berriman, Thomas 55, 56

Berryman, James 99–100

Bertiollonage system of identification 19

Binse, Christopher ‘Badness’ 137, 138–42

Birch, Stanley ‘Moocher’ 149

Black Shadows 84

Blackstone, William vii, viii–ix

Blair, Frank ‘Baldy’ 102, 103, 104, 150–1

Blewitt, Terrence Leigh 107–8

Bobak, John 167

Boggo Road gaol, conditions 70

Boland, Samuel 44

Bonke, Ezra 78

Bonnot Gang 36

Bookmakers’ Gang 16

Bosworth, Eugene 32

Bourke, Brian 126

Bourke Street Rats 17, 44

Bouton, Bessie 32

Bow, John 3

Bowden, Frederick 16

Bowers, John 127

Boys, Thomas 79, 82

Boyt, Henry 21

Bradley, Pauline 104

Bradshaw, Jack (aka George Davis) 1, 11–13

Bradshaw, Norman 149

Brady, Patrick 213

Brambles armoured car raid, Sunnybank 131–2

Bray, George ‘Spadger’ 73–4, 92, 212

Brennan, Cyril Thomas 73

Brennan, Justice 82–3

Brett, George ‘Tich’ 91–2

Brewster, Robert 61, 62, 63

Brewster, William 61, 62, 63

Brink’s-Mat robbery, London 108

Brisbane, Katharine 171–2

Brisbane–Townsville mail train robbery 64

Brodbeck, Nathan 201

Brown, Darby Patrick (Mr Cool) 177–8

Bruun, Ludwig Julius 8

Buckley, Richard 48, 49, 50, 51, 55–6, 59

Bugg, Mary Ann 14–15

Buggy, Hugh 50

Bull, Barry 120, 121

Burchielli, Claudio 152

Burke, Jimmy ‘The Gent’ 108

Burke, Mickey 8

Burns, Leslie ‘Butchy’ 184

Burnside J 33

bus hold-ups 60, 64

bushrangers

definition 1

homosexuals 10

‘last bushranger’ 1, 10–13, 15

lawfully shot on sight 5

as ‘social bandits’ 2, 5

in Tasmania 1

total number 1

trials and sentences 3

women 14–15

bushranging

crimes committed 2

ending of era 8, 16

golden era 1

and greed 1–2

police response to 2–3

for survival 1

Byrne, Lawrence John 184

Byrnes, Norman 62

Caffrey, James 86

Cahill, Patrick 5, 6

Callaghan, Leo 106

Callaghan, Lyn 184

Campaign Exposing Frame Ups and Targeting Abuses of Authority 137

Canberra Building Society, Wanniassa 160

Canberra mail train robbery 86, 88

Canellis, Stephen 190

capital punishment, public attitudes

towards 58, 75, 97–8

car jackings 195

Caris Bros, Perth 72

Carnera, Primo 86

Carrah, William 19, 20

Carrion, Robert 123

Carroll, Hugh J 65

Carroll, Ian Revell ‘Fingers’ 109, 121–2, 125, 170

Carroll, Luke 180

Carslake, John Patrick 71–2

Carver, William 5

Casey, James 30

Cash, Brian 135

cash-in-transit heists 147

Cashman, Betty 154, 157

Cashman, Julie Lorraine 154–9

Cashman, Michelle 156, 157

Cashman, Ron 154, 157

Charters, Daniel 3

China, RMS 27

The Chocolate Frog [play] (McNeil) 171, 172

Christef, Con 162

Chubb, Danny 143

Cini, Keith 196

City Bank, New York 207

City Tattersalls club, Sydney 101

Clancey, Garner 195

Clark, Daniel 166

Clark, Gregory James 157

Clark, Terrance 118

Clarke, Delia 210

Clayton, Robert David 94, 95–8

Clifford, George 71

Clune, Peter Patrick 177

Cobb & Co coaches, hold-ups 3

Cockatoo Docks robbery 198

Cockerill, ‘Black’ Mary 11, 14

Cody, William 145

Coffey, George 73–4

Cohen, Solomon 86, 89

coiners 17

Cole, John Stephen 191

Collaton, ML, 72

Collector Gang 194

Collie Bomber 172–4

Collings, Neil 136

Collins, Arthur 86–7, 88, 89

Collins, Brett 137, 204

Collins, Rodney 114

Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 28

Colquhoun, Robert 19, 20–1

The Combine 149, 151

Commercial Bank

Carcoar robbery 3–4

George St, Brisbane robbery 68, 69–70

Quirindi robbery 11, 12, 13

Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Melbourne branch 100

Condello, Mario 128

Conlon, Leonard 71–2

Conole, James 96

convicts vii–ix

Coogee Mob 143

Cook, Kane 191

Cook, Russell 134

Corby, Schapelle 192

‘corner game’ viii

Cornwell, Snapper 120

Cosgrove, James 52

Costello, Frank 79

Cottle, Tovah Ismini 205

‘Country Bandit’ 186

Cox, Russell ‘Mad Dog’ 114, 122–5, 156, 169, 204

Creed, Colin 122, 125, 169–70

Cresswell, Emily 211

Crimes Act 1924 (NSW) 192

Croke, Stella 92

Cronin, Zachary 180–1

cross-dressing criminals 178–9

Croucher, James 77

Cuckoo Restaurant, Olinda 164–5

Cullity, J 100–1

Cummings, Bart 134

Curlewis, Judge 88

Cussen, Justice 69

Cutler, William 25, 26

Cutmore, Snowy 102

Dahlke, Albert Christian 13

Darcy, James 46

Darling, Governor Ralph viii

Dascombe, John x

D’Autremont brothers 85–6

Davidson, David Strang 211–12

Davies, Alan 74

Davies, Geoffrey 145

Davies, Henry x

Davies, Rupert 145, 146

Davis, George 11

Davis, Robert 127

Daws, Robert 211

Dawson, Ernest 42

Day, Kevin 182

Day, Lloyd Edward 184

de Gracie, Thomas 211

Dean, George 25

Deane, Helen Eva 122–3, 125

Delaney, Francis 88

Denning, Raymond 123–5, 199

Denton, Margaret Ann 123–4

deportations 64, 84, 104, 117, 126, 129

Derham, Charles 60, 61, 62

Dettman, William 40

Devine, Tilly 94

DG Buchanan’s 105

Diamond, Ronnie 121

Dibbs, Sir George 16

Dillon, Allan 117

Dingle, John vii, viii–ix

disposal of proceeds viii

DNA evidence, first man convicted on 161

Donaldson, Corey 181–2

Donaldson, Henry 83, 212

Donaldson, Mary 71

Donnegan, ‘Big’ Jim 103–4

Donnelly, Henry James 53

Donohoe, Jack (‘Wild Colonial Boy’) 2

Douglas Social Credit Party 80

Dower, Alan 98

Dowling, John 4–5

Downton, Dudley Sperry 166

Doyle, Brian 93

Doyle, George 13

Draper, Justice 77

Driscoll, James Linus ‘The Pom’ 102–3, 104, 214

drug mules 154

drug trade 202

drug-affected offenders 199

Druiell, Alexandra 160

Dugan, Darcy xi

Duggan, Frank 22–3

‘Dumb and Dumber’ robbers 180

Duncan, James ix–x

Dunn QC, Philip 109–10

Dunn’s Plains robbery 2, 8

Edwards, Tony 185

‘Eight Hours Day’ robbery 48

Ellis, Julia Ann 131

Ellis, William 31

Elliston, Robert 27, 28

English law ix

ES&A Bank, robberies

Collingwood, George St branch 4–5

Kalorama branch 159–60

Middle Park branch 54

Melbourne, Russell St branch 101, 104

escapees xi

Espada, Simeon 32–3, 34–5

Eugowra gold escort robbery 2–3

Evagora, Christine 161–2

Evangelistis, Leon 179

Evans, Jean 90

Evans, Owen Glyndwr 84

Evans, Phil 195

Eveleigh Railway Workshops robbery 36, 37–40

ex-police turned robber 122, 125, 168–70

Eyre, Damian 188

Faber, Willy Carl 123

Falkiner, Sam 38, 39

Farrell, Anthony Leigh 189

Farrell, George vii, viii–ix

Favas, Douglas 75

Fazio (Hugh Martin’s counsel) 62–3

female offenders, weapons used 200

Festa, Brunetta 162–3

Field, Malcolm 143

Fimeri, Arnold Patrick 74

fingerprints, admissibility as evidence 46, 48

Finnerty, John (aka John Burns) 11

Fitzpatrick, Roy 60

Flanders, Donald Frederick 119

Flannery, Chris 111

Flood (aka Duggan), Frank (The Hawk) 21–3

Flynn, Stanley 73

Forbes, John Walcott 90

Fordyce, Alexander 3

Fortune, George 17, 18

Foster, Judge 62–3

Fox, Lindsay 214

Freeman, George 143

Freeman, Samuel ‘Jewey’ 36, 37–40, 41, 135

Freer, George 71

Fremantle Gaol 21

Friday Bandit 186

Friendly Gang 143

Fuller, George 199

Gair, Geoffrey Anderson 159, 160

Galbally, Frank 113

Gallagher, Joseph 23

Galloway, David 40

Gangitano, Alphonse 107

Gant, Neil 41

Gardiner, Frank 2–3

Gatto, Mick 128

Gawned, David 160

George, Stanley 61

Gergis, Andreas 177

Germain, Amy Rose 92

getaway cars, first use 36, 38

Gilbert, Johnny 3–4, 5, 8

Gill, Keith 72–3

Gilmour, Henry (aka Edward Smith) 18–19

Ginger Game 31, 74, 91–8, 211

Gioiello, George 191

Glanville, Thomas 47

Godden, Bob 135

Godfrey, Clarence 58

Golconda d’Or theft 143–4

gold escorts, robbery of 2–3, 5, 7

gold rush ix–x

Goldsmith, Ian 170

Goodson, Joseph 12

Gordon, Ray 78

Gore, Kevin 102

Gottliebsen, Steven Noel 168–9

Governor brothers 11

Grafu, Spiro 192

Grand, Digby 23–4

Grant, Alfred 6

Granville, Herbert 84

Gray, Dolly 45, 46

Grealy, Joseph 65

Great Bookie Robbery 108–10, 115

Great Ghan Robbery 78–9

Great Train Robbery, Britain 108, 110

Green, Willard Reed 30

Greville, John Roger 75, 76

Grey Shadows 83–5, 90

Greybeard 174–5

Grezbala, John 92

Griffin, Brett Randall 191

Griffin, Thomas 5–6

Gristioti, Christina 127–8, 129

Grut, Percey de Jersey 4

Guider, Tim 205

Guilfoyle, Denis 209

Gunther, Jessica 180

Haddow, Peter 138

Hagen, Charles 32, 33–4

Haines, William Patrick 52

Hall, Ben 3–4, 8, 13

Hallenstein, Hal 187

Halligan, Patrick 6

Hamer, John 209

Hamilton, Archibald 3

Hamilton, Christopher 5

hangings

final speeches/last words 34, 54–5, 78, 98

poorly executed 3, 17, 34–5

for robbery vii, 3, 5, 7, 9

for robbery and murder 13, 24, 52, 97–8

of women 97–8

hangmen 3, 17, 34–5, 52, 77, 208

Hannan, Lisa 167

Harbecke, Fred Harald 117

Harding, John 148

Hardy, Frank 50

Hare, Frank 10

Harris, Betty (aka Edna Thomas) 93

Harris, Flossie 45–6

Harris, Ian 137

Harris, James (Skinny Jones) 93, 94

Harris, William vii, 192

Harrison, Freddie ‘The Frog’ 149, 172

Hart, Steve 10

Hartley, Tom 67

Harvey, Reuben 148

Hayes, Chow 98

Hayes, Donna 164–5

Haynes, Arthur 34, 73

Haynes, RS 34

Heagney, Edward 37

Heatley, Earl 117

Hefti, Dominik 124, 187, 189

Hegarty, Patrick 47–8

heists xi

Henchman, Justice 70

Henry, Abo 185

Hewitt, Robert Frank 184–5

Heysed, Horace 74

Hickman, Benjamin Walter 14

Hickman, Elizabeth Jessie 14–15

Hicks, Mary 208

Hill, John vii

Hill, Valerie Jane 134, 135, 136, 138

Hilton Hotel, Sydney 115

Hindmarsh, John 70

Hoare, ‘Mad Mike’ 103

Hodges, Harold 164

Hodges, Justice 51

Hoffman, Ernest 92–4

Holmes, Reginald 89, 213

Holmes, Russell 201

home invasions vii, 107, 127, 128, 191, 192–6, 200

Honeyman, James 207

‘honour amongst thieves’ 62

Hood, Justice 51

Horn, Robin 185

‘Horror on the Rocky Mail’ 79

Houghton, Jed 188–9

How Does Your Garden Grow [play] (McNeil) 171

Howard, Augustus 29–31

Howard, Burton 29

Howard, Eva 31–2

Howard, John 82–3

Howard, Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ 17, 208

Howe, Michael 10–11, 14

Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne 120

Hudson, Justice 101

Hufnagl, Ernst 202–3

Hughes, William ‘Gunny’ 17–18, 209

Humby, Cyril 89, 90

Hunt, Arthur 84

Hunter, David Lawrence 185

Hunter, Governor John vii

Hurley, Jeffry 143

Hurley, Lena 143

Hurley, Michael 142–4, 202

Hyde, William 37

Hyder, Kevin 178

‘Ill-fated Pearl’ 32, 35

Immigration Act 1901–40 (Cwlth) 64

insanity, as defence 26, 76, 80–1

insecure businesses, risk of robbery 200

intermediate armed robbers 199

InTouch 157

Jackson, Alfred 23

Jackson, John 47–9, 50–2

Jacobs, Percy 88

James, John (aka William Johnson) (robber) ix–x

James, John (civil engineer) 22

James, William 21

Jansen, Jens Christian 20

Jayasundra, Kosala 139

Jeffreys, Judge 70

Jenkins, Percy ‘Snowy’ 88

Jenner, Herbert 146

Jensen, Graeme 124, 187–9

Jetset Bandit 175

jewel thieves 17, 25–6, 47–8, 72, 105, 143–4, 208–9

Jirman, Joseph 107

Johnson, Alan B 182

Johnson, May 67

Johnson, Richard 209

Johnson, Sam 13

Jones, Alan Laurie Albert 102, 103

Jones, Clarence 84

Jones, Frank 78

Jones, Henry 23–4

Jones (aka McIntyre), John 20–1

Jones, Nathan 205

Jones, Paul 204

Jones, Robert 107–8

Jones, Stanley Ernest 134

Jones, Vera 92

Jordan, Arthur 89, 90

Jorgensen, Benjamin 164–5

Jovanovski, Todor 134

Justice Action 204

Kalache, Leslie George 116

Kalgoorlie lockup 21

Kane, Brian 109, 111, 113, 114, 115

Kane family 115

Kane, Judi 111–12

Kane, Les 106, 109, 111–12

Kane, Raymond 113

Kangaroo Gang 102, 106, 108

Kaye, Jonathon 178

Keightley, Caroline 8

Keightley, Henry 8

Kelleher, David John 120

Kelly, Edith 38, 39

Kelly Gang 2, 10, 13, 188

Kelly, James 30

Kelly, Ned 1, 9, 11

Kelly, Ray 183–4

Kelly, Siddy 90

Kennedy, Bruce 155, 158

Kennedy, Neville 155

Kenniff, James 13

Kenniff, Patrick 13

Kenslow, George 68–70

Kent (aka Dyson), Charles (Velvet Ned) 17, 208–9

Kent, William ‘Old Bill’ 95–6

Keogh, Jim 199

Khoury, Adam 216

Kiazim, Shepki 73

Kidd, Bertie 126–9

kidnapping for ransom 8

King, Delys 130

King, George 40

King Hit Push 37

King, John 207

King, Leslie Morris 130, 131

King, Robert 20

Kingdom, John Mervyn 114

Kinniburgh, Graham ‘The Munster’ 106–8, 214

Kinniburgh, Suzie 107

Kisina, James 192

Kiss, Alfred 26

Kleehammer, Lorraine Ann 159–60

Knorr, Frances 98

Knox, Peter Anthony 191

Kolb, Louisa 19

Koombana 35

Kopit (aka Colbert), Herbert 79–82

Kovacs, Steven Charles 197–8

Krahe, Fred 102

Kray twins 103, 204

Kurrle, David John 168

Lang, Jeff 193–4

Langerfeldt, Gustav 92

Laughing Bandit 170–2

laundering proceeds 110

Lazaridis, Yuri 164

Lee, James Wilburn 67

Lee, Jean 94–8

Lee, John 6

Lee, Norman Lueng 109, 111, 112

Leeding, Damian 203

Leek, Alan 193

Leibglid, Mark 32–4, 35

Leigh, Kate 39–40, 41, 42–3, 192–3

Lewis, Des 128

Lewis, Desmond Anthony 137

Lewis, Henry 37

Lewis, Sir George 28

Lewis, William 62–3, 112

life imprisonment for robbery viii, ix

Lloyd, Raymond 99

Locusts 194

Loftus, Henry 83, 212

Lombroso, Cesare 3

London Chartered Bank, robbery at Mount Egerton 8

Long, Constable Samuel 23, 24

Longley, Billy ‘The Texan’ 102, 103–4, 109

Loughnan, Victor Cambell 194

Lufthansa robbery, New York 108

Lynch, Lancelot 88

Macari, Peter ‘Mr Brown’ 110

McArthur, Allan 99

McAvoy, Donna Lee 203

McCall, Scotty 40–1

McDiarmid, James Alexander 100

MacDonald, Alexander (The Collie Bomber) 172–4, 175

McDonald, Claude 9

McDonald, Craig 115, 116

McDonald, Dean Anthony 168–9

McDougall, Dougall 44

McDowell, Violet 82

McEvoy, Peter David 189

McGaffin, Alex 162

McGarvie, Jusice 161

McGinty, Patrick 209

McGlede, Edmund 9

McGrath, Constable David Edward 47, 48, 50, 51–2

McGrath, Thomas 207

McGregor, Joseph 61

McHale, Michael 37, 40

McIndoe, Judge 99–100

McInnes, Donald 65

McInnes, Geoffrey 148

McIver, Alexander 88

Mackay, James ‘Jewey’ 37

McKenna, Charles 50

Mackley, Jennifer 194

Mackley, Neville 194

Maclean, Alexander ‘Sandy’ 152

McLeod, Norman 114

McMahon, Tiger 18

McMillan CJ, Sir Robert 77

McMillan, ‘Mad Dog’ Danny 184

McMurdo, Justice Philip 196

McNamara, Anthony Paul 109, 115

McNamara, Kenneth Augustine 136

McNeil, Jim (the Laughing Bandit) 170–2

McPherson, Lennie 115, 116, 166, 184

Macrossan, Justice 81

Magnetic Drill Gang 105–6

Mahoney, George 20

Main, Allan 40

Malkoun, Amad ‘Jay’ 140

Maloney, Jake 104

Mann, Henry 33, 34, 210

Mann, Justice 56

Manns, Henry 3

Mara, Les 143

Markham, Allan Ray 184, 185

Marks, Alfred 19

Marney, John 117

Marquez, Pablo 32, 33–4

Martin, Hugh 60–4

Martin, Joe 208

Martini, Antonio 178–9

Martini, James 14

Maston, Brett Ronald 161–2

Matthews, Bernie 129–33, 165

Maxwell, George 46

Mayne Nickless, introduction of armoured cars 146–7

Mayne Nickless robbery, Sydney 99, 102, 103, 104, 118, 150

Meager, Richard 16

Mercuri, Santo 187, 189

Mikkelson, Vinnie 109, 111, 112, 114

Militano, Mark 187

Miller, Stanley 100

Millidge, ‘Buck’ 16–18, 19

Minchin, Devon 148, 151

The Mist (pearling junk) 32–3

Mitchell, John 7–8

Mitchell, Toby 139

Mitris, Peter 116, 117

Mitton, George vii

Molloy, Ethel 84

Montgomery (aka Millidge), ‘Buck’ 16

Montgomery, Francis 136

Moon, John 102

Moonlite, Captain (Andrew Scott) 8–10

‘Moonlite Gang’ 9

Moore, John 210

Moore, Phillip 104

Moore, Vera 92

Moran, Cardinal 16

Moran, Jason 189

Moran, Lewis 189

Morgan, James ix–x

Morley, Ronald ‘Greybeard’ 174–5

Morris, George 86, 87, 88, 89–90

Morris, John 105

Morrissey, James 65, 67

Motric, Marco 122, 134

Moule, Judge 63

Mr Cool 177–8

MSS Security robbery 148, 150, 151

Mudgee train robbery 85–90

Mulholland, John (aka Flash/Lovely Riley) 11

Muller, John ‘Jack’ 143

Mulley, Athol 136

Mulligan, John 19

Murphy, Chris 137, 138

Murphy, Jim ‘Strap’ 30

Murphy, Wallace 92

Murray, Angus 53–9

Murray, Eric Leonard 128

Murray, Justice Michael 206

Murray, William (convict) 207

Murray, William (mattress-maker) 49

Mutual Cash Order Company, Melbourne 99

NAB, Chinatown, Sydney 142

NAB, Eagle St, Brisbane 132

Nabor, Victor 35

Napier, Justice 72

National Bank of Australasia, robbery at Townsville 65

Neil, Darren 137

Nelson (barque) ix–xi, 27, 178, 207

Nesbitt, James 9–10

Nevin, Robyn 171

New South Wales Felons Apprehension Act 1865 (NSW) 5

Newman, John 193

Nguyen, Truc 200–1

Nittes, Stephen 102, 103, 214

‘no body’ cases 112

Noble, Mark Thomas 191

Norman, Garrick Joseph 158

Northmore, Justice 76, 77

Nugent, Harold 149

Nylander, Harry Richard 175–6

O’Brien, Justice 136

O’Callaghan, Brian 109, 113–14, 134, 135

O’Connell, Ross David (Jetset Bandit) 175

O’Connor, Stanhope 10

O’Donnell, William Francis 74

O’Garey, Leon 194

The Old Familiar Juice [play] (McNeil) 171, 172

Olivia, Nulda 31–2

Olsen, Matthew 29

O’Meally, John 3–4

O’Neill, Billy 19–20

Oolbun post office raid 66

Operation Matchpoint 186

Operation Tideland 152–3

Orchard, William 132, 133

O’Reilly, Miles Patrick 149

organised crime 18

Overton, Ernest 40

Pacific Pines Tavern 203

Painters and Dockers 102, 106, 109, 120, 121, 142, 149

Palmer, George 6

Parker, Edward (aka Patrick Hegarty) 47

Parker, Mrs 25

Parr, Julie Anne 164

Pascoe, EM 47

Pate, Edward 74

Patten, Robert (Bob the Butcher) 202

Paull, John 7–8

Paunovic, Helen 117

payroll heists 7, 36, 145, 156

Pearce, Joseph 28–9

pearl robberies 32–5

Peart, James 167

Pechey, Dr 8

Pecotic, Christopher Dean 142

Peirce, Victor George 189

Pender, Ida 56, 58

Perrier, Murray James 202

Pettingill family 189

Pettingill, Kath 149, 189

Pettingill, Trevor 189

Phillips, Jeremiah 5

phrenology 3, 6

Pierce brothers 57, 211–12

playwrights 171–2

Plint, Victor 65

police detectives, introduction of x

Police Regulation Act 1862 (NSW) 2

Police Remembrance Day 132

police turned robber 122, 125, 168–70

Polite Bandit 176–7

Pollit, Roy ‘Red Rat’ 123, 124, 204

Potter, Lionel 46, 48

Pottinger, Lt General Francis 2–3, 208

Potts, Bill 191

Power, Benjamin 203, 204

Power, John 5, 6

Power Without Glory (Hardy) 50

Prendergast, John ‘Snowy’ 193

Prendergast, Laurie 111, 112, 115

Preston, Gavin 139, 140, 216

Prince, Anthony 180

Prior, Tom 149

professional armed robbery 199, 202

Pryce, Aaron Paul 196

Purvis, Gilbert 41

pushbike bandits 179–80

Qantas 110

Queensland, first major crime for profit 5–6

Queensland National Bank (QBN)

attempted robbery 7

robbery at Cloncurry 65

Quinn, Jack 66–7, 68

Radcliffe, Walter 101–2

Raetz, Hermann 67

Raingill (aka Shaw), George 18, 209

Raymer, Charles 150

Raynor, Alan 159, 160

Razor Gangs 192

Read, Chopper 108

Read, Nipper 204

Reading, Jeffrey 108

Reagan, John Stewart 104

receivers viii, 29, 35, 88

Reed, Lloyd Murray 120

Reeves, Chika 166

reformed robbers 205

Rendell, Martha 210

Rennie, Royston 75–8

Renton, Marc 162–3

Reynolds, Bruce 108

Reynolds, Ronald 70

Ridden, Amanda 166

‘Riley the Bushranger’ 11

Riley, Flash/Lovely (John Mulholland) 11, 12

Riley Street Push 37

Ripper, Sergeant 60–1

Ritchie, David 195

Roach, Daniel 165–6

Roach, Philip N 118

robbery

as capital offence 5, 7

definition x–xi, 70

Roberts, John ix–x

Robinson, Douglas Frederick 194

Rowlands, Ernest 89

Rowles, Ronald Joseph 173–4

Russell, Trevor 114

Ryan, Ernest Joseph ‘Shiner’ 36–43, 135

Ryan, Jason 189

Ryan, Joseph Harold 85–90

Ryan, Ronald 133, 171

Safe Protection Gang 102

safebreakers 47, 64, 105, 126, 142

Samson, Sir Frederick 43

Santa-hat mask 178

Santalab, Franjo 201

Schmidt, Peter 165

Schnitzerling, Melville Peter 122

Scott, Andrew (Captain Moonlite) 8–10

Scott, James 61, 62

Scriven, James Edward 145

secure premises, risk of robbery 200

Sent, Ted 128

Shark Arm murders 89, 213

Sharman, Joy 166

Shaw, Frank 76, 77

Shaw, Herbert 40

Shaw, William 41

Shepherd, Paul 195

Sherry, Clarence 146

Sherry, Frederick 146

Sherwell, Wayne 186–7

shipboard robberies ix–xi, 27–9, 30–1, 207

Shirreff, Charles 101

Shore, Craig 168

Short, James 64–8, 79, 83

Siemsen, Philip Anthony 130

Silverman, Charles 73

Simpson, Lindsay 124

Sims, George 29

Single, Brian 199

Skidmore, George 209

Skinner, Thomas Herbert 84–5

Slack, Joseph Bragge 17, 209

Sly J 40

small armed robberies, by late 1980s 198–9

Small, Clive 126

Smith, Alfred 40

Smith, Dennis William ‘Greedy’ 109, 110, 113, 114, 115

Smith, James Edward ‘Jockey’ 109, 133–8, 138, 139, 158, 193, 197

Smith, Jim 213

Smith, Neddy 103, 118, 121, 184, 185

Smith, Rev. Dave 116

Smith, Stan ‘The Man’ 143

Smith, Sue 120–1

Smith, Tommy 134

Smith, WL 83

snide pearls 32

Sonenbergy, Napthali H 45, 48, 52

Southern Army Headquarters’ payroll theft 147

Sparkes, Tom 195

Special Weapons and Operations Section 184

Speering, Harold Edward 79

Squires, Albert 85, 87

Stable, JW 6

Standish, Frederick 10

Stannard, Albert 213

Stanway, Lawrence 61, 62

Stefanovic, Stefan 117

Stevens, Jeffrey 199

Stevens, John 145–6

Stewart, Graeme 190

Stewart, James 85

Stewart, John Anthony 127

Stewart Royal Commission into drug trafficking 118

Stokes, Henry 53

street robbery 199–200

Streeter, Julius 80, 81

Strike Force Picadilly 198

Strong, John Patrick 213

Stuart, Barry Matt 205–6

Stuart, William 100–2

Stylianou, Georgios 202

suicide by cop 183

Sullivan, Gary 131–2, 133

suppression orders xi

Surridge, Barbara 92–4, 98

Surridge, William 93–4

Sutcliffe, Edward 21

Swan, Joseph 183

Symes, Evelyn 71

syringes as weapons 200, 205

Tandy, Sue 122

Tange, Stuart Harold 199

Taousanis, Jim 115–17

Tart, Mei Quong 22–3, 25

Task Force Magnum 131

Task Force Oak 192

Tasmania, bushrangers 1, 10–11, 14

Tatham, Arthur 38, 39

Tatt’s Club, Melbourne 101

Taxation Department payroll snatch 135

Taylor, Angus 21

Taylor, Charles 6

Taylor, Daniel 136

Taylor, Joseph Leslie ‘Squizzy’ 44, 46, 50, 51, 52–3, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58

Taylor, Thomas 56

Tees, Arnold 124

Temby, Ian 124

‘thieves’ ponces’ 102, 149

Thomas, Emma (aka Quin Ding) 49, 211

Thomas McLaughlin & Co 67

Thomas, Maxwell 166

Thomas, Ronald 166–7

Thompson (aka Bairstow), Harold ‘Bush’ 44–6

Thompson, John 40

Thompson, Noel 118–19

Thornton, James 117

Thunderbolt, Captain (Fred Ward) 5, 13, 14

Thurgar, Roy 127, 137

Tidmarsh, Lloyd 134, 136, 193

Tilley, Peter Alan 202

Tobacco Gang 16, 18

Toecutters Gang 102–3, 104, 111, 214

Tomlinson, Walter 192

Trades Hall robbery 47, 48, 48–52

train robberies

Canberra mail train 86, 88

on Eidsvold–Cracow mail train 82

Great Ghan Robbery 78–9

Great Train Robbery; Britain 108

on Guildford to Perth train 64, 75–8

last great American train robbery 83

mail train robberies 79, 83

Mudgee train robbery 85–90

Oodnadatta construction camp 78

‘The Horror on the Rocky Mail’ 79–82

on Townsville–Mount Isa line 83

Trautwein, Theodore 23, 24

Trotter, Arthur 45

Trotter, Beatrice 45, 46

Turner, Ian William (‘Country Bandit’) 186–7

Turner, Joseph Patrick ‘Joey’ 148–51

Twiss, Norman 38, 39

Twist, Jack Eric 149

Tynan, Steven 188

Union Steamship Company, Sydney 16

urban crime, by 1880s 16

Valentine, Herbert (Lady Armstrong) 17

Van Der Weyden, Jane 167

Vane, John 8, 10

verballing 104

Verheyden, Paul Francis 191

Vicar, Robert 147

victim impact statements 161

Victoria Mint robbery 47

Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) 141

Victorian Club 100, 108–9

Vincent, Jamie 202–3

Vincent, ‘Teflon’ Tony 202, 203

Virgo, William 78

Visentin, Hayden 191

Visentin, Maxine 190–1

Visentin, Paul 190–1

Wade, Peter 167

wage heists 7, 36, 145, 156

Walker, Constable 5

Wallace, Selwyn 146

Walsh, Frank 83

Walsh, Matthew 72–3

Walsh, Sandra 114

Walsh Street shootings 189

Walters, Pearl 73

Ward, Alexander 49, 50–1

Ward, Fred (Captain Thunderbolt) 14

Ward, James 19

Warren, Jack ‘The Fibber’ 106

Watson, Roger 30

Watts, Edward 41

Way, Sir Samuel 53

weaponry 198

Webb, Frank 22

Webster & Cohen, Melbourne 47

Weiberg, Martin 27–9

Weinberg, Justice 142

Weir, Alan John 132

Wells, Joseph 7

Welsh, Eric 164

Western Australia, transport of gold 7

Western, Philip 184

Westpac, Northbridge 173–4

Wheale, Henry 85

whippings 12, 21, 49, 51, 62, 72

white collar crime 202–3

Whitehead, John/James 10

Whitfield, Edgar 72

Whitfield, Raymond 68, 69

‘Wild Colonial Boy’ (Jack Donohoe) 2

Wildblood, Edward vii, 192

Wilkinson, JJ 32

Wilkinson, Roy Edward 86, 87

Williams, Carl 107

Williams, Charles 82

Williams (aka Carroll), ‘Curly’ 16–17

Williams (alias Hobbs), Harold 61, 62

Williams, John 6

Williams, Joyleen 166–7

Williams, Ronald Joseph 173

Williams, Ronald Stanley 147–8

Williamson, John 52–3

Willis, Cherie 139

Wilson, Jack Edward 119–20

Wiltshire, Bob 78

Windeyer, Sir William 24–5

Winneke, Judge 63

Winslade, Lindsay 196

Witness Protection Security Programme (Witsec) 124–5

Wolston Park Hospital wages heist 156, 159

Wood, Judge 124

Wood, Thomas 42

Woodland, Henry 99

Woods, Richard 84

Woods, Samuel 4–5

Woodward, Thomas viii

Woolcock, Lance James 127

Woolford, Snowy 23–4

Woon, Leslie 99–104, 109

Woon v R 104

Wren, John 50

Wright, Capt Walter ix

Wright, Ray 155–7, 158

Young, Nicole Linda 164

Young (aka Woods), Samuel 4–5

Zammitt, Louis 73