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 rob
bery 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
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, L
awrence 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