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See Also: Bushranger


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

, 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.
See Also: List of Australian criminals


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, Bradley Murdoch , being escorted by members of the Northern Territory Police .]]
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.]]
, executed by hanging on December 2 , 2005 .]]
, the North Shore Granny Murderer , found dead in his prison cell on September 9 , 2005.]]
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 .]]
, the ''Frankston Serial Killer''.]]


Bank robbers



Criminal families



Criminal gangs

See Also: Gangs




Drug traffickers and drug related crimes

See Also: Illegal drugs trade


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


Murderers

See Also: Murder





Serial killers

See Also: Serial killer





Fraudsters

See Also: Fraud




Rapists and sex offenders

See Also: Sex offender




White-collar crime

See Also: White-collar crime




Other



CONVICTS

See Also: Convict




CRIME VICTIMS

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CRIME WITNESSES



DEATH PENALTY IN AUSTRALIA

See Also: Capital punishment


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

See Also: Timeline of major crimes in Australia




1800 - 1899

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

1830s

1860s

1890s


1900 - 1999

1900s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s
, who disappeared from an Adelaide beach in 1966 . They have never been found.]]

1970s

1980s
was bombed in 1986 .]]

1990s


2000s

2000s
disappears near Barrow Creek, Northern Territory in 2001 . Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of his murder in 2005.]]
is boarded by Special forces troops and later impounded in a 125kg heroin raid in 2003 .]]



MASSACRES IN AUSTRALIA



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

(AFP) is the Federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia]]
See Also: Law enforcement in Australia



Federal law enforcement



Australian Capital Territory



New South Wales



Northern Territory







Western Australia



ORGANISATIONS





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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 Museum s.


Former prisons



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AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS AND DETAINEES

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

See also:

Current prisoners

''' (middle) was convicted in 2005 of the Spear Gun murders of his wife and two year old child.]]


Former prisoners




REGIONAL CRIME


Australian Capital Territory

See Also: Crime in the Australian Capital Territory



New South Wales

See Also: Crime in New South Wales



See Also: Crime in the Northern Territory



Queensland

See Also: Crime in Queensland



South Australia

See Also: Crime in South Australia



Tasmania

See Also: Crime in Tasmania



Victoria

See Also: Crime in Victoria



See Also: Crime in Western Australia




RIOTS IN AUSTRALIA

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Specific riots



CRIME RELATED BOOKS




CRIME RELATED TELEVISION SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA

'', 503 episodes aired between 1964 and 1977.]]


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