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Encyclopedia > Australian crime
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Australian crime

Crimes
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Picture from http://hrc. ... Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has a lower crime rate than Sydney (see Crime in Sydney for details), and it is a reasonably safe city by world standards. ... This article is about Crime in Perth, Western Australia. ... From its earliest days as a prison colony Sydneys population has maintained a much-talked-about healthy scepticism towards authority. ... Timeline of major crimes in Australia This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

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Australian crime

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Bushrangers

Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian "bush" as a refuge to hide from the authorities between committing their robberies, roughly analogous to the British-American "highwayman". Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services. Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities between committing their robberies, roughly analogous to the British-American highwayman. Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services. ... Look up bush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Folk image of a mounted highwayman Highwayman was a term used particularly in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries to describe criminals who robbed people travelling by stagecoach and other modes of transport along public highways. ...

Matthew Brady (1799 – 1826) was the most famous of the Tasmanian bushrangers. ... Joe Byrne (1857 - June 28, 1880) was an Australian bushranger known as the lieutenant of the Kelly Gang. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jimmy Governor was one the Governor Brothers, the last of the Australian Bushrangers, and operated in the New England region of New South Wales. ... Ned Kelly the day before his execution Edward Ned Kelly (approx 1854-5 [DOB uncertain] – November 11, 1880) is Australias most famous bushranger, and, to some, a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities. ... Moondyne Joe Joseph Bolitho Johns (c. ... Alexander Pearce (?? – 1824) was a convict and bushranger who escaped from the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station and is best known for cannabalising his fellow escapees while travelling through the Tasmanian Wilderness. ...

Crime figures

Rodney Ansell, bushman and inspiration for Paul Hogan's character in the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee
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Rodney Ansell, bushman and inspiration for Paul Hogan's character in the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee
Robert Trimbole, drug lord who escaped to Ireland, leading the Australian government on an international chase.
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Robert Trimbole, drug lord who escaped to Ireland, leading the Australian government on an international chase.

for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... Image File history File links Rodney Ansell. ... Image File history File links Rodney Ansell. ... Rodney William Ansell (c. ... You may be looking for one of the following: Paul Hogan (Songwriter and composer) Paul Hogan (Australian actor) Paul Hogan (Australian diplomat turned celebrity butler) J. Paul Hogan (chemist, plastics inventor) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback in the area around Walkabout Creek and in New York City. ... Image File history File links Robert Trimbole, police mugshot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Robert Trimbole, police mugshot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Robert Trimbole was an Australian businessman, alleged drug baron and organized crime boss whose alleged involvement in the disappearance of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales area, led to a Royal Commission, a Coroners inquest and an international chase... A drug lord is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. ... Rodney William Ansell (c. ... Kenneth Brown (1837–10 June 1876) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia. ... William Buckley (convict) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. ... This article is about Crime in Perth, Western Australia. ... This article is about Crime in Perth, Western Australia. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The First Fleet is the name given to the first group of eleven ships that carried convicts from England to Australia in 1788. ... Edward Eagar was born in Killarney, Ireland, in 1787. ... David Harold Eastman is a former public servant of Canberra, Australia. ... This article is about Crime in Perth, Western Australia. ... Wade Frankum was a mass murderer who killed seven people in Australia in 1991 in what is known as the Strathfield Massacre. ... Alphonse Gangitano (? - 1998) was an Australian criminal from Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. ... Mamdouh Habib was born in Egypt, moved to Australia in 1980, became a citizen there, married Maha, had four children, and taught Islam. ... Megan Louise Ireland (born August 18, 1967) is a notable Australian con artist and thief who was involved in a worldwide Lotto scam and identity fraud. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... In the broadest sense, a fraud is a deception made for personal gain, although it has a more specific legal meaning, the exact details varying between jurisdictions. ... Brian Keith Jones, Mr Baldy, police mugshot Brian Keith Jones, formerly known as Brendan John Megson, is an Australian who was convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six children between 1979 and 1980. ... Graham The Munster Kinniburgh (? - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Kew, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne, and held the reputation as the most influential criminal in Victoria. ... Edward Leonski (1918 - 1942) was a serial killer who committed his crimes in Australia, although Leonski himself was American. ... The City of Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... Jason Moran, 36, (1967 - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and a member of the infamous Moran family, notable for its involvement in the Melbourne underground war. ... Lewis Moran (? - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Harry Breaker Harbord Morant (1864- 27 February 1902) was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname The Breaker. Articulate, intelligent and well educated, he was also a published poet and became one of the better-known back-block bards of... Chopper Read, real name Mark Brandon Read is an Australian criminal and author. ... Michael Dennis Rohan is an Australian citizen who gained worldwide infamy on August 21, 1969, when he attempted to set fire to the Al-Aqsa mosque, located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. ... Ronald Joesph Ryan (c. ... Christopher Charles Skase (September 18, 1948 - August 5, 2001) was a noted Australian businessman who later became one of his countrys most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Majorca in Spain. ... Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ... Joseph Leslie Theodore Taylor (Squizzy Taylor) was a Melbourne based gangster born in 1888. ... Robert Trimbole was an Australian businessman, alleged drug baron and organized crime boss whose alleged involvement in the disappearance of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales area, led to a Royal Commission, a Coroners inquest and an international chase... John Wren (3 April 1871 - September 1953), Australian businessman, has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardys novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series. ...

Crime victims

Victim was the title of a British film made in 1961, directed by Basil Deardon and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Simms. ... Maria Korp (b 1955?, d. ... The Shrine as seen from the ceremonial avenue on the northern or city side. ... The City of Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... Tjandamurra OShane (born 1992) is an Australian Aborigine who was a victim of a vicious racial attack at the age of six. ...

Crime witnesses

This article is about witnesses in law courts. ... Joanne Lees was the girlfriend of Peter Falconio at the time of his disappearance. ... Peter Falconio Peter Falconio is a British tourist who disappeared in the Australian outback whilst travelling with girlfriend, Joanne Lees during July 2001. ...

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. Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Motto: None Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up Act on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Act may refer to: in law, a written document that attests the legality of the transaction. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Major crimes in Australia

A massacre at the Port Arthur Prison Colony kills 35 in 1996.
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A massacre at the Port Arthur Prison Colony kills 35 in 1996.

See also: Timeline of major crimes in Australia for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... Image File history File links Photo taken by user on 11 July 2005. ... Image File history File links Photo taken by user on 11 July 2005. ... Russell Street Police Headquarters was for many years the headquarters of the Victoria Police before they were moved to St Kilda Road in about 1990. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Port Arthur Prison, what is left of its wall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Port Arthur Prison, what is left of its wall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Port Arthur, Tasmania Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Timeline of major crimes in Australia This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...


1860s

Events and trends Italian unification under King Victor Emmanuel II. Wars for expansion and national unity continue until the incorporation of the Papal States (March 17, 1861 - September 20, 1870). ... The Lambing Flat riots or Lambing Flat massacre were a series of violent anti-Chinese demonstrations that took place in the Burrangong region, in New South Wales, Australia. ...

1920s

  • The Gun Alley murder

Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to...

1930s

// Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... The Murchison Murders were a series of murders committed by an itinerant stockman named Snowy Rowles, near the Rabbit-proof fence in country Western Australia in the early 1930s. ... The Pyjama Girl, believed to be Linda Agostini, was a murder victim whose body was discovered near the Australian town of Albury on September 1, 1934. ...

1940s

  • The Brown-Out Murders

// Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Edward Leonski (1918 - 1942) was a serial killer who committed his crimes in Australia, although Leonski himself was American. ...

1950s

  • The Sundown Murders

// Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

1960s

The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Graeme Thorne kidnapping is the name given to the kidnapping and murder of Graeme Thorne for the money that his father, Basil Thorne, had won in a lottery. ... The Bogle-Chandler case refers to the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney on January 1, 1963. ... Jane, Grant and Arnna Beaumont, photographed during a family trip to the Twelve Apostles in Victoria, Australia in late 1965. ...

1970s

This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... The Sydney Hilton bombing occurred on 13 February 1978, when a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Fortune 500 companies | Hotels | Companies based in California ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... The Truro murders was the name given to the findings of the remains of seven young women in bushland near the town of Truro, South Australia in 1976 - 1977. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Truro (34°24′ S 139°07′ E) is a town in South Australia, 80 km northeast of Adelaide. ...

1980s

// Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Two-month-old Australian baby Azaria Chamberlain disappeared on the night of 17 August 1980 on a camping trip with her family. ... Anita wins Miss Western Suburbs Charity Queen The Anita Cobby murder was the name given to the murder of 26 year old Australian nursing sister and beauty pageant winner, Anita Cobby, on February 2, 1986. ... The Russell Street Bombing is the name given to a tragedy that occurred at 1pm on March 27, 1986 when a stolen 1979 Holden Commodore left parked outside the Russell Street Police Headquarters complex in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, exploded. ... The Hoddle Street Massacre is the name given to a tragedy that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 1987 in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... This article is about Crime in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Queen Street Massacre is the name given to a tragedy that occurred on the afternoon of December 8, 1987, that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more. ...

1990s

// Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... The Port Arthur Massacre is the name given to a murder spree that resulted in the deaths of 35 people, and the serious injury of 37 more in late April of 1996. ... The Snowtown murders, or the Bodies in Barrels murders, refers to the discovery of human remains in a disused bank vault in Snowtown, South Australia, on May 20, 1999. ... The Claremont murders is the name given to the murders of two young Australian women and the disappearance of a third in the area of Claremont, Western Australia, during the 1990s. ... The Backpacker murders is a term to describe the murders that had led to the discovery of seven skeletons in the Australian state of New South Waless Belangalo State Forest. ... Jaidyn Leskie Jaidyn Raymond Leskie, born April 30, 1996, was a 14 month old Australian child whose disappearance whilst under the care of a babysitter from a house in Moe, Victoria in 1997 led to the biggest search for a missing person in the Australia since the disappearance of Prime...

2000s

Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... The Sydney gang rapes were a series of five separate crimes involving rape which occurred in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Redfern riot occurred on February 14, 2004 in Redfern sparked by the death of Thomas TJ Hickey, a 17 year old Australian Aborigine. ... Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has a lower crime rate than Sydney (see Crime in Sydney for details), and it is a reasonably safe city by world standards. ... The Silk-Miller murders (also known as the Moorabbin Police murders) were the name given to the murder of Australian Victoria Police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller in Cochranes Road, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia on August 16, 1998. ... Peter Falconio Peter Falconio is a British tourist who disappeared in the Australian outback whilst travelling with girlfriend, Joanne Lees during July 2001. ... The Monash University shooting was a school massacre that took place at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia on October 21, 2002. ...

Massacres in Australia

An atrocity (from the Latin atrox, atrocious, from Latin ater = matte black (as distinct from niger = shiny black)) is a term used to describe crimes ranging from an act committed against a single person to one committed against a population or ethnic group. ... The Hoddle Street Massacre is the name given to a tragedy that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 1987 in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Milperra Bikie Massacre was the name of an incident which occured on Fathers Day September 1984, in Milperra, New South Wales where 7 people were killed. ... The Port Arthur Massacre is the name given to a murder spree that resulted in the deaths of 35 people, and the serious injury of 37 more in late April of 1996. ... The Queen Street Massacre is the name given to a tragedy that occurred on the afternoon of December 8, 1987, that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more. ...

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

Main article: Law enforcement in Australia For the band, see The Police. ... Australian Federal Police logo Template:Freeuse File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Australian Federal Police logo Template:Freeuse File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia. ... Law enforcement in Australia is served by police, sheriffs and bailiffs under the control of state, territory and the Federal governments. ...


Federal

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent Australian commonwealth government authority established in 1995 to protect consumer rights, business rights and obligations, perform industry regulation and price monitoring and prevent unauthorised anti-competitive behaviour. ... The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) was established when the Australian Crime Commission Act came into effect on 1 January 2003. ... The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is responsible for overseeing international movement of trade goods and people into Australia, for the collection of customs and excises, for undertaking border management activities, and for detecting drugs coming into the country. ... The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia. ... The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is an Australia wide policing intitiative to coordinate the efforts of Australian law enforcement in combating serious crime involving complex technology. ... The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australias corporate regulator. ... Crime Stoppers is a community policing initiative that commenced operation in the Australian state of Victoria in 1987, it has been operating Australia wide since 1998. ... The CrimTrac Agency was established on 1 July 2000, to assist Australian police services to take advantage of recent forensic science, information technology and communications developments and enable information exchange across state and federal jurisdictions. ... The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) was established in Australia in 1986, an upgraded system commenced operations in April 2001 and provides technological improvements in fingerprint matching for use by law enforcement agencies. ...

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory Police or ACT Police provides community policing services for the Australian Capital Territory. ... ACT Corrective Services is a component of the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety (JACS). ... Community Based Corrections is a division of ACT Corrective Services and consists of the Probation and Parole Unit, Rehabilitation Programs Unit and the Sentence Administration Board. ... Custodial Operations is a division of ACT Corrective Services. ... In 2001 ACT Corrective Services in Canberra, Australia, established the Rehabilitation Programs Unit. ...

New South Wales

The New South Wales Police is the primary law enforcement agency in the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... The New South Wales Police College is located at the city of Goulburn in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. ... The School of Traffic and Mobile Policing is the driver training school of the New South Wales Police. ...

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory Police have legal jurisdication over the Northern Territory of Australia. ...

Queensland

The Queensland Police service was establised in 1864 with 143 officers, as of June 2002 the force had 8367 sworn staff (20. ...

South Australia

The South Australia Police service was formally established in 1839 and is one of the oldest police forces in the world. ...

Tasmania

The Tasmania Police service was established in 1899 by unification of smaller regional forces. ...

Victoria

Corrections Victoria is the Australian government department established on July 1, 2003, responsible for Victorias corrections system. ... The Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. ...

Western Australia

The Western Australia Police covers the largest single police jurisdiction in the world (except national police forces), an area of 2. ...

Organisations

This article is about the local crime prevention organization. ...

Australian prisons

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

Freemantle prison, on a cold moonlit night. ... Freemantle prison, on a cold moonlit night. ... Fremantle Prison is an Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. ...

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". Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the context. ...


See also:

  • Category:Australian Capital Territory prisons
  • Category:New South Wales prisons
  • Category:Prisons in Sydney
  • Category:Northern Territory prisons
  • Category:South Australian prisons
  • Category:Queensland prisons
  • Category:Tasmanian prisons
  • Category:Victorian prisons
  • Category:Prisons in Melbourne
  • Category:Prisons in Geelong
  • Category:West Australian prisons

This is a list of operational and former Australian prisons and immigration detention centres. ... This is a list of operational and former Australian mental asylums, and psychiatric hospitals. ... Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia and the Pacific Ocean. ...

Prisoners and detainees

This article refers to an imprisoned person. ...

Current prisoners

Schapelle Corby was convicted in May, 2005 and imprisoned in Indonesia for 20 years and is currently appealing her sentence.
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Schapelle Corby was convicted in May, 2005 and imprisoned in Indonesia for 20 years and is currently appealing her sentence.
Chika Honda after returning to Japan.
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Chika Honda after returning to Japan.

Permission to use this image granted by Mercedes Corby (sister of Schapelle) via email. ... Permission to use this image granted by Mercedes Corby (sister of Schapelle) via email. ... Schapelle Corby at her sentencing in a Bali Court Schapelle Leigh Corby (born July 10, 1977) is a former beauty student from Australia. ... Image File history File links Reproduced with the permission of Paul Wilson. ... Image File history File links Reproduced with the permission of Paul Wilson. ... Chika Honda after returning to Japan Chika Honda in 1992, was a 36 year old Japanese tourist who was arrested on entry at Melbourne Airport, Australia after heroin was found in her suitcase. ... The Bali Nine are nine Australian citizens who were arrested in Denpasar on the island of Bali, in Indonesia, on 17 April 2005. ... Martin Bryant Martin Bryant (born May 7, 1966) murdered 35 people and injured 37 others in the Port Arthur Massacre, a killing spree in Tasmania in 1996. ... Schapelle Corby at her sentencing in a Bali Court Schapelle Leigh Corby (born July 10, 1977) is a former beauty student from Australia. ... Garry David, also known as Garry Webb, was an Australian criminal. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Andrew Garforth Andrew Garforth was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South Wales, Australia. ... John Wayne Glover; police mugshot John Wayne Glover (1932-2005) was a serial killer responsible for the North Shore Granny Murders in Australia. ... Sef Gonzales (born September 16, 1980) is an Australian who was convicted and sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to life imprisonment for the murder of family members father, Teddy, 46, mother Mary Loiva Josephine, 43, and sister Clodine, 18. ... David Hicks outside his family home in Adelaide. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ... Sven Huebner is an Australian citizen who was convicted in 2005 of killing a female friend, Linda Roberts during a botched sex game. ... Julian Knight Julian Knight, born March 4, 1968 is the spree killer who on August 9, 1987, murdered 7 people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, in what became known in Australian history as the Hoddle Street Massacre. ... Ivan Milat (born Ivan Robert Marko Milat) is the serial killer who was found guilty of the 1990s backpacker murders in New South Wales, Australia. ... Bradley John Murdoch is the chief suspect in the alleged disappearance of Peter Falconio, and has been positively identified by Joanne Lees as the man who murdered her boyfriend and attacked her. ... Jack Roche Jack Roche is an Australian terrorist. ... Ronald Joesph Ryan (c. ... Bilal Skaf (b. ... Stan Taylor is an Australian criminal, currently sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of involvement in the 1987 bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. ... John Raymond Travers John Raymond Travers was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Anita Cobby murder. ... Anita wins Miss Western Suburbs Charity Queen The Anita Cobby murder was the name given to the murder of 26 year old Australian nursing sister and beauty pageant winner, Anita Cobby, on February 2, 1986. ...

Former prisoners

See also: Chika Honda after returning to Japan Chika Honda in 1992, was a 36 year old Japanese tourist who was arrested on entry at Melbourne Airport, Australia after heroin was found in her suitcase. ...

This list contains noteworthy Australians, and persons of Australian citizenship whose detention in prisons outside of Australia or execution is noteworthy. ...

Regional crime in Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has a lower crime rate than Sydney (see Crime in Sydney for details), and it is a reasonably safe city by world standards. ... From its earliest days as a prison colony Sydneys population has maintained a much-talked-about healthy scepticism towards authority. ...

Riots in Australia

For the rock band Riot see Riot (the band) Riots in Newark, New Jersey Riots occur when crowds of people have gathered and are committing crimes or acts of violence. ... The Lambing Flat riots or Lambing Flat massacre were a series of violent anti-Chinese demonstrations that took place in the Burrangong region, in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Redfern riot occurred on February 14, 2004 in Redfern sparked by the death of Thomas TJ Hickey, a 17 year old Australian Aborigine. ...

Crime related television shows in Australia

Blue Heelers is a long-running Australian television show about police in a small town in the state of Victoria called Mt. ... Bluey is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network in 1976. ... Cop Shop was an Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plain-clothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station. ... Division 4 is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975. ... Homicide is the killing of another human being by one or more others. ... The Long Arm is an Australian television series shown in 1970. ... Matlock Police is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1971 and 1975. ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ... A skirt is a traditionally feminine tube- or cone-shaped garment which is worn from the waist and covers the legs. ... Solo One is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network and screened in 1976. ... Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network in 1984. ... Stingers (1998 - 2004) was an Australian TV police drama series. ... Water Rats was a popular Channel 9 Australian police TV drama based on a Sydney Harbour police squad whose juristiction took in Harbour-side locales. ... The main entrance of Waterloo Station. ... White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for the Ten Network from 2002 to 2003. ... Wildside was a television drama aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1990s. ... Young Lions is the second album on Atlantic Records by Adrian Belew, released in May 1990. ...

See also

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