INFAMOUS AUSTRALIANS Crooks and Criminals that Hit the Headlines

Softcover. Crime has always been big business in Australia, from the original convict settlers through the bushrangers to computer swindler and corporate con-man. Here are illustrated accounts of frauds, highway robberies and unsolved mysteries, researched from more than 100 years of Australian newspapers. Includes : The Bizarre Voyage of The Ferret; Count Von Attens, Swindler with Style; Arson: Fraud behind the Flames; The Terrible Twins: After-Dark Bandits; Long Chase to Death; The Day the Bookies Lost; Mad Dog Morgan: Hero or Brutal Desperado; Sydney's Cocaine King; Colonial Crime of Passion; Henry Stokes, Melbourne's Two-up King; The Woman Who Loved To Kill; and many more. These are the crimes that hit the headlines. The crimes that have shocked and thrilled Australians for more than a century. Profusely illus. + Index. 100pp. 4to. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With a small crease to bottom corner of fr. cover and first few pages. Vg.