The Mysterious Life of Charles le Gallien and his Violent Murder in Crows Nest.
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The Mysterious Life of Charles le Gallien and his Violent Murder in Crows Nest.

The Mysterious Life of Charles le Gallien and his Violent Murder in Crows Nest. A Horrific Crime Scene At 11 p.m. Thursday 30th, September 1948, the body of Charles Louis le Gallien was found lying on the office floor of his engineering workshop at Crows Nest. Police described him as the victim of the most savage…

The Murder of Rose Arnold and the Strange Case of Richard Riley.
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The Murder of Rose Arnold and the Strange Case of Richard Riley.

The Murder of Rose Arnold and the Strange Case of Richard Riley. One of Australia’s most horrifying murders. Nickson Street, Surry Hills. Bloody handprints smeared the glass window, which George Rose peered through. The small bedroom on the other side was in a terrible state with furniture knocked over, books and picture frames scattered everywhere,…

William MacDonald “The Mutilator,” Sydney’s Most Disturbed Serial Killer.
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William MacDonald “The Mutilator,” Sydney’s Most Disturbed Serial Killer.

William MacDonald “The Mutilator,” Sydney’s Most Disturbed Serial Killer There was an eerie silence over the streets of Darlinghurst on the night of March 31, 1962. It was a Saturday night, almost 10 pm, and the intoxicated men stumbling home from the pub were nowhere to be seen. Even the dark shadowy figures sipping from…

The Battle of Market Street: The forgotten war between the NSW Military and Sydney’s most violent gang.
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The Battle of Market Street: The forgotten war between the NSW Military and Sydney’s most violent gang.

The Battle of Market Street – 1900 By ELLIOT LINDSAY The doors to the old Victoria Barracks on Oxford Street violently swung open, letting in the chilled air of a late Autumn night. In charged a soldier of the permanent artillery, dishevelled in appearance, his clothing stained with blood. “Those bastards from Engine Street attacked…

The Murder of Harry Foy – Sydney’s pioneer drag artist
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The Murder of Harry Foy – Sydney’s pioneer drag artist

By ELLIOT LINDSAY Harry Foy’s portrait, auctioned after his death More than one thousand elegantly dressed individuals clamoured around the arched stone entrance to the Paddington Town Hall. All were attempting to attend what some declared to be the most exciting soiree of the year. Already the venue had reached its maximum capacity with more…

Murder in Newtown: When the gold rush and the wild west came to Sydney
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Murder in Newtown: When the gold rush and the wild west came to Sydney

By Elliot Lindsay Murder in Newtown: When the gold rush and the wild west came to Sydney There is gold in Newtown!  Thursday, 4 November 1852, a local landholder, Mr D. Cooper, claimed to have found gold while panning in Johnstons Creek (today, the creek is buried under Bedford Street). Cooper took several nuggets into…