time line of murders in australia
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George Johnston played a key role in
the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australia's recorded
history, the Rum Rebellion. Johnston
later sailed for England and was found
guilty of mutiny.– Alexander Pearce, Bob Greenhill and six
others escaped from Macquarie Harbour.
Pearce and Greenhill later killed their fellow
escapees and ate them.up to 30 Aboriginal people were killed at
the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New
South Wales. 7 of the 11colonists involved in
the killings were found guilty of murder and hung.Maria shipwreck massacre 25 survivors of the
shipwreck are killed along the Coorong under
weird circumstances while being assisted back
to Adelaide by members of the Ngarrindjeri.
Governor George Gawler ordered a fast
investigation and the killing of those
responsible. A bad court martial led to the
execution of two Ngarrindjeri men.Eureka Stockade Gold prospecters staged an
uprising against government leading to armed
conflict 22 miners and 6 soldiers were killed– Eugowra gold escort robbery – Frank
Gardiner's gang, including Ben Hall,
stole 2700 ounces of gold worth more
than 14,000 pounds.Bushranger Ned Kelly raided a bank in Euroa
and, at a nearby sheep station, hosted a party
for his 22 hostages shortly afterwards.English gasfitter, confidence trickster and career
criminal Frederick Bailey Deeming murdered
his new wife Emily at a newly
rented house in Andrew Street, Windsor,
Melbourne, burying her body under the hearth.
He had previously murdered his first wife
Marie Deeming and their four children and
buried them beneath the floor of a house at
Rainhill, England in July or August 1891. Their
bodies were not discovered until after the
Windsor murder. Deeming was arrested at Southern he was widely believed tThe Gun Alley Murder
12 year old Alma Tirtschke was found raped
and killed in Gun Alley, Melbourne. 28
year old Colin Ross was hung for the crime,
but in 1992 a re-assessment stated Ross was
probably innocent. After DNA testing cleared Ross
he was pardoned on 27 May 2008.Caledon Bay crisis – A series of rapes,
murders
and retaliatory violence involving
Japanese, Aboriginals and white
Australians in the Northern TerritoryEddie Leonski, an American soldier
, murdered three women in
Melbourne, in the Brownout
murders. He was executed on 9
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