Dictionary of Sydney

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Strathfield massacre 17 August 1991

Violent murderous rampage on the afternoon of 17 August 1991 at the shopping centre Strathfield Plaza by gunman Wade Frankum, who randomly killed seven people: Roberta Armstrong, Robertson Kan Hock Voon, Patricia Rowe, Carole Dickinson, Joyce Nixon, Rachelle Milburn and George Mavris, before killing himseld. Many more were also injured.

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Date of event
17 Aug 1991
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Strathfield massacre 1991

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2021

The Strathfield massacre was a violent rampage undertaken by Wade Frankum at the shopping centre Strathfield Plaza in Sydney's inner western suburbs in 1991.