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Fishers Ghost Creek

Shark Arm murder 1935

The murder of Constable Luker

Glenfield siege 1968

Graeme Thorne kidnapping 1960

Shark Arm murder 1935

Alford, John Ferris

Birkett, Annie

Bowden, Frederick Leopold

Breeze, Mary

Brooker, William

Cobby, Anita

Dean, Mary

Griffith, Arthur Barry

Griffith, Arthur Cosman

Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite

Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne

Jamieson, Ellen

Kennedy, Bridget

Kinder, Henry

Luker, Joseph

Lynch, Garry

Muddle, Beryl

Murray, David

Newman, John

Nielsen, Juanita

Smith, Jim

Watkins, Francis

Arthur Griffith c1954

Newspaper report of the massacre of Aboriginal people at Appin on 17 April 1816

Tattooed arm disgorged by shark at Coogee Acquarium 1935

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Victims of crime

Fishers Ghost Creek

Murdered in 1826, Frederick Fisher is commemorated by Fisher's Ghost Creek, where legend has it that the ghost led the way to his own grave, thereby implicating his murderer, who was convicted and hanged.

Shark Arm murder 1935

One of Sydney's most sensational crimes, the Shark Arm murder was never solved.

The murder of Constable Luker

Convict Joseph Luker placed his past firmly behind him when he decided to pursue a career as a police constable in colonial Sydney. This transition from law breaker to law enforcer would also see him become the first officer of the law killed in the line of duty in Australia.

Glenfield siege 1968

Beryl Muddle was held hostage for 8 days by her boyfriend Wally Mellish in his house at Glenfield.

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Graeme Thorne kidnapping 1960

Kidnap and murder of 8-year-old Graeme Thorne, by Stephen Bradley, which led to anti-kidnapping laws in New South Wales.

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Shark Arm murder 1935

Murder revealed when a captured shark regurgitated a severed arm with tattoos in Coogee Aquarium in 1935.

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Alford, John Ferris

First Class Constable who was one of several police officers injured, and later commended for bravery, during the Bridge Street Affray in 1894. He had been on duty at the Colonial Secretary's office building nearby when he responded to calls for assistance. He was left an invalid from his injuries and was unable to return to work, eventually being retired as unfit for further duty on a sergeant's pension.

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Birkett, Annie

Shopkeeper and murder victim.

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Bowden, Frederick Leopold

Police constable who was one of several officers injured, and later commended for bravery, during the Bridge Street Affray in 1894.

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Breeze, Mary

Woman who lived in Back Row (now known as Phillip Street) in early colonial Sydney. Her house was robbed in August 1803 and the investigating police officer, Joseph Luker, was murdered. In 1804 she sold her house prior to leaving the colony. It was described as a neat and commodious dwelling house on the corner of Back Row nearest to Farm Cove, with a good proportion of excellent garden ground and a well that was constantly supplied with pure water.

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Brooker, William

Carpenter and sawyer in Campbelltown who was stabbed by Frederick Fisher in 1825 when he went to collect a debt from Fisher's lodger Charles Rennett.

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Cobby, Anita

Nurse who was raped and murdered in 1986.

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Dean, Mary

Victim of attempted murder by her husband in March 1895.

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Griffith, Arthur Barry

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Bookmaker's clerk who was shot and killed by his girlfriend Shirley Beiger outside Chequers nightclub in the city in 1954.

Griffith, Arthur Cosman

Trotting and greyhound bookmaker.

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Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite

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Matron of the Immigration Depot and Destitute Asylum at Hyde Park Barracks for over two decades.

Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne

Prostitute and drug addict who was murdered after she exposed police corruption in Sydney.

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Jamieson, Ellen

Shopkeeper who was murdered by John Knatchbull in 1844.

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Kennedy, Bridget

Servant at Bull and Mouth hotel who was attacked by her employer.

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Kinder, Henry

Businessperson who was murdered by his wife's lover.

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Luker, Joseph

Former convict who joined Sydney's early police force in 1796. He was murdered in 1803, the first police officer killed in the line of duty in New South Wales.

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