Gangland Queensland / James Morton & Susanna Lobez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, James, 1938- author.

Lobez, Susanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Gangland Queensland heads north of the border to tell exploits of a colourful pantheon of mobsters, shysters, club owners, drug dealers, Black Hand gangs, crooked police and bikers over the last century. Beginning with the drug and sex trades of the early 1900s, and including the infamous fire at the Whiskey Au Go Go club, the explosive revelations of The Fitzgerald Inquiry and organised crime syndicates like Japan's Yakuza, authors James Morton and Susanna Lobez examine the scale of Queensland's crime scene in forensic and fascinating detail.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1 The Good Old Days

2 Southern Raiders

3 Girls For Sale

4 The Italians in North Queensland

5 The War in Queensland

6 Killers

7 The Whiskey Au Go Go Fire

8 Disappearances

9 The Rat Pack and Phil Dickie on the Road to Fitzgerald

10 The Fitzgerald Inquiry and After

11 Robbers

12 The Drug Trade

13 Queensland's Bikers

14 Inside and Out

15 Sex Can Be Bad for Your Health

16 Queensland Today and Tomorrow

Acknowledgements

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522862164

0522862160

OCLC:

1113908246