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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
From the authors of the bestselling books Gangland Australia, Gangland Melbourne and Gangland Sydney, comes the next thrilling instalment in the series. 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Organized crime -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Organized crime. |
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Australia. |
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Queensland. |
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History. |
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Gangs -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Gangs. |
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Mafia -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Mafia. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Lobez, Susanna.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morton, James. Gangland Queensland. VIC : Melbourne University Publishing, ©2012 9780522861235 |
| ISBN |
9780522862164 (electronic book) |
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0522862160 (electronic book) |
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