Bank of Australia robbery
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Bank of Australia robbery
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The Bank of Australia robbery was the first bank robbery in Australia. On 14 September 1828 a gang of five robbers—William Blackstone, George Farrell, James Dingle, John Wilford and Valentine Rourke—tunnelled through a sewage drain into the vault of the Bank of Australia in George Street, Sydney, and stole some £14,000 in promissory notes and coins. The crime was discovered the following day. Although suspicions immediately fell on Blackstone, Farrell and Dingle, they escaped an indictment until
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