Bank of Australia robbery 1828 by William Blacksock, George Furrell, James Dingle, John Woolford, and Velveteen Rourke
Bank of Australia robbery 1828 by William Blacksock, George Furrell, James Dingle, John Woolford, and Velveteen Rourke
On 14 September 1828 a gang of five robbers—William Blackstone, George Farrell, James Dingle, John Wilford (alias "Creighton") 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
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