THE GODFATHER IN AUSTRALIA

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An uncompromising survey of the Australian underworld. Charting the cultural change that occurred within the Australian crime world from the 1950s onward. Whereby the ‘industry specialist’ was forced out, often through assassination, and an organised entity with cross-industry interests was established in their place. Then the late 1960s saw the beginning of the drug trade in Australia, which was controlled by this same octopus-like entity. Links to the American mafia or Mob are examined and established by documentary evidence in the form of photographs. The July – August 1972 meetings that occurred in Sydney’s Double Bay. Karl Bonnette. Stan “The Man” Smith. Lennie McPherson. George Freeman. Arthur “Neddy” Smith. Murray Riley. Abe Saffron. Murray Farquhar. Al Grassby. Robert Trimboli. Juanita Nielsen. Donald Mackay. Non-fiction. 174 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: The Godfather in Australia. Organised crime’s Australian connections

Year: 1979

Author: Bob Bottom

Pages: 174

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Book review by Keith Salter

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