1854: An Acquittal Sparks a Riot: Ten Thousand Miners Burn the Eureka Hotel at Ballarat
When the men accused of killing miner James Scobie walked free, the goldfields of Ballarat erupted. Read more →
1859: The First White Man Hanged in Perth for Killing an Aboriginal Man
Richard Bibby was a hutkeeper at a station in the Victoria district when he decided to kill Billamarra, an Aboriginal man camped near his own hut, so near that he was said to be under Bibby's protection. Read more →
1861: Without Seeking Permission: the Settler Camp Behind the Cullin-la-Ringo Massacre
In October 1861 the politician Horatio Wills led an enormous settler train, more than 10,000 sheep and a line of bullock wagons, onto Gayiri land in Central Queensland to establish a cattle station at Cullin-la-ringo, without seeking permission from the people whose country it was. Read more →
1931: The Tax Case That Brought Down Al Capone: 11 Years for the Most Famous Gangster in America
He had survived gang wars, bribery and a carefully built image as a Robin Hood of the Chicago slums, but it was not a murder charge that finally caught Al Capone. Read more →
2002: The Steamer Trunk in the Closet: Ira Einhorn Convicted of Murdering Holly Maddux
In 1979, Philadelphia police searching Ira Einhorn's apartment found a locked steamer trunk shoved into a closet; inside were the mummified remains of his former girlfriend, Holly Maddux, missing for more than a year. Read more →
