1984: The Milperra Massacre: Seven Dead in Father’s Day Bikie War at Sydney Tavern
On Father’s Day, 2 September 1984, a heavily armed convoy of Comanchero motorcycle club members descended on the Viking Tavern car park in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney.
The Comancheros had been at war with the newly formed Bandidos, a breakaway chapter, whose split from the Comancheros founder had curdled into open conflict. When both clubs converged on a swap meet that day, gunfire erupted in the car park. Seven people died, including a 14-year-old girl caught in the crossfire, and twenty-eight others were wounded.
The Milperra Massacre became the bloodiest single clash in the history of Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs.
