This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes.
Australians convicted of bank robbery:
Brenden Abbott (born 1962), known as the Postcard BanditDarcy Dugan (1920–1991), bank robber and New South Wales' most notorious prison escape artistKeith Faure (born 1951), from Victoria, career criminalVictor Peirce (1958–2002), from Melbourne, member of the Pettingill familyGregory Roberts (born 1952), former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped and fled to India; author of ShantaramWayne Michael Ryan (born 1964), convicted of multiple bank robberies, escaped from Boggo Road Gaol Brisbane, twice (1988 and 1989)Australians convicted of drug-related crimes both in Australia and overseas:
Dennis Allen, nicknamed "Mr. Death," member of the Pettingill familyKevin Barlow, executed in MalaysiaNola Blake, sentenced to death in Thailand in 1988; sentence later commuted to lifeBrian Chambers, executed in MalaysiaSchapelle Corby, served 9 years prison sentence in Indonesia, currently on paroleWarren FellowsJim Krakouer, star AFL footballer imprisoned for 16 years on amphetamine trafficking chargesMichael McAuliffe, executed in MalaysiaDavid McMillan, smuggler, escaped from Thailand's notorious Bangkok Prison in 1996Van Tuong Nguyen, executed in SingaporeBali Nine:Andrew Chan, sentenced to death in Indonesia on 14 February 2006 and executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015Si Yi Chen, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006Michael Czugaj, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 14 February 2006Renae Lawrence, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in IndonesiaTan Duc Thanh Nguyen, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006Matthew Norman, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006Scott Rush, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 13 February 2006Martin Stephens, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 14 February 2006Myuran Sukumaran, sentenced to death in Indonesia on 14 February 2006 and executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015Victor Peirce, member of the Pettingill family, murdered in 2001Kath Pettingill, former brothel worker and owner; criminal matriarch of the Pettingill familyRoger Rogerson, corrupt former police officerStephen John Sutton, imprisoned in Argentina on drug chargesRobert Trimbole, International felon and drug lordAndrew "Benji" Veniamin, murdered in 2004Carl Williams, murdered in 2010Notable Australian criminal families:
Moran familyJason MoranLewis MoranMark MoranPettingill familyDennis AllenVictor PeirceKath PettingillJohn 'Chow' Hayes, a violent Australian criminal who became known as Australia's first gangsterGeorge Freeman Sydney gangsterAlphonse Gangitano, associate of Jason Moran, murderedMick Gatto, well known member of the Melbourne underworld, active during the Melbourne gangland killingsMichael Kanaan, multiple murderer and gang memberLenny McPherson, Sydney gangsterTony Mokbel, serving a 12-year sentence, awaiting further chargesJason Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang warLewis Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang warMark Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang warMichael Odisho, DLASTHR & BFL underworld Sydney gangsterNikolai Radev, killed in gang warAbraham Saffron, King of Kings Cross, Sydney gangsterSquizzy Taylor, Melbourne gangster of the 1920s and beforeAndrew Veniamin, killed in gang war by Mick GattoCarl Williams, murdered by Matthew JohnsonAustralians convicted of fraud:
Rodney Adler, Sydney based fraudster who was imprisoned for his role in transactions to hide the true financial status of FAI InsuranceHajnal Ban, defrauded an elderly man with a mental incapacity of $660,000Alan Bond, gaoled for three years in 1996 for fraudBrian Burke, former W.A. premier imprisoned for rorting travel expensesMichael Cobb, former politician convicted of fraud after rorting travel expensesLaurie Connell, gaoled for conspiring to pervert the course of justicePeter Foster, one of Australia's most famous conmen, gaoled for fraudSimon Hannes, insider trading ahead of takeover of TNT in 1996Theresa Lawson, former Sydney Woolworths payroll clerk imprisoned for stealing $2.6 millionRay O'Connor, former W.A. premier imprisoned for stealingRene Rivkin, stockmarket guru imprisoned on insider trading chargesChristopher Skase, failed businessman and fugitive who escaped to MajorcaAndrew Theophanous, bribery and fraud offences relating to assisting in visa applications as a Member of ParliamentCraig Thomson, fraud against the Health Services Union for sexual purposes and gratificationGlenn Wheatley, gaoled for tax evasionRay Williams, fraud related to the collapse of HIH InsuranceAustralians convicted of murder:
Dante Arthurs, murdered Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-ShuRaymond John Bailey, convicted and hang for the murder of three people in 1957Adrian Ernest Bayley, convicted of rape and murder of Jill MeagherValmae Beck, sentenced to life for the murder of Sian Kingi, died in 2008Lindsay Beckett and Leslie Camilleri, convicted of the Bega schoolgirl murdersJames Beauregard-Smith, convicted triple murderer and rapistKenneth Brown, explorer and pastoralist hanged for murdering his wifeMartin Bryant, convicted of 35 murders in the Port Arthur massacreBevan Spencer von Einem, murdererKeith Faure, convicted Melbourne underworld killings murdererChristopher Dale Flannery, known as "Mr-Rent-A-Kill", rapist and armed robber who shot an undercover policemanAndrew Garforth, convicted killer of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South WalesSef Gonzales, murdered his mother, father and sisterMaddison Hall, murdered a hitchhiker, had a sex change operation in prisonEdward "Ned" Kelly, (1854/1855–1880), Victorian bushranger murdered three Troopers (policemen) named Lonigan, Scanlon and Kennedy, as well as former friend turned police informer Aaron SherrittHenry Keogh, convicted of strangling his fiancéeJulian Knight, Hoddle Street MassacreKatherine Knight, murdered John Charles Thomas Price on 29 February 2000; first Australian woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment without paroleKeli Lane, convicted of the 1996 murder of her newborn daughter Tegan on 13 December 2010Martin Leach, bound, gagged and stabbed Charmaine Ariet and bound, gagged, stabbed, raped and slit the throat of her cousin Janice Carnegie before burying their bodies in a gully at Berry SpringsFrancesco Mangione, the Mr Whippy ice cream turf war murdererCraig Minogue, Russell Street bombingWilliam Patrick Mitchell (Bill Mitchell), murdered Karen MacKenzie and her three children on 21 February 1993Bradley John Murdoch, convicted for the murder of Peter FalconioMichael Murdoch, convicted of the Anita Cobby murderGary Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murderLes Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murderMichael Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murderJames Ryan O'Neill, a Victorian convicted of murder in TasmaniaAnthony Perish, convicted of murdering Terry FalconerSean Christian Price, convicted of murdering 17 year old schoolgirl Masa VukoticRonald Ryan, last person executed in AustraliaJoseph Schwab, murdered five tourists across the Northern Territory and Western Australia in 1987John Sharpe, spear gun murderer of his wife and childNeddy Smith, convicted of the murder of Sydney brothel owner, Harvey JonesJohn Travers, convicted ringleader of the Anita Cobby murderAustralians convicted of multiple murders:
Catherine Birnie, rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986David Birnie, rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986Gregory Brazel, shot dead a woman in 1982 armed robbery and murdered two prostitutes in 1990John Bunting, tortured and murdered 12 people in South Australia; these are known as the Snowtown murdersEric Edgar Cooke, The Nedlands monsterBandali Debs, convicted of murdering two police officers and two prostitutes in the 1990sPaul Denyer, Melbourne based serial killer during the early 1990s dubbed the "Frankston Serial Killer"Peter Dupas, Melbourne based serial killer who killed several times upon release from prison. Peter's case is well known in law, as he had attempted to appeal that due to the previous convictions, that for his third charge, due to pre-trial publicity and the notion that it would be impossible to have a fair trial. His appeal was subsequently dismissed, as it was ruled that it could be overcome by the judge giving the jury adequate direction.Leonard Fraser, also known as "The Rockhampton Rapist"; killed four - seven women in Rockhampton, QueenslandJohn Wayne Glover, the Sydney North Shore granny murdererCaroline Grills, also known as "Auntie Thally"; serial poisoner of five family membersPaul Steven Haigh, convicted of the murders of six people in the late 1970s and another in 1991; currently serving six life sentences without the possibility of paroleMatthew James Harris, strangled a friend's brother, a female friend and a male neighbour to death over five weeks in 1998 in Wagga WaggaThomas Jeffries, Tasmanian penal colony escapee responsible for the murders of five people; executed in 1826Eddie Leonski, American serial killer known as the Brownout StranglerWilliam MacDonald, also known as "the Mutilator"; killed at least five men between June 1961 and April 1963Ivan Milat, backpacker murders; convicted of killing seven tourists in the late 1980s and early 1990s; there is a possibility he killed many more, although he has never confessedMartha Needle, poisoner of four family members and boyfriend's brotherMartha Rendell, killed three stepchildren with hydrochloric acid in the 20th century; last woman to be hanged in Western AustraliaLindsay Robert Rose, serial killer and contract killer from New South Wales who murdered five people between 1984 and 1994Arnold Sodeman, the schoolgirl stranglerRobert Wagner, murdered 10 people along with John Bunting as part of the degenerate sub-culture of the group of the murdersChristopher Worrell and James Miller, Truro murders, late 1970sAustralians convicted of child sex offences:
Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, paedophile, died in 2009 while serving a 20-year sentenceDennis Ferguson, paedophile who has caused controversy in NSW and Queensland found dead in December 2012Andrew Garforth, convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Ebony SimpsonKent Andrew Garrett, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for 29 child grooming-related offences against 17 victims; the trial originally listed to begin on 1 September 2014 ended on 2 September 2014 when Garrett pleaded guilty to all the charges before the trial beganRolf Harris, Australian entertainer convicted of 12 counts of indecent assault involving underage girlsRobert Hughes, actor convicted of ten child sex offences committed against five young girls between 1985 and 1990, sentenced to 10 years 9 months with a non-parole period of six years Brian Keith Jones, aka "Mr Baldy", serial paedophile, jailed indefinitely in 2006 for breaches of paroleMilton Orkopoulos, NSW state MP and child sex offenderPatrick Power, Crown prosecutor convicted of possessing child pornographyPeter Scully, is an Australian child molester guilty of the murder of an 11-year-old Filipina girl, and of the torture and sexual abuse of at least eight girls, including an 18-month-old infant. He uploaded a video torturing and raping one of his child victims in the most gruesome ways possible and titled it "Daisy's Destruction". Scully was later given life imprisonment.Australians convicted of rape:
Peter Dupas, serial killerAshfield gang rapesSydney gang rapesBilal Skaf, gang leaderAustralians convicted of other offences:
Geoffrey Edelsten, high-profile doctor convicted of soliciting a hit man and perverting the course of justiceMarcus Einfeld, former judge and convicted perjurerDavid Hicks, Guantanamo Bay detainee, convicted of providing material support for terrorismBarry Morris, politician who was gaoled for making bomb and death threatsMark "Chopper" Read is an author and a violent criminal convicted of attempted murder, armed robbery, assault, kidnapping, arson and impersonating a police officer. He is also known for his interview on 60 minutes when he was playing "Russian Roulette" with himself and later asked the news reporter if she wanted to play and she said no, he didn't take no for an answer and pointed the gun at her head and pulled the trigger, luckily there was no bullet in the chamber he shot at her, it was also revealed that Read had been molested as a child.