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 Bandit
Darcy Dugan (1920–1991), bank robber and New South Wales' most notorious prison escape artist
Keith Faure (born 1951), from Victoria, career criminal
Victor Peirce (1958–2002), from Melbourne, member of the Pettingill family
Gregory Roberts (born 1952), former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped and fled to India; author of Shantaram
Wayne 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 family
Kevin Barlow, executed in Malaysia
Nola Blake, sentenced to death in Thailand in 1988; sentence later commuted to life
Brian Chambers, executed in Malaysia
Schapelle Corby, served 9 years prison sentence in Indonesia, currently on parole
Warren Fellows
Jim Krakouer, star AFL footballer imprisoned for 16 years on amphetamine trafficking charges
Michael McAuliffe, executed in Malaysia
David McMillan, smuggler, escaped from Thailand's notorious Bangkok Prison in 1996
Van Tuong Nguyen, executed in Singapore
Bali Nine:Andrew Chan, sentenced to death in Indonesia on 14 February 2006 and executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015
Si Yi Chen, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006
Michael Czugaj, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 14 February 2006
Renae Lawrence, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Indonesia
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006
Matthew Norman, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 16 February 2006
Scott Rush, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 13 February 2006
Martin Stephens, sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia on 14 February 2006
Myuran Sukumaran, sentenced to death in Indonesia on 14 February 2006 and executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015
Victor Peirce, member of the Pettingill family, murdered in 2001
Kath Pettingill, former brothel worker and owner; criminal matriarch of the Pettingill family
Roger Rogerson, corrupt former police officer
Stephen John Sutton, imprisoned in Argentina on drug charges
Robert Trimbole, International felon and drug lord
Andrew "Benji" Veniamin, murdered in 2004
Carl Williams, murdered in 2010
Notable Australian criminal families:
Moran familyJason Moran
Lewis Moran
Mark Moran
Pettingill familyDennis Allen
Victor Peirce
Kath Pettingill
John 'Chow' Hayes, a violent Australian criminal who became known as Australia's first gangster
George Freeman Sydney gangster
Alphonse Gangitano, associate of Jason Moran, murdered
Mick Gatto, well known member of the Melbourne underworld, active during the Melbourne gangland killings
Michael Kanaan, multiple murderer and gang member
Lenny McPherson, Sydney gangster
Tony Mokbel, serving a 12-year sentence, awaiting further charges
Jason Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang war
Lewis Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang war
Mark Moran, killed by rival gangster Carl Williams in a gang war
Michael Odisho, DLASTHR & BFL underworld Sydney gangster
Nikolai Radev, killed in gang war
Abraham Saffron, King of Kings Cross, Sydney gangster
Squizzy Taylor, Melbourne gangster of the 1920s and before
Andrew Veniamin, killed in gang war by Mick Gatto
Carl Williams, murdered by Matthew Johnson
Australians convicted of fraud:
Rodney Adler, Sydney based fraudster who was imprisoned for his role in transactions to hide the true financial status of FAI Insurance
Hajnal Ban, defrauded an elderly man with a mental incapacity of $660,000
Alan Bond, gaoled for three years in 1996 for fraud
Brian Burke, former W.A. premier imprisoned for rorting travel expenses
Michael Cobb, former politician convicted of fraud after rorting travel expenses
Laurie Connell, gaoled for conspiring to pervert the course of justice
Peter Foster, one of Australia's most famous conmen, gaoled for fraud
Simon Hannes, insider trading ahead of takeover of TNT in 1996
Theresa Lawson, former Sydney Woolworths payroll clerk imprisoned for stealing $2.6 million
Ray O'Connor, former W.A. premier imprisoned for stealing
Rene Rivkin, stockmarket guru imprisoned on insider trading charges
Christopher Skase, failed businessman and fugitive who escaped to Majorca
Andrew Theophanous, bribery and fraud offences relating to assisting in visa applications as a Member of Parliament
Craig Thomson, fraud against the Health Services Union for sexual purposes and gratification
Glenn Wheatley, gaoled for tax evasion
Ray Williams, fraud related to the collapse of HIH Insurance
Australians convicted of murder:
Dante Arthurs, murdered Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Shu
Raymond John Bailey, convicted and hang for the murder of three people in 1957
Adrian Ernest Bayley, convicted of rape and murder of Jill Meagher
Valmae Beck, sentenced to life for the murder of Sian Kingi, died in 2008
Lindsay Beckett and Leslie Camilleri, convicted of the Bega schoolgirl murders
James Beauregard-Smith, convicted triple murderer and rapist
Kenneth Brown, explorer and pastoralist hanged for murdering his wife
Martin Bryant, convicted of 35 murders in the Port Arthur massacre
Bevan Spencer von Einem, murderer
Keith Faure, convicted Melbourne underworld killings murderer
Christopher Dale Flannery, known as "Mr-Rent-A-Kill", rapist and armed robber who shot an undercover policeman
Andrew Garforth, convicted killer of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South Wales
Sef Gonzales, murdered his mother, father and sister
Maddison Hall, murdered a hitchhiker, had a sex change operation in prison
Edward "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 Sherritt
Henry Keogh, convicted of strangling his fiancée
Julian Knight, Hoddle Street Massacre
Katherine Knight, murdered John Charles Thomas Price on 29 February 2000; first Australian woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole
Keli Lane, convicted of the 1996 murder of her newborn daughter Tegan on 13 December 2010
Martin 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 Springs
Francesco Mangione, the Mr Whippy ice cream turf war murderer
Craig Minogue, Russell Street bombing
William Patrick Mitchell (Bill Mitchell), murdered Karen MacKenzie and her three children on 21 February 1993
Bradley John Murdoch, convicted for the murder of Peter Falconio
Michael Murdoch, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
Gary Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
Les Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
Michael Murphy, convicted of the Anita Cobby murder
James Ryan O'Neill, a Victorian convicted of murder in Tasmania
Anthony Perish, convicted of murdering Terry Falconer
Sean Christian Price, convicted of murdering 17 year old schoolgirl Masa Vukotic
Ronald Ryan, last person executed in Australia
Joseph Schwab, murdered five tourists across the Northern Territory and Western Australia in 1987
John Sharpe, spear gun murderer of his wife and child
Neddy Smith, convicted of the murder of Sydney brothel owner, Harvey Jones
John Travers, convicted ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder
Australians convicted of multiple murders:
Catherine Birnie, rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986
David Birnie, rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986
Gregory Brazel, shot dead a woman in 1982 armed robbery and murdered two prostitutes in 1990
John Bunting, tortured and murdered 12 people in South Australia; these are known as the Snowtown murders
Eric Edgar Cooke, The Nedlands monster
Bandali Debs, convicted of murdering two police officers and two prostitutes in the 1990s
Paul 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, Queensland
John Wayne Glover, the Sydney North Shore granny murderer
Caroline Grills, also known as "Auntie Thally"; serial poisoner of five family members
Paul 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 parole
Matthew James Harris, strangled a friend's brother, a female friend and a male neighbour to death over five weeks in 1998 in Wagga Wagga
Thomas Jeffries, Tasmanian penal colony escapee responsible for the murders of five people; executed in 1826
Eddie Leonski, American serial killer known as the Brownout Strangler
William MacDonald, also known as "the Mutilator"; killed at least five men between June 1961 and April 1963
Ivan 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 confessed
Martha Needle, poisoner of four family members and boyfriend's brother
Martha Rendell, killed three stepchildren with hydrochloric acid in the 20th century; last woman to be hanged in Western Australia
Lindsay Robert Rose, serial killer and contract killer from New South Wales who murdered five people between 1984 and 1994
Arnold Sodeman, the schoolgirl strangler
Robert Wagner, murdered 10 people along with John Bunting as part of the degenerate sub-culture of the group of the murders
Christopher Worrell and James Miller, Truro murders, late 1970s
Australians convicted of child sex offences:
Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, paedophile, died in 2009 while serving a 20-year sentence
Dennis Ferguson, paedophile who has caused controversy in NSW and Queensland found dead in December 2012
Andrew Garforth, convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Ebony Simpson
Kent 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 began
Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer convicted of 12 counts of indecent assault involving underage girls
Robert 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 parole
Milton Orkopoulos, NSW state MP and child sex offender
Patrick Power, Crown prosecutor convicted of possessing child pornography
Peter 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 killer
Ashfield gang rapes
Sydney gang rapes
Bilal Skaf, gang leader
Australians convicted of other offences:
Geoffrey Edelsten, high-profile doctor convicted of soliciting a hit man and perverting the course of justice
Marcus Einfeld, former judge and convicted perjurer
David Hicks, Guantanamo Bay detainee, convicted of providing material support for terrorism
Barry Morris, politician who was gaoled for making bomb and death threats
Mark "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.
