In the 1920s Sydney police began quietly assembling a gallery of the citys most light-fingered, fleet-footed, silver-tongued rogues con artists, magsmen, housebreakers, thugs, gunmen, shoplifters, drug dealers, pickpockets and hooligans. These extraordinary images resurfaced in the 1980s, long after the original paperwork had been lost and the crooks, the cops and all who remembered them had passed on. Based on years of research into police files, court records, newspapers and other sources, Crooks like us offers a glimpse into the difficult lives of these fugitive souls what they did, who they hurt, who hurt them, where they came from and, sometimes, where they ended up. Illustrated with rich, emotionally charged police Special Photographs from the Justice & Police Museum, Sydney, Crooks like us opens a secret door onto Sydneys hidden histories.
Peter Doyle
The Devil's Jump
$12.95 – Paperback book / Unknown
The war in the Pacific is over . . . The war on the street has just begun.
August 15, 1945. The Japanese have just surrendered, the war's finally over and Australia has come out to party - big time. Eighteen-year-old Bil... Buy or find out more →
Crooks Like Us
$49.95 – Flexi / Historic Houses Trust
In the 1920s Sydney police began quietly assembling a gallery of the citys most light-fingered, fleet-footed, silver-tongued rogues con artists, magsmen, housebreakers, thugs, gunmen, shoplifters, drug dealers, pickpocke... Buy or find out more →
City Of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948
$0.00 – Hardcover book / Hist Houses Trst Nsw
In the early part of the 20th century police routinely went to places that respectable people did their best to avoid, the dark places where bad things happened. They were just doing their job - asking questions, taking ... Buy or find out more →
