27 April 1867 – Southern New South Wales bushrangers, Thomas and John Clarke were captured.9 April 1865 – Daniel Morgan, a prominent bushranger who had been raiding banks in Victoria and New South Wales for more than a decade, was killed.15 June 1862 – Eugowra gold escort robbery – Frank Gardiner's gang, including Ben Hall, stole 2700 ounces of gold worth more than 14,000 pounds.Nineteen white settlers were killed, one of the largest massacres of whites by Aborigines in Australian history. 17 October 1861 – Cullin La Ringo massacre in Central Queensland.30 June 1861 – Lambing Flat riots White miners rioted against Chinese immigrants.28 November to 3 December 1854 – Eureka Stockade gold prospectors staged an uprising against the government leading to armed conflict 22 miners and 6 soldiers were killed.

A drumhead court-martial led to the execution of two Ngarrindjeri men. Governor George Gawler ordered a hasty investigation and the execution of those responsible.

June to July 1840 – Maria shipwreck massacre – 25 survivors of the Maria shipwreck were massacred along the Coorong under mysterious circumstances while being accompanied back to Adelaide by members of the Ngarrindjeri.

After two trials, seven of the 11 colonists involved in the killings were found guilty of murder and hanged.

10 June 1838 – Myall Creek Massacre – up to 30 Aboriginal people were slaughtered at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales.

14 September 1828 – Bank of Australia robbery.

10 February 1828 – Cape Grim massacre – Four shepherds with muskets ambushed over 30 Tasmanian Aboriginal people from the Pennemukeer band from Cape Grim, killing 30 and throwing their bodies over a 60-metre cliff into the sea.

1820s – Thomas Jeffrey, bushranger, serial killer and cannibal in the early 19th century in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia), he and his gang killed four male adults and a five-month-old baby in the mid-1820s.

Pearce and Greenhill later killed their fellow escapees and ate them.

20 September 1822 – Alexander Pearce, Bob Greenhill and six others escaped from Macquarie Harbour.

1821 – Bank of New South Wales Cashier Francis Williams embezzled £12,000 from Australia's first bank.

Johnston later sailed for England and was found guilty of mutiny. 26 January 1808 – George Johnston played a key role in the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's recorded history, the Rum Rebellion.4 March 1804 – Castle Hill convict rebellion.

Death and the Detective by Jess Faraday