Shotgun and Standover: The Story of the Painters and Dockers by James Morton and Russell Robinson

Shotgun and Standover: The Story of the Painters and Dockers by James Morton and Russell Robinson

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SKU TBM9781742610559
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781742610559
Author: James Morton
Additional Authors: Russell Robinson
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 358 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Near find condition.

Few names in Australian criminal history are as redolent as the Painters and Dockers. They were a union gone to the bad. From their outset in the early years of the 20th Century, they attracted more than their fair share of shady waterfront characters, and by the 1960s, '70s and '80s they had become a fully-fledged criminal fraternity of some of the most violent and dangerous men in Australia.

Standover, smuggling, gambling, prostitution and drugs were the daily trade of the Painters and Dockers, whilst arguments and old scores were more often than not settled with the lethal blast of a sawn-off shotgun.

From famous criminals of the past such as Squizzy Tailor, through the recent gangland wars in Melbourne, the story of the Painters and Dockers touches almost every part of our violent and bloody underworld history.

Their members and associates are a roll call of some of Australia's most brutal and violent offenders: Brian and Les Kane, Ray Bennett, Billy Longley and the Moran family among many others. (publisher blurb)

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