and Arantz 240–41
and Bally Corporation 268–69
career 30–34
1965 election 32
1968 election 99
1970 by-election 198
1971 election 215
and Harpoon Harry’s 252
and Hickie article x, 274
and Hungarian Mafia 86, 149, 252
and investments 282
and Kelly, Ray 4
knighthood 249
lifestyle 286
and Manly Hotel 67
and Mellish 125
Moffitt Royal Commission on 285
name change 215
and O’Truba x
personality 154–56
political stance 99–100
on R&R 247
and registered clubs 260
and Reilly 74
reputation 274
‘run over the bastards’ 44
and Saffron, Abraham 278
and SP bookmaking 30, 155–56
and students 156
and Texas Tavern 32, 155
Attard, Paul 128–33
Attorney-General of NSW 11, 98
Australian Council of Churches 20, 279
Australian Labor Party 63, 137, 275
baccarat schools 61, 73–76, 118, 122, 134, 175
Carlisle Club, The 61
Club Enchantment 59, 62–63
Forbes Club, The 193
Goulburn Club, The 193
Kellett Club, The 63, 69
Mont St Clair Club, The 62
Roslyn Social Club 62
Victoria Club, The 63
Bahnemann, Anne see Borg, Anne
Bailey, Harold 92
Ballard, Brian 266, 267
Bally Corporation
Australian firms concerned 233
McNeill first report 260, final report 266–67
and Rooklyn 262–63
Balmain 10, 228
Benedetto, Louis 39, 106
Bennett, Colin 186, 242, 243, 254
Bentley, Bill 281, 282
Bishop, Steve 92, 253
Bonnette, Karl 153, 263
Boom, Reg 65
Borg, Anne (Bahnemann) 67
and Brifman, Shirley 18
death 91–92
Borg, Joe
and Borg, Anne 91–92
and Darlinghurst 19
estate 113, 137
and Hayes 111–12
murder 112–15
trial of killers 128–33
Bottom, Bob 153, 285
and crime in clubs 220–28
Bourbon and Beefsteak, The 85, 87
Askin, Saffron regulars 149
Bourke, Charles 14, 175
Bowman, Brian 95–97
Boyd, Robin 100
Bradley, Stephen 5
Brifman, Mary Anne
on Brifman, Shirley 205, 254–55
Wylde Street brothel 186
Brifman, Shirley PS
and Allan 159
beer 68
and Brisbane 17–18, 241
brothel madam 100–103
charged with procuring 189–90, 204–205, 216–19
and Clarke 90, 167
death 253
and Hallahan 13, 17, 56–58, 92–94, 186, 244, 254
Ithaca Road housewarming party 156–62
and Kelly, Ray 13
and Krahe 56–58, 93–94, 102–103, 138, 146, 151–52, 165–67, 185, 190, 204–205, 219, 245, 253, 270–72
and Linda the Vice Queen 151–52, 166, 219
overdoses 205, 241, 244
police interviews 241–45
and Regan 218–19, 242
Singapore trip 183–86
stolen dresses sold 126
on streetwalkers 22
on Sydney-Brisbane police connection 58
telephone number 165–66
This Day Tonight 217
Brifman, Sonny 17, 218, 241, 255
charged with procuring 189, 190
pays police 144, 188
Brouggy, Ray 70–72, 97–98
Browne, Francis 275
Burton, Alan 219, 250–51
Burton, Elizabeth 107–11, 162, 215–16
on Golden Years 46
on Sydney Police 201
Callaghan, Leo 264
Cards, Dice and Pennies (novel) 63
Carrick, John 285
casinos
advent 134
clientele 193
33 Club 134–36, 193, 277
Forbes Club, The 193
gambling ‘schools’ precursors of 59
Goulburn Club 193
Palace, The 199
post-Askin period 285
Rozelle 276
Strathfield 276
Chad, Nelson 25
Charlton, Francis 152, 171
and Borg, Joe 130
and Brifman, Shirley 87–90, 219–19
and Double Bay Crime Summits 264
and Linda the Vice Queen 89, 103
Charody, John 155, 283
and Houghton, Bernie 252
Chowne, Leslie 171, 199
Chevron Hotel
and Kelly, Ray 3–4
and Faithfull 165
and Rooklyn 267
and Testa 146
Chequers Nightclub 64
and Kelly, Ray 6
relaunch 216
and Testa 146
Wong brothers part-owners 57, 216
Chow Hayes – Gunman (book) 7
Clarke, Jackie 206
and Brifman, Shirley 90, 167
and Hayes 104–105, 111–12
and Hopegood 104–105
and Linda the Vice Queen 89–90
and O’Connor 65
and Phillips bombing 89
and Smith, Donald 104–105, 111–12
Clift, Charmian 165
clubs, registered 223–25
Associated Mariners’ Club 261
Associated Motor Club 223, 262
Aviation Club 262
Blacktown Workers Club 262
Mandarin Club 262
Polonia Soccer Club 223, 262
South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club 223, 229, 230, 231
South Sydney Leagues Club 223
St George Leagues Club 231
A Collusion of Powers (memoir) 201
Comalco 197
Coogee
Coogee Bay Hotel ix
home of Fergusson 181
home of Paizis 194
Ryan and Walker hideout 2
Concord Repatriation Hospital 2
Consorting Squad 10, 89, 103, 152, 163, 171, 199, 215, 219, 232, 233, 264
Corset Gang 42–43
Country Party 31, 127–28
Crowley and Buckley 30
Crown Employees Appeal Board 145, 255, 256
Cutler, Charles 32, 155
Cutler, Roden 284
Darlinghurst
Courthouse Hotel 115
‘The Lanes’/ ‘The Doors’ 98–99, 115, 136
Lunatic Reception House 238
Palmer Street vice precinct 19
Police Station 7, 67, 108, 114, 139, 156, 188, 209–10
Tradesman’s Arms 111–12, 206
Dazzler police tapes 153
Dean, Walter 231
decimal currency 45–46
Deep Throat (film) 78
Delaney, Arthur 146
Double Bay Crime Summits 264
and Freeman in the US 122
and Gore 199
Delaney, Bernard 164, 173, 191–92
on NSW Police 178–79
Delaney, Colin 60
Devine, Matilda ‘Tilly’ 19
death 205–206
last brothel 137
‘The Dirty Half-Mile’ 58–59
The Disorderly Houses and other Acts (amendment) Bill 136
Disorganized Crime (book) 26, 276
Dixon, Richard 259–60, 263
Donaldson, Aileen 27
The Doo
rs (location) 20
Double Bay Crime Summits 263–64
Downing, Reg 11
Doyle, Brian
and Brifman, Shirley 242
and Kelly, Ray 5, 6
and Krahe, Fred 258
and Thorne case 5
Drug Squad 201, 265
drugs, illegal x
Australian Police Journal calls for ‘war on drugs’ 266
Corset Gang 42–43
heroin vii, xii, 42–43, 85, 162, 173–74, 191–92, 216, 245–46, 249, 265
marijuana 74–80, 142, 173–75, 191, 200–201, 265
McPherson opposed to 228
R&R 142, 164, 190–92, 200–201
drugs, pharmaceutical
Brifman, Shirley 204–205, 254
Clift, Charmian 165
Faithfull, Marianne 165
Golden Years 174–76
Hancock, Tony 107
phenacetin 174–75
Smith and amphetamines 191
use in suicide 27–28, 212, 244
Dugan, Darcy PS
and Krahe, Fred 168–69
on police corruption 161
Dunbier, Ron 215
Duncan, Abe 242, 244
Duncan, Peter 243
Earl Place Kings Cross (Earl’s Court)
Brifman brothel 100–103, 143
explosives stored by customer 138–39
Krahe uses as office 58, 127, 270
Sunday Mirror article 159–60
Edgecliff 48
Egan, John 42–43
Eldred, Pamela 71–72
Eldridge, Claude Henry 70
Eskimo Prince (racehorse) PS, 63
ex parte Fergusson 33, 114, 136
Fairlight 30
Faithfull, Marianne 165
Farquhar, Murray 171
Farrell, Frank 21–22
on Allan, Norman 81
Darlinghurst Vice Squad 27
and ‘noble cause’ corruption 7
and Reeves, Tony 28
Ferguson, Russell 35, 155, 215, 249, 283
Fergusson, Donald
capture of Ryan and Walker 54
and Krahe 52, 103
and phone tapping technology 81–82
suicide 180–82
and Mellish 124–26
and Wainer 148
Fitzjames, Michael vi
on American soldiers 164
on grasshoppers 150
on police 201
on Whisky a Go Go 109
Flock, Barry 47–52
Forster, Norm 228
Frances, Raelene 213
Freeman, George PS, 140
on Brifman 217–18
and casinos 135, 123–24
and Double Bay Crime Summits 264
on Kelly, Ray 8
on Krahe 53, 55, 258
on police 23–24
SP bookmaking 120–22
and Taylor, Joe 61
and Testa, Joe 122–23, 146–47, 214–15
Fulton, Harold 234, 238–39
Galea, Bruce 14
Galea, Perce PS
and Askin 277
career 61–63
Hickie on xi, 274, 276, 284
and Moylan 134
and Reilly 74
tax evasion 193–94
Gentle Satan (memoir) 278
Geraghty, Barry 281
Giles, Harold 27, 185
Gladesville 10, 229
Glebe 29
Glynn, Aileen 71
The Godfather (novel and film) xii, 195, 261
go-go dancing PS, 107, 163
Golden Years
air travel xii, 69
alcohol consumption 66–68
casinos 134–36
crime viii, xi, 221
economic boom 280
explosives 9
gentrification 206
Johnston 44–45
pharmaceutical drugs 174–76
R&R 245–47
registered clubs 223–25
retail stores 64
sex 78
social change xi-xiii, 33–34, 44, 100, 287
suicide 27–28
Gore, Kevin 186, 199
grasshoppers 109, 141, 150–51, 164
Gray, Richard 222–23, 231
Green, Joe 54
Green, Vic 99
Griffin, Elton 283
Guest, George 59–60
Guile, Leslie 239–40
Gulbransen, Norman 243
Hackett, George 11
Hagenfelds, Biruta 39, 48
Hall, Richard
on Askin 276
on baccarat schools 134
crime disorganised 154
criminals conservative 100
on knockabouts 26
on Krahe 54
on marijuana 174
on R&R 246–47
Hallahan, Glen 92–94, 102
arrested 244–45
and Brifman, Shirley 13, 17, 56–58, 87–90, 92–94, 186, 217, 244, 254
and Kelly, Ray 13
and Linda the Vice Queen 152
and Phillips bombing 88
Hancock, Ian 278
Hancock, Tony 105–107
Hanson, Fred x, 258, 274–76
Harpoon Harry’s (restaurant) 252
Harrigan, John 108, 162, 216
Hatton, John 285
Hayes, John ‘Chow’ 206
and Borg, Joe 111–12, 114–15
and Clarke 104–105, 111–12
and Kelly, Ray 7
and Linda the Vice Queen 104–105
and Smith, Donald 104, 112, 114
and Taylor, Joe 60
Henson Park Hotel 40
heroin vii, xii, 42–43, 85, 162, 173–74, 191–92, 216, 245–46, 249, 265
Hickie, David
on Askin, Robert x, 274–79
on Brifman, Shirley 253
on Galea, Perce 285
High Climbers (memoir) 29, 249
Hills, Patrick 137, 141, 268
Hogben, Brian 38
Hong Kong
Burton, Elizabeth 162
and heroin 42–43, 191
McPherson and Smith 16
Testa, Joe 122
Hopegood, Walter 104–105
Horne, Donald 31
Houghton, Maurice ‘Bernie’ 85–87, 149, 155
and ASIO 149, 251–252
and McPherson 199
and Texas Tavern 32, 149
Huckstepp, Sally-Anne 216, 243
Hungarian Mafia 86, 149, 252
Hyde Park Hotel 67
Ithaca Road Elizabeth Bay (The Reef)
Brifman brothel 146
scandal 156–62
James, David 70
Jenkings, Bill
on Brifman, Shirley 253
on Devine 206
on Kelly, Ray 5, 6
on Krahe 54
Joel, Asher 82–83
Joffe, Edward 105–107
Johnston, George 44
Johnstone, Lewis 275
Joke, The 2
Jones, Chris 7
Kangaroo Gang 68–69
Keillor, Keith 129–33
Kellett Club 14, 69
Kelly, Keith 54
Kelly, Ray PS, vii, 24, 53, 92, 180
capture of Ryan and Walker 1–2
and Jenkings 5–6
life 3–8
and McPherson 1–2, 11
methods 4–8
power 153
retires 3–4
verbals 6–7
and Walker, Peter 13
Kendrigan, Jack 202–204, 236
Kensington 229
Kings Cross PS, xiii, 18, 39, 58–59, 117, 207, 224–25, 247
Kingsford 144
Killarney Private Hotel 18, 25
Kinsella, Edward ix, 34
Knight, Dorothy 255
Knight, Doug 266–67
Kogarah 96
Krahe, Frederick ‘Fred’ PS, 87, 127, 137, 168–69, 186
and Brifman, Shirle
y 56–58, 93–94, 102–103, 138, 146, 151–52, 165–67, 185, 190, 204–205, 219, 245, 253, 270–72
capture of Ryan and Walker 2–3
drinker 67
and Fergusson 52, 180–82, 259
and Freeman 53–56, 217–18
and Hallahan 13, 17, 56–58
and Hanson 258
Ithaca Road housewarming party 156–62
life 52–56
and McPherson 11, 53
and Mellish 124
and Nielsen 259
resigns 258
and Varley and Burton 219–20, 250–51
Kwitny, Jonathan 252
Lanes, The 19–22, 32–33, 98–99, 136–37
and Borg’s death 115
Latin Quarter, The PS, 24, 64–66, 68, 194
Las Vegas
and Freeman 123
and McPherson 200
Lee, Ronnie
and Freeman 122–23, 146–47
and Testa 122–23, 146, 214
Lee, Sammy 36, 64, 66, 194
Lee, William 7
Leigh, Kate 20
Lendrum, Richard ‘Dick’ 185, 220, 267
murder of Bourke, Charles 15
Les Girls 24, 64
Levi Smith Clefs 108–109, 162, 216
Lewis, Terry 205
Lewis, Tom 284
Liberal Party of Australia 28–32, 283
Lifesavers (company) 282
Linda the Vice Queen (nickname) 20, 88–90, 103–104, 111–12
and Charlton 218
death of Borg, Joe 113–14, 133, 151–53, 166
Long Bay Prison 40
Loomes, John 14
Lotus Blossom 47–52
Loughnan, Paul vi, 28, 31, 284–86, 311
Louis, Harry 25, 139
Mafia 10, 215, 260–61, 263, 269
McAskill, Barry 162–63, 216
McCoy, Alfred 43, 139–40, 153, 164, 175, 246, 247, 308
McDonald, R. 12, 24
McGlinn, Glory
death 96
kills Reilly 71–72, 95
McKay, Bill 238–39
McKell, William 60
McKinnon, Yvonne 12
McLean, William 277
McNab, Duncan 195, 245
McNeill, Jack
and Armed Hold-up Squad 232
character 232
clubs investigation 233
and Consorting Squad 199
Double Bay Crime Summits 262
first report on crime in clubs 259–63
final report on crime in clubs 266–67
and Walker, Robert 13
McNicoll, David 57, 168, 286
McPherson, Lennie PS, 61, 90–91, 120, 182, 264
and Anderson, Fred 10, 153
attempted murder of Steele 15
and Bottom 225–228
and capture of Ryan and Walker 1–2
and Chowne 171
informant 1–3, 8–10, 15–16, 54
life 8–16
and McNeill 199
murder of Bourke 14
murder of Flock 50–51
murder of Hackett 11
murder of O’Connor 64–66
murder of Walker, Robert 11–14
power 140
registered clubs 223, 229–32
sources of income 119–20, 199, 228–29
and Testa 146–47, 199–200
trip to Hong Kong 16
and Unwin, John 53
Maddison, John 269
Madison Ladies Club 109
Mandarin Club 24, 57, 108, 260, 262
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