List of Australian criminals
This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes. See demography of Australia. Bank robbers 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 Child sex offenders Australians convicted of child sex offences: Brett Peter Cowan, Australian murderer and child rapist who was convicted of the murder of Daniel Morcombe Mr Cruel, an unidentified Australian serial child rapist who attacked three girls and is suspected of murdering Karmein Chan in the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. In 2016, the reward for his arrest increased from $100,000 to $1,000,000. 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 Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer convicted of twelve counts of indecent assault while living in the UK involving underage girls Robert