Gangs in Australia Essays

they showed the world why Australians have earned our reputation as fighters. Police fell in untold numbers before the gang, a massacre on the soil of Australia. The battle was fought, both sides fighting till the end. Modern day legends, these killers have become modern heroes to the average Australian. Made into a cult leaders by the media, represented as the fighters of Australia. Using skills every Australian should have. Skills found in every simple aussie battler, the grit and perseverance to

Cartel. (Aldrich, 2017) The Sinaloa Cartel mainly operated in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, the Western District of Texas, and other states in Mexico and the United States. The gang consisted of several members who engaged in criminal activities such as money laundering, murder, kidnapping, and bribery. Most of the gangs income came from smuggling drugs such as marijuana and cocaine into the United States which added to their yearly net income which $3 billion. (Pike,

The Australian Political Policy changed in 1975, mainly due to the Vietnam War. After the war between North and South Vietnam, thousands of Vietnamese immigrants migrated to Australia bearing their own political views. The original policy, impacted a larger, broader reach of Australian Society, especially the selected migrants living in Australian capital cities. Prior to the Vietnam War, Vietnam was a democratic nation. After the change of political leadership, there was a dramatic change in critical

“Bra Boys: blood is thicker than water” is an interesting one-sided documentary about a group of surfers in Australia. Bra boys is based in Maroubra, in Sydney on the 2nd most popular beach in Australia. It is unapologetic about the antisocial behaviour that group mentality and machismo can trigger and doesn’t shy from depicting violence, conflict and uneasy relationships with authority. The documentary shows the early life of the four Abberton brothers: Sunny, Jai, Koby and youngest brother Dakota

Outlaws Motorcycle Gangs Biker gangs have become popular lately. TV shows such as Sons of Anarchy have glamorized the lifestyle these groups live. More clearly they are glamorizing Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs), also known as 1%ers and motorcycle clubs (MCs). These gangs are more devious than the way they are portrayed in the media. There are several well-known gangs: Pagans, Hells Angels, Banditos, Iron Cross, Mongols, Wind Walkers, and Outlaws. They have been infiltrated and studied a few times

Capone’s gang who were dressed as police. The FBI did not have availability to look into during that time. There were limitations in the 1920’s and 1930’s on what the FBI could investigate. Al Capone was really in Florida during this shooting. Bugs Moran’s North Side Gang was a big rival of Capone’s. Moran tried to kill Capone’s friend and colleague Jack McGurn. On Thursday February 14, at 10:30 A.M. McGurn had Moran’s gang com to their garage to buy whisky. Mcgurn and the rest of his gang were wearing

Many people have many varied opinions on this topic some of which go against the churches catholic teachings such as human equality and the common good. The indochinese refugees were the first influx of refugees since the removal of the white Australia policy leading to the majority of the Australian public not being very welcoming to the asylum seekers. This goes against the Church's teaching of human equality. Many Australians in the 1970’s were overtly racist towards refugees. The government

In Australia in recent years the illicit drug market has increased steadily. It is unknown just how large the markets actually are, but there is no debate that it is profitable. According to Gong, W., Ritter, A., Bright, D., & Doran, C. (2012,p208) ,the Price of methamphetamines can range from 4 times to 20 times the original product cost price. Many people use Methamphetamines because of accessibility. This causes serious problems socially and economically. This essay will illustrate these problems

The Bathurst region was originally occupied by the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people. See also: History of infrastructure development in Bathurst Colonial period (1800s) to gold rush era (1860s)[edit] John Lewin, The Plains, Bathurst, watercolour drawing, ca. 1815, State Library of New South Wales The government surveyor, George Evans, was the first European to sight the Bathurst Plains in 1813, following the first successful European crossing of the Blue Mountains in the same year. In 1814, Governor

living on this continent for 125 000 years before the beginning of the British colonisation pre 1788. As early as the 1500s, there are numerous historical documents and travel journals written by Portuguese, Dutch and British explorers proving that Australia was a continent habited by people described to be living in the “purest state of nature, and may appear to some to be the most wretched on Earth; but in reality they are far

wasteland. A primal Australian outback characterized by straight endless roads inhabited by lawless gangs of bikers and petrol heads. Extensive sequences car chases down highways come to symbolize an uncanny gothicness that overarches the harshness of Australia’s landscape amounting to a horror of the road, linked precisely to its never-ending, reoccurring emptiness. However as never located as being Australia in filmic space, the narrative becomes a manipulated allegorical microcosm, whereby the uncanny

* Disclaimer, many of the exact numbers and dates were different across sites so the most common dates and numbers were used. In June 1838, and the following months later that year, the Aboriginal culture and Australia was severely impacted in many ways because of the Myall Creek Massacre. This was an incident that approximately twenty-eight men, women and children of Aboriginal culture were violently slaughtered for no reason but to kill. An estimated group of ten men (both convict and ex-convict)

the two groups peaked in February 2016 when two high personas were assassinated only 3 days apart. “The killing of Eddie Hutch last night is believed to have been retaliation for the murder of Byrne…Byrne was a known associate of the Kinahan crime gang. Hutch was the brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, once one of the most infamous names in Irish crime” (Hosford, 2016). Globalization has impacted the feud because the two crime groups are now in competition, trying to out perform the other and make

The Myall creek massacre was the one of the first major attacks on the Aboriginals. Aboriginal men, women and children in an episode of extreme violence were slaughtered. The Myall Creek massacre was pure racism towards aboriginals caused by underlying attitudes within European people towards indigenous Australians. It was underpinned by Europeans settlers wanting to control the land which aboriginals had historically regarded as their own. The Myall creek massacre occurred 50 years after Europeans

kill the famous rock legend Mick Jagger. The rolling stones lead singer had reprimanded the gang after a biker got stabbed to death. Overseas, a multiyear turf war across Scandinavia involving the Hells Angels involved attacks with machine guns, rocket launchers and hand grenades tallied up and costed close to a dozen lives. More recently, three bikers were killed during a massive altercation between rival gang Mongols at a Nevada casino in 2002. Five years later in 2007, a woman was found beaten on

GEC000008D DALTON COLLEGE EAL CERT III VU21473 TASK 1 Examine the features of the visual arts in Australia Answer : 1) Sidney Nolan 2) Modern Art. Paints using the surrealism art style. 3) He was pain using rippolin enamel on hardboard. Most of his painted pictures on canvas in acrylic paints 4) He created the art during 1941-1947. 5) Sidney Nolan was one of the Australia’s most popular modernist artists. His paintings often rich in colour, striking in composition and deliberately awkward in technique

On may 17th a brawl broke out at a twin pecks restraint between two rival biker gangs according to CNN.com 480 weapons were recovered and 177 bikers were arrested the brawl broke out between The Banditos who was formed in Houston back in 1966 and The Cossacks. The start to this brawl is unknown but many say the the Cossacks were invited for a sort of peace treaty but then things took a violent turn when some words where exchanged turns out some of the Cossack bikers were all ready at the restraint

In the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, Henry Hill, a teenager, a nobody, searches for an identity that resonates with respect. He subsequently becomes affiliated with the New York mafia. His life is altered momentaneously, he has left his old realm of the “blue collar worker” and now begins his journey through the wise guys, crimes and ostentatious lifestyle of the mafia. As his odyssey continues he is confronted with ultimatums and is tested with all the obstacles that are brought on by New York

group, N.W.A, is a group of guys known by their stage names, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, who are all from Compton, California. Compton, during this time, was known to be one of the worst cities to live and grow up in because of gangs, drugs, crime rates, and police brutality. Police brutality has been around for years now, and in Compton, it was extremely unacceptable for many reasons. From my understanding, police brutality is when a police officer harms or kill an individual

and public image. However, he is justified in his actions because he wanted to be the best gangster in the state of Chicago. He made many enemies whilst being in his small-time and full time gangs, including Bugs Moran, who was the leader of the North Side Gang- which was the main rival gang of the Five Point Gang of which Capone was the seven year leader. Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone was born on January 17 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Italian immigrants, Gabriele and Teresina Capone