S3E7 Australia's First Bank Robbery

In 1828, 14,000 pounds was stolen from the Bank of Australia – that’s about 20 million dollars by today’s standards AND most of the money has never been found! Join me as I retell this incredible story of a group of convicts who tunnelled their way into the bank and pulled off such a huge heist. LINKS Grab a copy of Convict Sydney, the real-life stories of 32 prisoners : Support Convict Australia and receive goodies such as the Convict Australia Newsletter: Join the conversation on our Facebook & Instagram pages: Start your search for your convict ancestors: SOURCES 1828 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) , 17 September, p. 1. , viewed 15 Jul 2022, 1828 'EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE BANK OF AUSTRALIA.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) , 17 September, p. 2. , viewed 15 Jul 2022, 1828 '(Domestic Intelligence continued.)', The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) , 20 September, p. 4. (AFTERNOON), viewed 16 Jul 2022, 1828 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) , 22 September, p. 1. , viewed 16 Jul 2022, 1828 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) , 24 September, p. 3. , viewed 16 Jul 2022, 1828 'Advertising', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) , 24 September, p. 2. , viewed 16 Jul 2022, 1828 'No title', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) , 26 September, p. 2. , viewed 16 Jul 2022, 1831 'Supreme Court.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) , 14 June, p. 3. , viewed 25 Jul 2022, 1833 'Government Gazette Notices', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) , 7 August, p. 302. , viewed 27 Jul 2022, 2017 ‘Robbing the Bank: Australia’s First Bank Robbery’, Radford, Neil, Dictionary of Sydney, , viewed 09 Aug 2022 2008, ‘Breaking the Bank, an extraordinary colonial robbery’, Baxter, Carol, Allen & Unwin Music by Ahjay Stelino

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S3E7 Australia's First Bank Robbery is an episode from Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow.

This episode is 00:26:54 long.

This episode was published on Aug 11, 2022.

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