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Bank of Australia robbery 1828 by William Blacksock, George Furrell, James Dingle, John Woolford, and Velveteen Rourke
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On 14 September 1828 a gang of five robbers—William Blackstone, George Farrell, James Dingle, John Wilford (alias "Creighton") and Valentine Rourke—tunnelled through a sewage drain into the vault of the Bank of Australia in George Street, Sydney, and stole some £14,000 in promissory notes and coins
