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Public enemies : Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox, Ray Denning and the golden age of armed robbery / Mark Dapin.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
364.155 DAPI	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .
364.155 DAPI	Adult Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781760295356 (paperback)
Name	Dapin, Mark, 1963- author.
Title	Public enemies : Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox, Ray Denning and the golden age of armed robbery / Mark Dapin.
Published	Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
Published	©2020
Description	vii, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary	In the Australia of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, armed robbers were the top of the criminal food chain. Their dash and violence were celebrated, and men like Ray Denning and Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox were household names long before Underbelly established Melbourne's gangland thugs as celebrities. Both were handsome, charismatic bandits who refused to bow to authority. Both were classified as 'intractable' in prison, and both escaped. Cox was the only man to escape from Katingal, Australia's only 'escape-proof' jail. Soon after he broke out, he tried to break in again and rescue his mates. Their story is one of violence (both men killed at least once) and romance (both men had lovers on the run); and humour.
Subjects	Cox, Russell
	Denning, Ray, -- 1951-1993
	Prisoners -- Australia
	Robbery -- Australia
Genre	True crime stories
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Cox, Russell . Denning, Ray, -- 1951-1993 . Prisoners -- Australia . Robbery -- Australia . True crime stories . Authors: Dapin, Mark, 1963- .