Rebels & outlaws

From bushrangers to bombings, Victoria has had its share of crime.

Glenrowan, in country Victoria, was where the notorious Kelly Gang was finally captured. Coburg's Pentridge Prison was where Ronald Ryan became the last man hanged in Australia. And in a restaurant in Carlton, Melbourne's Gangland War came to a bloody end.

Victoria's lawmakers and lawbreakers have left their mark on our history, and the evidence really is everywhere you look.

Learn about Victoria's gangsters and gunmen, and the last man hanged in Australia.
The story of Victoria's bushrangers, from the mean-spirited 'Mad' Dan Morgan, to the notorious Kelly Gang.
Find out who made the laws in colonial Melbourne, and what happened to those who broke them.