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'Donald Mackay was not just an innocent victim tragically struck down by a criminal act. He was a casualty of the actual fight against organised crime ... killed on active service, as it were ... His name should never be forgotten, his passing must not be allowed to be in vain.'

The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder.

Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - who, as the editor of the local newspaper, knew everyone and heard everything - The Griffith Wars reveals startling new evidence about one of Australia's most notorious unsolved murders. It also powerfully recounts the struggle for the soul of a country town still battling to shake off its criminal past.



Table of Contents
1. Aussie Bob takes a punt

2. Guns and godfathers

3. A new crop

4. Boom town

5. Shame

6. Coleambally drug bust

7. Mackay has to go

8. They've killed Don

9. Follow the money

10. A clairvoyant and a royal commission

11. Another body

12. Mr Asia

13. Special tomatoes

14. Aussie Bob on the run

15. Bodies in the river

16. Aussie Bob: dead or alive?

17. Parrington pays

18. Cops and crops

19. Witness X

10. Blackmail

Afterword

Griffith Wars: The powerful true story of Donald

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      Publisher Allen & Unwin
      Published 7 January 2019
      ISBN-13 9781760875039
      978-1760875039
      ISBN-10 1760875031
      Also in:
      True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Donald Mackay was not just an innocent victim tragically struck down by a criminal act. He was a casualty of the actual fight against organised crime ... killed on active service, as it were ... His name should never be forgotten, his passing must not be allowed to be in vain.'

      The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder.

      Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - who, as the editor of the local newspaper, knew everyone and heard everything - The Griffith Wars reveals startling new evidence about one of Australia's most notorious unsolved murders. It also powerfully recounts the struggle for the soul of a country town still battling to shake off its criminal past.



      Table of Contents
      1. Aussie Bob takes a punt

      2. Guns and godfathers

      3. A new crop

      4. Boom town

      5. Shame

      6. Coleambally drug bust

      7. Mackay has to go

      8. They've killed Don

      9. Follow the money

      10. A clairvoyant and a royal commission

      11. Another body

      12. Mr Asia

      13. Special tomatoes

      14. Aussie Bob on the run

      15. Bodies in the river

      16. Aussie Bob: dead or alive?

      17. Parrington pays

      18. Cops and crops

      19. Witness X

      10. Blackmail

      Afterword

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