The Dawn of Crime - The Man Who Knew The Flying Angels, White Rose & Squizzy Taylor Push Gangs

The Dawn of Crime by Roy Maloy

One man has the dubious honour of being able to say that he saw the violence and local terrorism of three notorious push gangs, as Thomas Turner would live to experience the goings on of the Flying Angel Push, the White Rose Push and the Taylor Push run by Squizzy Taylor. Born in Ballarat Turner was himself convicted several times at a young age for acts of theft, in order just to survive. Along his journey to becoming a boxer and a successful father and iron monger in Young St Fitzroy, he witnessed three of the most notorious gangs of an era.