1/41Scene inside the Whiskey Au Go Go
Never-before-seen photos of Whiskey Au Go Go
For 50 years, boxes of photographs taken of the Whiskey Au Go Go disaster have sat in The Courier-Mail archives, many of which have never been published. Until now.
2/41Whiskey Au Go Go manager Mr John Bell 9/3/1973
3/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
4/41James Finch at Brisbane International Airport before boarding a deportation flight to England 23/2/1988
5/41John Andrew Stuart claiming his innocence - 27/11/1977
6/41Guitarist Ray Roberts, 24 of Tenth Avenue Windsor who performed at the Whiskey Au Go Go night club jumped through a window to escape from the fire blast. Two other members of the band Trinity were killed 8/3/1973
7/41The fire burned fiercely in this section, a bar and servery at the Amelia Street end of the club adjacent to the stairwell and entrance. Heavy curtains along the windows spread the fire quickly to the St pauls terrace side 9/3/1973
8/41Media outside the Whiskey Au Go Go
9/41James Finch appearing on Channel 9 from England 2/11/1988
10/41CIB scientific bureau chief Inspector L.J. Bardwell used a syringe to extract traces of fluid from two drums found in the burned out foyer of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub 9/3/1973
11/41Police cars at the Holland park Courthouse 21/6/1973
12/41Police talking to the media 13/3/1973
13/41View of the wrecked nightclub looking from Amelia Street end towards the stage 9/3/1973
14/41Outside court (from left) Whiskey Au Go Go manager Mr John Bell, owner Mr Brian Little, Mr Ron Crewe and Mr Ken Little 3/4/1973
15/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
16/41The two drums of fuel that started the fire
17/41With his arm in a sling because he had a broken wrist, Detective P.V. Mahoney, was one of the first witnesses into the 15 death fire horror at the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in the valley 9/3/1973
18/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
19/41Ground floor foyer where two four-gallon drums of super petrol were placed to set fire to the premises were found 9/3/1973
20/41Scene of destruction at the Whiskey Au Go Go after the blaze in which Darcy Day and 14 others died on March 8 1973
21/41Police officer in uniform directing the demonstrators to move on outside the jail 23/11/1977
22/41The black Maria with the accused in the Whiskey Au Go Go case entering Brisbane Jail 12/3/1973
23/41Convicted murderer John Finch with his dog Lassie 7/10/1990
24/41Mrs E Watts with the letter written to her from jail by her son, John Andrew Stuart 19/6/1977
25/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
26/41Police scientist Detective N Raward examines the two drums of inflammable liquid which were placed in the ground foyer to set the fire to the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub 8/3/1973
27/41Detective Patrick Glancy (left) and Whiskey Au Go Go manager Mr John Bell at the Magistrates court 3/4/1973
28/41Scene of destruction at the Whiskey Au Go Go after the blaze in which Darcy Day and 14 others died on March 8 1973
29/41Prison Fun Run in aid of Leukaemia Foundation, James Finch 7/8/1986
30/41James Finch at Brisbane International Airport before boarding a deportation flight to England
31/41Briton James (Jimmy) Finch 42 who served 15 years jail sentence for firebombing a Brisbane nightclub in which 15 people died gestures after his arrival at London's Heathrow Airport 1988
32/41John Andrew Stuart Whiskey Au Go Go murderer - October 1973
33/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
34/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
35/41Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in 1973 archive pictures
36/41Scene inside the Whiskey Au Go Go
37/41Met Fire Chief Mr Dowling waits outside the coroners court as Mr L.T. McQuillan licencing commission secretary gives evidence into the fire
38/41Scene of destruction at the Whiskey Au Go Go after the blaze in which Darcy Day and 14 others died on March 8 1973
39/41Letter written from jail by John Andrew Stuart to his mother Mrs E Watts 19/6/1977
40/41John Andrew Stuart - January 1979 - John Stuart died in Boggo Road jail
41/41The white prison van from Brisbane Jail arriving at the Holland Park Magistrates court 28/5/1973
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