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Police handcuffing three prison escapees who were captured on Birdsville Track on Sep 14 1970.  Men had taken Monica Schiller hostage after escaping from Cadell Training Centre.  kidnapping prison escapecrime 1970s
Crime in Focus

Gunfight on the Birdsville Track

THREE desperados on the ground, cops with guns drawn and a terrified girl rescued from the back of a car. This is the moment a perilous outback manhunt ended in a police ambush and shootout.

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Architect Eoghan Lewis pictured inside the Readers Digest building in Surry Hills which used to house Australia's biggest computer in the foyer. Eoghan conducts bike tours around Sydney of some of the iconic buildings. Picture: Toby Zerna

The overlooked landmarks of Sydney

For 14 years Mr Lewis has been guiding his tour groups beyond Sydney’s architectural giants of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House to landmarks that probably don’t register in most people’s minds.

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