NSW:Northern NSW institute linked to 35 deaths

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2011
NSW:Northern NSW institute linked to 35 deaths

A northern NSW institution for boys has been linked to more than 35 violent deaths
across Australia.

An ABC investigation has found several boys who were sent to The Institution for Boys
Tamworth, which opened in 1947, grew into some of the country's most notorious criminals.

The ABC compiled a list of more than 35 deaths linked to inmates of the institute under
a Freedom of Information request.

Former inmates include JAMES FINCH, jailed for life for the murders of 15 people in
the Whiskey Au Go Go Brisbane nightclub firebombing and KEVIN CRUMP, jailed for life over
the murder of IAN LAMB and conspiracy to murder of NSW mother VIRGINIA MORSE in 1974.

Other former inmates who went on to become criminals also included notorious rapist
WILLIAM MUNDAY and gangster ARTHUR STANLEY "NEDDY" SMITH.

Alleged Sydney crime lord GEORGE FREEMAN also attended the school at Tamworth, which
he described as the "ultimate finishing school for crims".

The institute was designed to accommodate boys who absconded or misbehaved in other
boy's homes and it became known as the most feared institution in Australia.

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