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Bob Bottom

ボブ・ボトム

Bobu Bottomu

Aliases: Robert Godier Bottom

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
investigative journalist, author
Active Years
1963-2024

Awards

Medal of the Order of Australia
1997
Organization: Australian Government
Result: 受賞
Honorary Professor of Journalism
2003
Organization: Jschool
Result: 授与
Danger Lifetime Achievement Award
2019
Organization: Sydney Crime Writers Festival
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Connections: Crime Rackets and Networks of Influence Down-Under

1985 non-fiction
organised crimecorruption

Shadow of Shame: How the Mafia Got Away with the Murder of Donald Mackay

1988 non-fiction
Mafiacrime investigation

Bugged!: Legal Police Telephone Taps Expose the Mr Bigs of Australia's Drug Trade

1989 non-fiction
drug tradetelephone interception

Bibliography

  • Behind the Barrier
  • The Godfather in Australia: Organised Crime's Australian Connections
  • Without Fear or Favour
  • Connections: Crime Rackets and Networks of Influence Down-Under
  • Connections II: Crime Rackets and Networks of Influence in Australia
  • Shadow of Shame: How the Mafia Got Away with the Murder of Donald Mackay
  • Bugged!: Legal Police Telephone Taps Expose the Mr Bigs of Australia's Drug Trade
  • Fighting Organised Crime: Triumph and Betrayal in a Lifelong Campaign
  • Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal
  • Big Shots: A Who's Who in Australian Crime
  • Big Shots II

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed investigative factual reporting
Recurring Motifs
organised crimepolice corruptionjudicial inquiries

Legacy

Pioneering Australian investigative journalist who made heroic efforts to expose organised crime, bringing attention to crime and corruption in NSW in the 1970s and 1980s, contributing to numerous royal commissions and inquiries.