Policing Australia: The Official Podcast of the Australian Police Journal

The Albatross Arsonist

December 28, 2023 Australian Police Journal Episode 32
The Albatross Arsonist
Policing Australia: The Official Podcast of the Australian Police Journal
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Policing Australia: The Official Podcast of the Australian Police Journal
The Albatross Arsonist
Dec 28, 2023 Episode 32
Australian Police Journal

An arson at a major Australian naval base in December 1976 left the country without its naval surveillance and submarine detection capability for months. It was the most costly and complex fire ever to have occurred in the country, apart from major bushfires and some attacks during World War II.

In this episode APJ Editor Simon Bouda narrates the article titled: ‘How Teamwork Unmasked the Albatross Arsonist’, written by then Detective Chief Inspector Harry Delaforce, and published in the APJ in 1991.

Host: Jason Byrnes APM
Narrator: Simon Bouda AM

Show Notes

An arson at a major Australian naval base in December 1976 left the country without its naval surveillance and submarine detection capability for months. It was the most costly and complex fire ever to have occurred in the country, apart from major bushfires and some attacks during World War II.

In this episode APJ Editor Simon Bouda narrates the article titled: ‘How Teamwork Unmasked the Albatross Arsonist’, written by then Detective Chief Inspector Harry Delaforce, and published in the APJ in 1991.

Host: Jason Byrnes APM
Narrator: Simon Bouda AM