Talk:Perth Mint Swindle

A fact from Perth Mint Swindle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1982, 68 kg of gold bars were stolen in a robbery that became known as the Perth Mint Swindle, and that seven years later 55 kg of the gold was found dumped outside a Perth television station?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/September.

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earlier comments[edit]

I think that seeing as this is an australian article, it should use the australian (british) spelling for JAIL (not GAOL).

too right! changed -- Moondyne 01:40, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

but GAOL is British spelling for jail. I've seen Australian newspapers spell it GAOL. [1] [2]

According to American and British English spelling differences (footnote), jail predominates in Australia. -- Moondyne 04:26, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Helecopter or light plane? Bought or given?[edit]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=60040 states differently to us. Rich Farmbrough 18:38, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit that my personal recollection of the news story was light plane, but a google search for "brian mickelberg helicopter" returns at least 6 credible news sources saying he died in a helicopter crash in 1986, and "brian mickelberg plane" returns a similar number, so I don't know what to do. -- Moondyne 10:12, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can actually confirm it was a plane, my parents later lived (not primary residence) at the property where the plane crashed. I guess this isn't really a certifiable source.... but just if you were curious. Also the crash was in Rollystone not Mundaring as it was opposite the Serpantine dam. The supposed reason for the crash was that the plane was light on fuel, even though the fuel logs showed otherwise and Brian was not informed of this either when he took the plane out from the airstrip. Anyway unless I can dig up some sources I won't add this to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.215.157.160 (talk) 05:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sentences served[edit]

Also Ray served eight years of a 20-year sentence, Peter served six years of a 14-year term, which, if tru, is worht including. Rich Farmbrough 18:48, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

done. -- Moondyne 02:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sense[edit]

Between the paragraph about further developments and the reference cited below - there appears to be no apparent link ? Satu Suro 00:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't follow you. Where exactly? Moondyne (talk) 09:58, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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