Helen Pitt
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6 May
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Conversations · The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city · 17 Apr 2026
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We didn't know back then.
Within 24 hours.
No evidence.
And that is the very heart of the problem.
There is no evidence either way.
There was not.
The thing to remember is it was cracker night, which was a very important thing in, you know, Australia in that time.
A stray firework could have been there or a deliberate firework could have been there.
It could have been kerosene, lighting.
We don't know.
We don't know.
None, very little, because of the 80 witnesses that were meant to appear at the inquest, very few actually, I think it was like under 30, actually gave evidence.
I don't know why.
It was a different era.
And after that, a National Crimes Authority report came
found that both the inquest and the investigation were both severely inadequate.
So we've had several investigations thereafter and nothing has really, no one has ever come to a probable cause.
Well, he answered to Bill Allen, who is one of the police commissioners that ended up in jail.
I think it's pretty common knowledge amongst anyone that was in Sydney at that time.
that the cops were pretty crooked.
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