Arizona Ryan’s Sydney Shootout — Part One
Forgotten Australia25 Maalis 2019

Arizona Ryan’s Sydney Shootout — Part One

A century ago, in the Sydney slum of Surry Hills, a Chinese gunman shot more than a dozen people, triggering a dramatic police siege that was only ended by the violent intervention of a lone American vigilante. But who was this self-styled cowboy with the six-shooter?

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