On 4 July 1975 activist heiress Juanita Nielsen walked into the Carousel Nightclub in Kings Cross and was never seen again. Her murder happened at a time of huge change in Australian society and Juanita was on the edge of a lot more than she can have realised. Let’s investigate some questions that have never been answered officially – Who pulled the trigger? Why? Where was she buried? Who knows the truth of what happened?

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

• Crime in Kings Cross
• Activism in Kings Cross
• The Disappearance of Juanita Nielsen

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Discover the context for Juanita Nielsen’s disappearance: crime, urban development, shifting social structure, the power brokers of Kings Cross
2. Explore what happened on the day of Juanita’s disappearance and afterwards: the investigations, witnesses, clues, and outcomes