The Mount Rennie rape case is the only gang rape in Sydney during the 1880s that led to a full conviction of the participants involved in the crime. The attack is sometimes referred to as the "Mount Rennie Outrage". The crime was a pivotal point in New South Wales history coming after a history of failure of other gang rapes trials in that time period.
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