Between 1893 - 1905 a new wave of street violence hit Melbourne Australia, dealing out brutal violence toward other push gangs and passersby alike, and a new era of menace was born as the Push Gangs emerged. Including a number of highly colourful, however truly violent, groups that included the likes of the Flying Angels, The White Rose Push, the Bouveroos and the Irish Town Push, the most notorious, blood thirsty and terrorising of all was the Crutchie Push. Made up of a core group of young men, the group had a peculiar difference - a number of its key members were leg and arm amputees. Known as the 'Crutchies' for the fact that they used crutches to aid their mobility, while missing half or whole of a leg, the group also made the unique transition to also utilising their crutches as weapons. The Biography of the Crutchie Push follows the formation of the gang, their key members, the reputation as the gang went through various phases, its demise and final conclusion with the death of its most notorious member; Valentine Keating.