SYDNEY — 1975 · Missing Person

Disappearance of Juanita Nielsen

UnsolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

Journalist and activist Juanita Nielsen used NOW, the independent newspaper she published in Sydney's Kings Cross, to campaign against the demolition of historic terraces on Victoria Street for high-rise development. On 4 July 1975 she was last seen after reportedly visiting the Carousel Club to discuss advertising; a week later her handbag was found beside a freeway in Western Sydney. A 1983 inquest found she had probably been killed but that there was insufficient evidence of how or by whom, noting that the police investigation had been affected by an atmosphere of corruption. NSW Police announced a $1 million reward in 2021.

Date: 1975
Place: New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, AU
Category: Missing Person
Case Status: Unsolved
Coordinates: -33.8740, 151.2220 ↗

Timeline of Events

4 July 1975Nielsen disappeared after visiting a club in Kings Cross.
July 1975Her handbag was found beside a freeway in Western Sydney.

1983An inquest found she had probably been killed.
June 2021Police announced a $1 million reward.

Sources

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