Lillian Armfield: How Australia's first female detective took on Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and changed the face of the forceHachette Australia, 2018 M03 27 - 336 pages An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly. |
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... Asylum 2 Special Constable 65 3 Runaway Girls 4 Fortune-teller Frauds 5 Centennial Park Shooting 6 Policing Sydney's Prostitutes 'From Dusk till Dawn' 7 Showdown with Kate Leigh 8 'Darkest Sydney' 9 'A Gallant Woman': Chief of the ...
... as investigated by a policewoman who set the standard for women in the Australian police force. It's a story that starts with two convicts and a police constable. 1 Rogues, Coppers and the Asylum AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FEMALE DETECTIVE.
... Asylum. AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FEMALE DETECTIVE WAS THE DESCENDANT of thieves. Lillian Armfield's great-great-grandfather, James Ruse, arrived in Sydney as a convict on board the First Fleet in January 1788. Just as his descendant Lillian ...
... Asylum in Lilyfield. Callan Park was a formidable place with large prison-like sandstone buildings. There were thirty buildings for the poor and mentally ill, and some criminal patients who were shut away from the rest of society as ...
... asylum. There were attempts to improve care, medical assistance and overcrowding by the early decades of the twentieth century but Callan Park remained a feared place for those coming to the attention of the state welfare authorities ...
Contents
Fortuneteller Frauds | |
Centennial Park Shooting | |
Policing Sydneys Prostitutes From Dusk till Dawn | |
Showdown with Kate Leigh | |
Darkest Sydney | |
Chief of the Womens Police | |
In Her Shoes | |
Notes | |
Acknowledgements | |
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Lillian Armfield: How Australia's First Female Detective Took on Tilly ... Leigh Straw No preview available - 2018 |
Lillian Armfield: How Australia's first female detective took on Tilly ... Leigh Straw No preview available - 2018 |
Lillian Armfield: How Australia's First Female Detective Took on Tilly ... Leigh Straw No preview available - 2018 |