Lillian Armfield
How Australia's first female detective took on Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and changed the face of the force
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2018
Summary
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.
‘Special Constable’ Lillian Armfield was policing Sydney’s mean streets during some of the most dramatic years of crime in the city. By the late 1920s, eastern Sydney was the heartland of organised crime and the notorious turf battles known as the Razor Wars, where bloodied bodies…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733638107 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733638104 |
| Author: | Leigh Straw |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 159mm x 236mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Leigh Straw
Dr Leigh Straw is an academic, historian and writer. Her previous book, The Worst Woman in Sydney, was a biography of Sydney underworld figure Kate Leigh. She is Senior Lecturer in Australian and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.
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