Australia’s Justice Police Museum has released 2,500 photographs of
female criminals from the 1920s. The pictures of murderers, bigamists,
bootleggers and prostitutes provide a fascnating glimpse into life in
Australia in the early 20th Century. We reproduce a small selection of the
photos here; to
see more, visit the museum’s website.
Eugenia Falleni, alias Harry Crawford, criminal record number 499LB, 21
October 1920. Crime: murder. Eugenia Falleni spent most of her life
masquerading as a man. In 1913 Falleni married a widow, Annie Birkett, whom
she later murdered. The case whipped the public into a frenzy as they
clamoured for details of the ‘man-woman’ murderer. Aged approximately 35.
Picture: Justice Police Museum / New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons
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