Mugshots of Australian women criminals from the 1920s

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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