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Aug 29, 2022 · In the early 20th century, Tilly Devine was one of the most powerful women in Sydney, Australia. But she wasn’t a politician or even a successful media mogul — she was a brothel owner and an organized crime boss. Wikimedia Commons Photos taken of Tilly Devine by police after one of her many arrests in 1925.
- Jessica Oconnor
May 24, 2016 · Photographs of police reports relating to Tilly Devine (pictured) and Kate Leigh have surfaced, revealing their extensive criminal history including assault, carrying razors, shooting with...
- Lucy Mae Beers
The razor gangs at the heart of the razor gang wars of 1927-31 were led by two very different women: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh. Tilly Devine, known as the ‘Queen of Woolloomooloo’ ran a string of brothels centred around Darlinghurst and the Cross, and in particular, Palmer Street.
Matilda Mary Devine (née Twiss, 8 September 1900 – 24 November 1970), known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog, razor gangs, and prostitution, and became a famous folk figure in Sydney during the interwar years.
May 23, 2016 · The mugshots of Tilly Devine. (Photo: Courtesy State Archives of New South Wales) In the 1920s, Australia was under the dominion of British King George V. But on the streets of Sydney, two...
- Naomi Russo
Aug 16, 2016 · Tilly Devine was one of two legendary Sydney crime bosses distinguished by the fact of their sex. The other, Kate Leigh, is the subject of this new biography. Between them, from the 1920s to the 1940s, these women controlled most of the sly grog, cocaine and prostitution rackets in Australia’s harbour city; in fact, given their shared history ...
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