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The Edward Street baby farm: Stella Budrikis.

The Edward Street baby farm: Stella Budrikis.
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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
364.1523/BUD
True Crime   Forster . Available .  
364.1523/BUD
True Crime   Tea Gardens . Available .  
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ISBN 9781925816099
Shelf Location 364.1523/BUD True Crime
Author Budrikis, Stella author.
Title The Edward Street baby farm / Stella Budrikis.
Publication Details Fremantle, Western Australia:
2020. Fremantle Press,
©2020.
Collation 256 pages : 24 cm. ;
General Note "The murder trial that gripped a city" --Cover.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographic references and appendix.
Abstract/Summary Early in 1907, Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the inquest and subsequent trial, Perth's citizens were horrified to learn that at least thirty-seven infants had died in Mitchell's care in the previous six years. It became clear that she had been running a 'baby farm', making a profit out of caring for the children of single mothers and other 'unfortunate women'. But there was more to the story than the court case or the newspapers revealed. This true crime book looks at events leading up to the trial, and follows the lives of the key players in the tragedy: Alice Mitchell, health inspector Harriet Lenihan, and children's specialist Dr Edward Officer.
Subject Infanticide -- Australia
Trials (Infanticide) -- Australia
Women murderers -- Australia
Children -- Crimes against -- Australia
Perth (W.A.) -- History -- 20th century.
True crime stories
Alternate Title Edward St baby farm
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