Dictionary of Sydney

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Markham, Dulcie May

Prostitute and associate of gangland figures in Sydney during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. During her lifetime, she amassed 100 convictions in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia for prostitution, vagrancy, consorting, assaulting police and the public, keeping a brothel and drunkenness and drunk driving. She was nicknamed The Angel of Death, The Black Widow and Pretty Dulcie.

Milestone
Born
Surry Hills, Sydney
27 Feb 1914
Departed Sydney
1931
Arrived Sydney
1936
Departed Sydney
Dec 1937
Arrived Sydney
1957
Died
Bondi, Sydney
20 Apr 1976
Name
Colloquial
Pretty Dulcie
Colloquial
The Angel of Death
Colloquial
The Black Widow
Alternate
Bowen, Dulcie May
1936 - 1940
Alternate
Lewis, Dulcie May
1951 - 1952
Alternate
Rooney, Dulcie May
1964 - 1976
Occupation
Relationship
Spouse
1936 - 1937