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Constance Kent, the murderess c1866

Constance Kent, the murderess c1866

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Mark Joseph Allan

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State Library of Victoria

[Acc No: H41038]

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Allan, Mark Joseph

State Library of Victoria

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Kaye, Ruth Emilie

Convicted of a sensational murder by her own confession in 1865, Ruth Kaye started a new life under a new name in Sydney in 1886, after serving her sentence in England. A well-regarded nurse and institutional matron, she kept her past to herself until extreme old age.

Kaye, Ruth Emilie

English-born nurse and public servant who came to Australia to escape her past as a convicted murderer, and made a new life under a new identity.

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