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'The Heroine of Cooks River' from The Police Register, Bell's Life in Sydney, 8 October 1853

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[Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, 8 October 1853, p3 via Trove]

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Gannon, Michael Hilton, Elizabeth Hilton, Joseph
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Courts and judicial system

Women

Boxing

Hilton, Joseph

Convict who became a basketmaker and hired boats on the Cooks River dam but is best remembered as the pugnacious individual who offered himself, his dog or his wife, to fight anyone in the colony.

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Hilton, Elizabeth

Convict known as the "Fighting Hen of the Cooks River" for her pugnacious behaviour and outrageous costume at numerous court appearances.

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Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer

Popular Sydney newspaper published from 1845 until 1860, and subsequently as Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle until 1870. As well as sporting news, the paper often carried colourful or satirical articles about politics and local events and people, and was illustrated with cartoons.

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Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.

Gannon, Michael

Convict who later prospered as an innkeeper and builder and acquired significant landholdings in the area south of the Cooks River.

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