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Mrs Millicent Tangga 1945

Mrs Millicent Tangga 1945

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[Brisbane) Truth, 24 June 1945, p27 (via Trove]

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Webber, Iris

Iris Webber was a busker and petty criminal who gained notoriety for her fierceness on the streets and in the courtroom. Active in Sydney during the 1930s and 1940s, by the last decade of her life she lived openly as a lesbian.

Crime

Women

McLennan, Kathleen

Criminal figure of Surry Hills associated with the petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber. In 1945, she was tried for shooting the prostitute and thief, Margaret Holmes, who later died in hospital. McLennan was acquitted.

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