Tilly Devine
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Matilda Mary Devine, also known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog, razor gangs, and prostitution, and
Tilly Devine in 1925
Jim Devine in 1939
Kate Leigh
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Kathleen Mary Josephine Leigh was an Australian underworld figure who rose to prominence as a madam, illegal trader of alcohol and cocaine, and for running betting/gambling syndicates from her home in
Tilly Devine
…Devine, known as the ‘Queen of Woolloomooloo’ ran a string of brothels centred around Darlinghurst and the Cross, and in particular, Palmer Street. Kate Leigh, known as the ‘Queen of Surry Hills’, was a sly grogger and fence for stolen property. By 1925 Tilly was well known to police. In five years she had…
Kate Leigh in April, 1915
Sydney underworld figure Kate Leigh, holding a graphlex camera, 1951