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The suitcase baby / Tanya Bretherton.

By: Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2018.Description: 327 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780733639227
  • 0733639224
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1523 23
Summary: In Sydney in the 1920s, babies were turning up in the harbour, on trains, and in public places. These babies, all murdered, mostly by their mothers, were a devastating symptom of changing morals and a growing metropolis. One of these babies turned up on a harbour beach - and from there, an extraordinary story unfolded.
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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Non-Fiction 364.152 BRE Available 067560
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Includes bibliographical references.

In Sydney in the 1920s, babies were turning up in the harbour, on trains, and in public places. These babies, all murdered, mostly by their mothers, were a devastating symptom of changing morals and a growing metropolis. One of these babies turned up on a harbour beach - and from there, an extraordinary story unfolded.

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