BUTTERWORTH Agnes

RC, Both reads and writes 1873- 5’2”, stout, sallow, black hair, hazel eyes 22 Jan 1874 received Ballarat Gaol Ballarat gaol obscene language-3 mths impris 28 June 1877 received Ballarat Gaol Occupier of a house etc. 6 months imprisonment 19 Sep 1881 received Ballarat Gaol Larceny – 6 mths impris 22 Nov 1884 received Ballarat…

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BROWN Sabina alias “Black Topsy” alias Mary Williams

Per White Hart 1856, Roman Catholic, could neither read nor write VPRS 516/P0000, 1992-2429 (1872-1874), Central Register of Female Prisoners, page 76, Prisoner 2066 Mary Williams alias Black Topsy, PROV. Note* There are two women named Mary Brown on the immigration lists for the White Hart. Both are aged 28 years in 1856. If she…

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BANNON Bridget

Height 5 feet 61/2 inches, 10 stone 61/2 pounds, fair complexion, light brown hair and grey eyes. Bridget had a short nose, small mouth, long chin and dark eyebrows. Her visage was medium and forehead high. She was born in 1848 in Devonshire RC and could both read and write. Gaoled in Ballarat 22 January…

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BENTLY, Minnie

The Bendigo Advertiser newspaper of Thursday 30 May 1872 confirms that Minnie Bently was engaged in prostitution with other women described as ‘six notorious prostitutes’. Sarah Hawkins, Henrietta Byng, Minnie Bently, Mary Brown, Mary O’Shanassy, and Maria Murray were charged the day before with riotous and disorderly behaviour in a public place. On the application…

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BROWN, Mary

The Bendigo Advertiser newspaper of Thursday 30 May 1872 confirms that Mary Brown was engaged in prostitution with other women described as ‘six notorious prostitutes’. Sarah Hawkins, Henrietta Byng, Minnie Bently, Mary Brown, Mary O’Shanassy, and Maria Murray were charged the day before with riotous and disorderly behaviour in a public place. On the application…

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BYNG, Louisa

Louisa BYNG, Henrietta’s older sister (YouTube link below) Her sibling Louisa also had multiple marriages. Louisa Byng was born on October 30, 1845, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Mary and John. She was married three times and had ten sons and four daughters. She died on June 28, 1928, in Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand,…

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BYNG, Henrietta

Henrietta BYNG A Castlemaine newspaper reported that Henrietta Byng was charged with having no lawful visible means of support and sent to gaol for six months.  ‘The prisoner, a young woman of colour, having in her arms a baby, wept appealingly at the sentence.’ A euphemism for prostitution, it is difficult to ascertain if Henrietta was…

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BATH, Mary

Mary (Hill) was born in 1833 at Wendron, Cornwall to Thomas and Elizabeth Hill. She married Thomas Bath in 1851 in the Church of St John, Adelaide. Mary’s husband, Thomas Bath, was born on 18 July 1826 in Cornwall. Thomas came to South Australia with his sister Ann in the vessel Cheapside on 10 October 1847. Ann Bath was a signatory to their marriage making her mark ‘X’.…

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