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Kate Ellick, criminal record number 448LB, 17 February 1919. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay.   
 
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Title: Kate Ellick, criminal record number 448LB, 17 February 1919. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay.
 
Creator: New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons
 
Date: 17 February 1919
 
Format: [Photograph] glass plate negative : b & w ; 4.75 x 6.5".
 
Inscription: Emulsion Side, ink: 448 L.B. 448L.B. 5/17 R/U 11/11 11 / K.ELLICK 17-2-19
 
Place: State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay
 
Subject: police detainees and suspects
mug shots
prisoners
 
Description: Kate Ellick had no family to support her and no fixed address. In the early 20th century employment options were limited for women of her age and there was no aged pension. Ellick was homeless when arrested in Newcastle and was sentenced under the Vagrancy Act to three months in prison. DOB: 1860, Murrurundi.
 
Exhibited in: Femme fatale: the female criminal at the Justice & Police Museum, Sydney, 7 March 2009 - Sunday 18 April 2010.
 
Source: Justice & Police Museum ; FP07_0214_005
 
Rights: Justice & Police Museum
 
Record no: 36183