| Description |
ix, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part I: Who were the Makins? -- Part II: Digging up the baby farmers' secrets -- Part III: Trials, appeals and various petitions -- Part IV: Sarah Makin, reformed woman |
| Summary |
In October 1892, a one-month-old baby boy was found buried in the backyard of Sarah and John Makin, two wretchedly poor baby farmers in inner Sydney. In the weeks that followed, 12 more babies were found buried in the backyards of other houses in which the Makins had lived. This resulted in the most infamous trial in Australian legal history, and exposed a shocking underworld of desperate mothers, drugged and starving babies, and a black market in the sale and murder of children. Annie Cossins pieces together a dramatic and tragic tale with larger-than-life characters: theatrical Sarah Makin, her smooth-talking husband John, her disloyal daughter, Clarice, diligent Constable James Joyce with curious domestic arrangements of his own, and a network of baby farmers stretching across the city. It's a glimpse into a society that preferred to turn a blind eye to the fate of its most vulnerable members, only a century ago |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Biography |
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Crime & criminology (Australasia) |
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History |
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Infanticide |
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Infants |
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Biography & autobiography (Australasia) |
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Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australasia) |
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Multiple killings |
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New South Wales |
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Trials |
| Notes |
Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Makin, John, 1845-1893.
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Makin, John.
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Makin, Sarah, 1845-1918.
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Infanticide -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History.
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Infanticide -- Australia.
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Infanticide.
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Murderers -- New South Wales -- Case studies
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Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies.
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Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Murderers.
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Trials (Infanticide)
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Trials (Infanticide) -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Women murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies.
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Women murderers -- Australia.
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Women murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9781743314012 (paperback) |
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