Women Police Force |
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| Title : | Women Police Force |
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| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Date of creation : | 1934 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
In 1915 South Australia became the first state in the British Commonwealth to appoint policewomen. The first policewomen were Kate Cocks (1875-1954) and Annie Ross (1883-1965). Kate Cocks appears in this later photograph in the front row third from the left. |
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| Related names : | Cocks, Kate, 1875-1954 Ross, Annie |
| Coverage year : | 1934 |
| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Further reading : | Higgs, Patricia. To walk a fair beat : a history of the South Australian Women Police 1915-1987,
Lockleys, S. Aust. : Past and Present Women Police Association, 1987 O'Neill, Dorothy. Kate : Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks, M.B.E. (1875-1954) the story of a woman with purpose,
Henley Beach, S. Aust. : Seaview Press, 2005 |
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