LEADER 03093nam 2200469 450 001 9910463256803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-74343-451-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000359864 035 $a(EBL)1190522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5413672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1190522 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5413672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11650636 035 $a(OCoLC)845257458 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1190522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000359864 100 $a20180621d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe baby farmers $ea chilling tale of missing babies, shameful secrets and murder in 19th century Australia /$fAnnie Cossins 210 1$aSydney :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74331-401-9 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- Author's note -- Prologue -- Part I: Who were the Makins? -- 1 The hanging -- 2 Sarah Makin: convict daughter -- 3 John Makin: son of the middle class with a past -- 4 The deadly secret in Sarah Makin's body -- Part II: Digging up the baby farmers' secrets -- 5 The baby trade -- 6 The Macdonaldtown discoveries -- 7 To catch a baby farmer -- 8 The first inquest: two babies called A and B -- 9 Constable James Joyce: Joycean fictions and the art of deceit -- 10 More digging and the strange behaviour of the Makins -- 11 The next five inquests: the Makins' lives stripped bare -- 12 The longest, saddest inquest: clothing and other complications -- 13 The mysterious Mr and Mrs Wilson give evidence -- 14 The obsessions of James Joyce: digging, redigging and more digging -- 15 Mothers, mothers everywhere: the George Street inquests begin -- 16 The day Miss Amber Murray visited the Makins -- Part III: Trials, appeals and various petitions -- 17 The trial of the century: a judge out of his depth -- 18 The first appeal: the Makins' struggle against the hand of fate -- 19 The law passes sentence -- 20 Last stop, London -- 21 Makin's last chance: an 'innocent' man under the thumb of a 'fiendish' woman -- Part IV: Sarah Makin, reformed woman -- 22 From convict daughter to convict -- 23 Was Sarah Makin really an evil, deadly woman? -- 24 The lives that were left -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index. 330 $aThe most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye. 606 $aMurderers$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMurderers 676 $a364.15230922 700 $aCossins$b Anne$0926064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463256803321 996 $aThe baby farmers$92471983 997 $aUNINA