Roaring 20s
Police photographer George Howard
George B Howard was a prominent police photographer in Sydney during the 1920s
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Police
Sydney’s police force had lost many men on the battlefields of France during World War I and it took some time to rebuild. With resources stretched, police struggled to maintain law and order in an environment where criminal behaviour was evolving.
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Big Bill MacKay
William John MacKay (1885–1948), known as Bill, was a Scottish-born police officer who played a major role in policing Sydney’s underworld during the 1920s
Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell
In the 1920s, female motorists were a rarity, but this didn’t stop friends Jean and Kathleen from setting off on four-wheeled adventures across Australia and the world
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Flappers
The flapper was an alluring vision of sophistication and freedom for young women globally
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Plotters
Parting fools from their money was the plotter’s goal, and took careful planning and superior powers of persuasion
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The Roaring Twenties
The 1920s heralded the brave new world that emerged from the devastation of World War I
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Following in the footsteps of the Razor Gangs
Step into Sydney’s seedy underworld with Larry Writer, author of Razor: Tilly Devine and the razor gangs as he explores the mean streets of Kings Cross, Woolloomooloo, East Sydney and Darlinghurst as featured on his Razorhurst walking tours