Dictionary of Sydney: 1866 Murder Mystery

Dictionary of Sydney‘s Catie Gilchrist came in to chat to Tess about a murder mystery that shocked the city in 1866. It should be a famous case, but isn’t…

It began one September day when an 11-year-old boy took his dog out for a walk down Sussex St, which used to be a wasteland. His dog began to bark, as he discovered the severed head of a brunette woman…