Sunday, August 28, 2011

Nellie Cameron

Nellie Cameron, criminal record number 792LB, 29 July 1930. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW. Nellie Cameron was one of Sydney's best-known, and most desired, prostitutes. Lillian Armfield, Australia's first policewoman, said Cameron had an 'assured poise that set her apart from all the other women of the Australian underworld'. Aged 21. Part of an archive of forensic photography created by the NSW Police between 1912 and 1964.








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