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Louey Brown worked as a prostitute in colonial Victoria. She came to a terrible end at the hands of her beau, a butcher, and two of her friends.
Detective Christie was infamous for his disguises. J. C. Brown, a wigmaker in colonial Melbourne, served the burgeoning theatres of the city -- as well as the detective himself.
Everybody has to start somewhere. Detective Christie may have risen to be colonial Victoria's eminent detective, but his first day was far from glamourous.
When the Duke of Edinburgh made his first royal visit to the colonies, Detective Christie was assigned to be his bodyguard. Through the mayhem, trauma and comedy, they blazed quite a trail through 19th century Australia.
Sit down and have a cup of tea with Emilie Christie, the wife of eminent 19th century Australian detective John Mitchell Christie. She has her own perspective on his exploits...
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