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A Female Burglar – Maria O’Rourke
Boggo
English - May 22, 2019 06:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel history jail capitalpunishment criminal gaol murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Young women of poor origins quite frequently found themselves falling afoul of the law. Her Majesty’s Prison for Women Brisbane at Boggo Road was where most of these women ended up. Maria O'Rourke was among the poorest of the poor and she did what she had to do to survive - steal.