'the Buzzwinker' Ellen Miles, child convict, goldfields pickpocket and vagrant
- Written by: Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne
Author provided—Me name’s Miles; Ellen Miles, remarked an old woman at the City Court yesterday.
—And you are charged with vagrancy, stated Sergeant Eason. Can you show the Bench that you have means of support?
—'How can I support myself when I’m continually in gaol and not a shilling coming into the house? What is it...
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