Fans of the the TV series Underbelly Razor will be interested to see this map of Sydney from c.1930, the era of the infamous razor gangs. Imagine the figures of Kate, Tilly and Jim (pictured below in 1923,1939 and in 1932 respectively) as they walked through these streets……..
To see more images of “old” Sydney take a look at State Records NSW’s photostream on Flickr.
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Category: Collections in NSW
Tag: darlinghurst, Jim Devine, Kate Leigh, maps, photographs, razor, real life, Tilly Devine, underbelly
Loving all these stories about the wild women of sydney :-)
Just noticed the Everleigh robbery story. Great story and great detective work (I meant you guys not the police solving the case, although they did very well too).
I was at the Everleigh Carriageworks last week for the Premier’s History prize dinner and it’s a great location. But you don’t realise how much history it has. And again, the link to Kate Leigh; Sydney was a very small town in those days!
My late Mum and Dad talked of the Razor Gangs when we were kids. Women in the city would not realise their handbags had been stolen, all they had were the handles/ straps where the bag had been sliced off.
There were also tales of fingers being cut off to steal rings.
They said nice people just didn’t go there.
@Rhonda Cetta-Hoye having watched most of the Underbelly series, I’d have to agree with you!