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Tilly Devine grew up in poverty and took to the oldest profession in the world to survive. However, based on sexist laws of the time, she discovers a loophole in the law that allows her to build a brothel empire with the help of razor gangs for protection.  We won't lie, we don't hate everything about Tilly....crimes aside of course.

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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand

Cover Art By: Charnell 

Tilly Devine | The Dictionary of Sydney

Kay Saunders. Notorious Australian Women. Sydney: Harper Collins, 2011.

Tilley Devine – Sydney Crime Museum

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Matilda Mary “Tilly Devine” Twiss Parsons (1900-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial

Tilly Devine - Wikipedia