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Pioneer Woman

ROSS, Annie

Also known as: Annie Southall

Special Achievements:

December 1915 - One of two women appointed as South Australia's first women police constables.  Annie and Kate COCKS founded the South Australia Women Police Branch, the first in the British Empire.

Resources

  • Link - Some significant dates in the history of women in South Australia

    State Library of South Australia

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  • References

    Clyne, Robert. (1987).  Colonial Blue:  A History of the South Australian Police Force 1836-1916.  Adelaide, South Australia:  Wakefield Press.  pp. 261-265.

  • Link - A controversial start: Celebrating 100 years of women in South Australian Police force

    ABC Radio Adelaide

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  • Link - What was life like for SA’s first female cops?

    The Advertiser

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  • Link - PORT ADELAIDE WEDDING Mr. Southall and Miss Ross

    Trove: News (Adelaide, SA: 1923 - 1954), Saturday 8 January 1927, page 7

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  • Image - Annie Ross

    Annie, taken at her wedding to Frederick Southall, 5 January 1927

    Photo provided by, and used with permission of, South Australia Police Historical Society, Inc.

  • Image - Annie Ross

    Annie in her Salvation Army uniform, 1910

    Photo provided by, and used with permission of, South Australia Police Historical Society, Inc.