ROSS, Annie
Also known as: 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
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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.
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Link - A controversial start: Celebrating 100 years of women in South Australian Police force
ABC Radio Adelaide
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Image - Annie Ross
Annie, taken at her wedding to Sydney Southall, date unknown
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, South Australia Police Historical Society, Inc.
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Image - Annie Ross
Annie in her Salvation Army uniform, 1910
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, South Australia Police Historical Society, Inc.
