Annie ROSS
Also known as: Annie Southall
Special Achievements:With Kate Boadicia Cocks, they were the first women police officers in South Australia when sworn in to that state's police force on 1 December 1915 --- the first policewomen in Australia to have the same pay and conditions as men. They were paid as other police constables, 8 shillings a day, a shilling rent allowance and 9 pounds to cover uniforms --- and with the power of arrest.
Annie and Kate COCKS founded the South Australia Women Police Branch, the first in the British Empire.
Resources
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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.
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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.
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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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Link - PORT ADELAIDE WEDDING Mr. Southall and Miss Ross
Trove: News (Adelaide, SA: 1923 - 1954), Saturday 8 January 1927, page 7
