One of the factors that led me to write The Edward Street Baby Farm was the unexpected backgrounds of the three main characters. I found them intriguing. Alice Mitchell, the ‘baby farmer’, was related to some of the most influential
Old Police Court buildings, Perth
In March 1907, Perth’s acting Coroner, James Cowan, held an enquiry into the death of 5-month-old Ethel Booth. The baby had been in the care of Alice Mitchell in Edward Street prior to her death. The inquest took place in