Dr Thomas George Davy is one of the minor characters in the book I recently finished writing (The Edward Street Baby Farm). As the Police Medical Officer in Perth, he visited Alice Mitchell’s home with a police constable in February 1907,
Mr Pennefather’s grudge
In the early 1900s, Perth had no shortage of larger-than-life characters. They included not only eccentrics like Mrs Tracey and imposters such as Harcourt Whipple Ellis, but politicians, doctors and members of the legal profession. One lawyer, Mr Pennefather, carried