'Mrs Ivy Violet Mcleod, first of the three Melbourne brown-out murder victims'
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Photograph of Ivy Violet Mcleod, the Brown-out Strangler's first victim. The story captivated the media in wartime Melbourne.
Truth, 18 July 1942, p5.
From the State Library of Victoria's Newspapers Collection.