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![Portrait of Louisa Lawson, ca. 1880 [picture] <nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137377381>](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Galleries/Louisa%20Lawson/Louisanla.jpg?itok=4hdeJyPo "Portrait of Louisa Lawson, ca. 1880 [picture] <nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137377381>")
![Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Galleries/Razor%20Gang%20Wars/2496-3-6007-659d.jpg?itok=DrS3A4Zs "Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659")
![From Coonabarabran school file [5/15506B]](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Public%20Access/schools-letter-crop.jpg?itok=5UIp7t6T "From Coonabarabran school file [5/15506B]")
