Great Work Debra.
I wonder if there is anything in this. (The pram perhaps) Though is it is the same woman she seems rather more respectable than we have previously seen.
(Ah Just seen Debra's Electoral Roll entry for Edward Phillips - gentleman)Police Gazette 23 Sep 1885
MARY O'SHEA is charged, on warrant, with stealing a child from Margaret Greenough, 101 Flinders Street East, Melbourne, on the 21st instant. Description :-Irish, about 26 years of age, about 5 feet 2 inches high, very stout build, dark complexion, brown hair, long nose ; wore a black cloak ; lisps when speaking ; no better description. The child's name is Margaret Alleyne. Description:-4 years of age, stout build, tall for her age, fair complexion, short brown hair ; wore dark small-plaid dress, a holland pinafore with red trimming, striped stockings, lace-up boots, and dark-plush felt hat ; calls herself Maggie Phillips. The child belonged to complainant by adoption.-0.5574. 22nd September 1885.
Police Gazette 7 Oct 1885
MARY O'SHEA has been arrested by the Nhill police for stealing a child from Margaret Greenough, and the child has been recovered.- 0.5574. 3rd October 1885.
Seems Mary O'Shea was the girls birth mother.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18876027?Cheers Kris
