Sex, Drugs & Sly-Grog Pt. 1: Kate Leigh

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Sex, Drugs & Sly-Grog Pt. 1: Kate Leigh

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In the 1920s and ‘30s, two crime bosses dominated Sydney’s criminal underworld. Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine were queens of vice, building their empires on alcohol, cocaine, and sex. They were also fierce rivals.
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