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Kate Cocks, the first female police officer, pictured in 1908.
Kate Cocks Kate Cocks i(A63488 works by) (a.k.a. Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks)
Born: Established: 1875 Moonta, Northern Yorke Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 1954
Gender: Female
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Kate Cocks, was the first female police officer in South Australia. Cocks had retired in 1935 and ram a home for unmarried girls in Brighton, South Australia. (Source: The Advertiser, 19 February 2015:6)

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