Mary Ann Brownlow was hanged in Goulburn Gaol in 1855

Bronwyn Haynes
Updated February 15 2017 - 2:18pm, first published 10:19am

Mary Ann Brownlow, a 23-year-old mother of two, was hanged in Goulburn Gaol in October 1855 for taking her husband’s life with a carving knife after learning he intended to bring his "fancy woman" to live in their house.

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Bronwyn Haynes

Bronwyn Haynes

Crookwell-Goulburn Journalist

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