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    Adelaide - Prostitution

    An Anecdotal Essay on Prostitution

    Introduction

    The year of 1994 saw agitation within and without parliament as to the ways and means of regulating the prostitution "industry" of the State - the following extracts and references from newspapers over a period of all but a hundred years will, no doubt, be of interest to those in the community who have expressed opinions for and against the decriminalisation of the "oldest profession in the world".

    Newspaper References

    Under the heading "What Are the Police About" the Register of 15 April 1843, page 3c has a complaint from a citizen:

    The following comment is made under the heading of "Irish Orphans and Their Protectors" in the Register, 6 February 1850, page 2e:

    The fate of a digger's gold is recounted in the Register, 15 October 1853, page 3f:

    A report in the Register on 20 July 1854, page 3h says under the heading "Disorderly House":

    Under the heading "The Great Social Evil" the Register of 19 July 1858 at page 2d says, inter alia:

    The Advertiser of 11 August 1858, page 3c says:

    "The Great Social Evil" is discussed in the Register, 3 September 1860, page 3b:

    "Houses of Ill-Fame" is in the Register, 20 May 1864, page 2g:

    Parliamentary Paper no. 86 of 1867 says, inter alia:

    "The Social Evil" is in the Observer, 30 March 1867, page 4f (supp.), Register, 8 July 1867, page 3h:

    Under the heading "Bushmen in Town" the Advertiser on 29 July 1868, page 2e says:

    A police raid is reported in the Observer, 2 July 1870, page 5b:

    "The Dancing Saloons and Nighthouses" of Adelaide is in the Register, 28 June 1870, page 6a:

    The reporter goes on to describe a bar in a place of public entertainment:

    Houses of prostitution in Currie Street and their occupants are described on 23 and 28 December 1872, pages 5e and 6b:

    The Register of 12 and 17 March 1873 at pages 6f and 5a concludes that:

    A resident of Hindley Street complains to the Register on 13 June 1874:

    In an editorial on 30 October 1874, page 2d the Advertiser says:

    The prosecution of "six young women... on the charge of keeping a house of ill-fame" is reported in the Advertiser, 29 March 1875, page 2d:

    On 4 February 1880 at page 4f the Editor of the Register says:

    An editorial on "some haunts of the social evil in Franklin, Grote, Russell and Morney Streets" is in the Advertiser, 24 March 1880, page 4d:

    On 6 November 1880 at page 7b of the Register a correspondent proclaims:

    The Register of 15 February 1883 (supp.) at page 1f carries a complaint about a:

    Letters in respect of "The Social Evil" are in the Advertiser, 5, 11 and 14 July 1884, pages 7a, 6c and 6g:

    Several letters concerning "The Social Evil" are in the Advertiser, 8 September 1884, page 7a:

    "The Protection of Young Women" in the Register, 14 November 1884, page 4f:

    Under the heading "Dissolute Adelaide" the Register of 6 and 15 December 1884, pages 6d and 5g says, inter alia:

    His remarks raised a storm of protest from some quarters and praise from others - see 17, 18, 19 and 23 December 1884, pages 7c, 7c, 6g and 7d. These articles were written by Rev. A. Turnbull - see 8 January 1885, page 7f for a report of a lecture given by him in the Crusaders' Hall.

    The Editor of the Register on 15 December 1884 at page 4h pronounces, inter alia:

    The Register of 14 July 1885 at page 6g under the heading "The Waifs of the Street" says, inter alia:

    The Editor of the Register on 17 November 1885 at page 4h says, inter alia:

    "Immorality in Adelaide" is discussed in the Register, 6 June 1892, page 5a while on 12 August 1897, page 6g a concerned citizen says:

    A correspondent to the Register on 22 December 1903 at page 3f created a furore when he said:

    Also see Register, 24, 29 and 31 December 1903, pages 6b, 6g and 7g:

    Also see Register, 1 January 1904, page 7g:

    Also see Register, 4 January 1904, pages 6d-7g:

    Also see Register, 5, 6, 9, 12 and 21 January 1904, pages 5h, 9i, 3i, 8f and 6h, 3 February 1904, page 3h, 25 February 1910, page 8g:

    Letters on the "Social Evil" are in the Advertiser, 21 December 1905, page 11a:

    Also see Register, 28 February 1910, page 9a, 2, 3 and 8 March 1910, pages 10d, 6g and 9d:

    Also see Register, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19 and 23 March 1910, pages 3c, 7h, 10e, 9d, 11f and 8g, Advertiser, 1 December 1910, page 10e:

    "A Social Pestilence" is the subject of lengthy debate in the Register, 25 September 1913, page 9f, 1, 4, 8, 9, 14, 17 and 31 October 1913, pages 15f, 7h, 7f, 9f, 8d, 3g and 3i:

    Under the heading " A Mother's Sin" a correspondent to the Advertiser, 18 April 1921, page 5f says:

    General Notes

    Also see Adelaide - Streets - Miscellany.

    Under the heading "What Are the Police About" the Register of 15 April 1843, page 3c has a complaint from a citizen:

    An alleged brothel at the "Native Location" is discussed in the Register,
    21, 24 and 25 January 1850, pages 3e, 2c and 2d,
    6 February 1850, page 2e.

    The following comment is made under the heading of "Irish Orphans and Their Protectors" in the Register, 6 February 1850, page 2e:

    The fate of a digger's gold is recounted in the Register, 15 October 1853, page 3f:

    Information on the female proprietor of a brothel is in the Observer, 1 April 1854, page 6f.

    A report in the Register on 20 July 1854, page 3h says under the heading "Disorderly House":

    The residents of West Terrace and the adjacent parts have long been compelled to take a circuitous route on their way to and from various places of public worship in order to avoid the profane offensive language and conduct of Light Square.
    (Observer, 17 June 1854, page 9f.)

    For an example of the conduct of prostitutes during an election riot see Register,
    28 September 1855, page 3d.

    A proposed reformatory institution for prostitutes is discussed in the Register,
    28 July 1855, page 3a.

    Under the heading "The Great Social Evil" the Register of 19 July 1858 at page 2d says, inter alia:

    The Advertiser of 11 August 1858, page 3c says:

    "The Great Social Evil" is discussed in the Register, 3 September 1860, page 3b:

    "The Social Evil" is in the Express,
    6 May 1864, page 2e,
    "Houses of Ill-Fame" is in the Register,
    20 May 1864, page 2g:

    Parliamentary Paper no. 86 of 1867 says, inter alia:

    "The Social Evil" is in the Observer,
    30 March 1867, page 4f (supp.),
    Register,
    8 July 1867, page 3h:

    Under the heading "Bushmen in Town" the Advertiser on 29 July 1868, page 2e says:

    A police raid is reported in the Observer,
    2 July 1870, page 5b:

    "The Evangelical Alliance and the City Immorality" is in the Chronicle,
    28 June 1870, page 11f,
    9 and 16 July 1870, pages 12a and 13g.

    Letters in respect of the "social evil" are in the Register,
    25 and 28 June 1870, pages 3e and 5e-6b.

    A police raid in Rundle Street upon "old roués and fat youths' and their consorts is reported in the Observer,
    2 July 1870, page 5b.

    A lecture on "The Great Sin of Great Cities" is in the Observer,
    9 July 1870, page 4d.

    "The Social Evil and Public Houses" is in the Observer,
    9 July 1870, page 13g.

    "The Dancing Saloons and Nighthouses" of Adelaide is in the Register, 28 June 1870, page 6a:

    The reporter goes on to describe a bar in a place of public entertainment:

    "The Evangelical Alliance and the Social Evil" is in the Advertiser,
    5, 7, 9, 11 and 12 July 1870, pages 3d, 3e, 2g, 3f and 3g.

    "The Suppression or Control of Brothels" is in the Chronicle,
    4 May 1872, page 6b,
    "The Suppression of Open Immorality" on
    6 September 1873, page 12c.

    "Disorderly Houses" and the general morality of the city are the subject of further debate and comment in the Register,
    26 and 27 March 1872, pages 5f and 5a; also see
    3 April 1872, page 6f
    13 May 1872, page 4e.
    Houses of prostitution in Currie Street and their occupants are described on
    23 and 28 December 1872, pages 5e and 6b:

    "Adelaide Street Scenes" is in the Observer,
    28 December 1872, page 4d.

    The Register of 12 and 17 March 1873 at pages 6f and 5a concludes that:

    "Suppression of Houses of Ill-Fame" is in the Register,
    2 and 13 May 1872, pages 3e and 4e.

    "The Suppression of Open Immorality" is in the Advertiser,
    30 August 1873, page 3b; also see
    Observer,
    30 August 1873, page 7a,
    Register,
    30 August 1873, page 6f,
    25 September 1873, page 7e.

    On 13 September 1873 the Register, page 6f comes down with a plea for the establishment of a reformatory for "fallen women".

    A resident of Hindley Street complains to the Register on 13 June 1874:

    "Death in a Brothel" is in the Chronicle,
    13 June 1874, page 11f.

    In an editorial on 30 October 1874, page 2d the Advertiser says:

    "Public Houses and Public Morality" is in the Advertiser,
    23 January 1875, page 3g,
    15 March 1875, page 3f,
    "Public Houses and Public Immorality" on
    27 March 1875, page 11f,
    "The Social Evil" on
    10 April 1875, page 11f.

    The prosecution of "six young women... on the charge of keeping a house of ill-fame" is reported in the Advertiser, 29 March 1875, page 2d:

    "The Social Evil" is in the Express,
    7 April 1875, page 2b.

    In 1877 the Editor of the Register sent one of his reporters into the lower end of Hindley Street - see 1 October, pages 4d and 5a:

    A self-professed experienced observer of the "social evil" in the United Kingdom makes this observation in the Register, 9 February 1878, page 6f:

    "A Rampant Evil" is the subject of diverse comment, including the need for legislation to control it, in the Register,
    31 May 1878, page 7c,
    1, 5, 11, 13 and 22 June 1878, pages 7c, 6c, 6g, 6f and 6d. In a report to the Chief Secretary on page 5b of the Register,
    24 December 1878 it is said:

    "A Dark Side of Adelaide Life" is the subject of a special report in the Register,
    20 January 1879, page 6a and became the subject of much comment - see
    21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (supp.) and 30 January 1879, pages 6e, 6f, 6f, 6f, 1f and 6f,
    6 February 1879, page 6d:

    "Immorality in the City" is in the Register on
    11 February 1879, page 4d,
    "The Social Evil" in the Chronicle,
    11 January 1879, page 12a,
    "Disorderly Houses" in the Express,
    11 January 1879, page 2c,
    "The Social Evil and Its Haunts" on
    25 January 1879, page 2e; also see
    26 April 1879, page 2b.

    On 4 February 1880 at page 4f the Editor of the Register says:

    An editorial on "some haunts of the social evil in Franklin, Grote, Russell and Morney Streets" is in the Advertiser, 24 March 1880, page 4d:

    On 6 November 1880 at page 7b of the Register a correspondent proclaims:

    "The City Streets at Night" is in the Advertiser,
    21 January 1881, page 7c.

    A heart-rending story of a sixteen year old girl plying her trade in a rented house in Hawdon Street is reported in the Register, 25 October 1881, pages 4g-5b.

    "Immorality and Its Agents" is in the Register,
    25 October 1881, page 4g.

    "Houses Of Ill-Fame" is in the Register,
    10 March 1882, page 4g,
    "Public Morality" on
    23 June 1882, page 4d-g; also see
    Express,
    24 June 1882, page 2b.

    "The Dark Side of Adelaide Life" is in the Advertiser,
    30 November 1881, page 6a,
    "The Dancing Saloons of Adelaide" in the Chronicle,
    5 November 1881, page 11a.

    "Houses of Ill-Fame" is in the Register,
    10 March 1882, page 4g.

    "The Debts of Immoral Women" is in the Register,
    29 April 1882, page 5a.

    "Public Morality" is in the Register,
    23 June 1882, pages 4d-5e, 4 July 1882, page 5c.

    "State Regulation of Vice" is in the Observer,
    22 July 1882, page 33a.

    "Promotion of Morality" is in the Register,
    1 November 1882, page 6c.

    The Register of 15 February 1883 (supp.) at page 1f carries a complaint about a:

    Information on the Social Purity Society is in the Register,
    2 October 1882, page 5c,
    29 and 31 January 1883, pages 4f and 7c,
    8, 13 and 15 February 1883, pages 1f (supp.), 6d and 1e (supp.), Express,
    30 March 1883, page 2c;
    legislation emanating from it is discussed in the Register,
    15 and 16 August 1883, pages 4f and 6g,
    6 September 1883, page 6c; also see
    Observer,
    8 September 1883, pages 24d-27b,
    13 October 1883, page 24e,
    Chronicle,
    8 December 1883, page 7d,
    26 September 1885, page 5b,
    1 November 1884, page 42b,
    Register,
    4, 5 and 11 December 1883, pages 6f, 4e and 1c (supp.),
    8 April 1884, page 4h,
    21 and 23 May 1884, pages 4e and 4f,
    Chronicle,
    8 December 1883, page 7d,
    22 and 26 September 1885, pages 4g and 5b-7a,
    The Lantern,
    3 January 1885, page 23 (poem),
    Observer,
    12 and 26 September 1885, page 33e and 7e-30d,
    Register,
    2 April 1889, page 7g, Express,
    3 April 1889, page 7b.

    The Ladies' Social Purity Society

    (Taken from Geoffrey H Manning's A Colonial Experience, Chapter 118)

    Following, in a practical way, some of the suggestions made by Reverend J.C. Kirby in his lectures upon the social evil and its remedy, a committee of male members was appointed at a public gathering in October 1882 to the 'Society for the Promotion of Social Purity'. Among its objects was 'to shield the purity of both sexes; raising the standard of morals and abating the moral and physical evils resulting from vicious practices.'

    In March 1883 a female branch known as The Ladies' Social Purity Society was formed the office holders being - Vice-presidents, Mesdames W.B. Andrews and J.C. Woods; Treasurer, Mrs J. Colton; Secretary, Mrs Charles Birks; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs Cowper Black; Committee, Mesdames Copland, Mead, J. Robin, F.W. Cox, M. Goode, Marshall, J. Smith, A.W. Webb, J. Hill, Beeby, J. Dunn, S. Glyde, Lambert, Hartley, A Crooks, O'Donnell and Miss Chewings.

    Among its first incursions into the vice and corruption of Adelaide were visits 'at midnight to the homes of the fallen in order that they might try to induce them to forsake their lives of sin and aid them to regain positions of respectability and usefulness.' This band of ladies comprised many members of the SA Female Refuge at Norwood and others who devoted both time and money in philanthropic work.

    Out on their errand of mercy they started one night and succeeded in inducing a number of girls to accompany them to the Mission Hall, Light Square. Many of the unfortunates expressed a desire to reform and begin a new life, but as the committee had no home or place of abode to offer them they had to allow them to depart to their old haunts of vice. This fact caused a widespread feeling of sympathy in their mission and letters in the local press tended to show that the eyes of the people of the city were on the work of the ladies and that the charitable were ready to aid them in their undertaking:

    It was felt that something in the shape of a home should be provided, so that those poor outcasts, anxious to reform, might be assisted to do so. Contributions were soon forthcoming, including a handsome donation of £100 from Dr Mayo, and a temporary shelter was established where young women were given congenial employment prior to entering the Norwood refuge.

    Generally, the ladies of this society followed the example of their sister workers in the old country, amongst whom were Florence Nightingale, Josephine Butler, Harriet Martineau and Ellice Hopkins and many other equally honoured names who have exercised the functions of a board of guardians over the moral interests of their own sex, who were too helpless, either from ignorance, poverty, vice or other adverse causes, to guard their own.

    Unostentatiously, sedulously and humanely was this work pursued, 'prevention' being the watchword inscribed on all efforts of the society and it was encouraging that, largely owing to these efforts, The Criminal Law Amendment Act was passed giving to the women of South Australia a larger amount of legal protection than women enjoy in any other colony of Australia.

    During the latter months of 1886, when a wave of commercial depression was passing over the colony, the attention of ladies committee was requested through the press to the fact that a number of young girls had taken to selling newspapers in the streets, remaining out at dangerously late hours, soliciting gentlemen purchasers, thus wearing away the natural safeguards of feminine propriety and delicacy and preparing for a sorrowful novitiate in degradation.

    All sides of the situation were discussed in order to discover some method by which these poor children might assist their homes by a less perilous industry. It was then found that the current education system not only failed to prepare our girls for feminine domestic handicraft, but up to the age of thirteen actually interfered with their acquiring such domestic training as might render them useful wage-earners.

    In this dilemma the committee appealed to the city council to take steps to save the children from moral risk by prohibition. The council, recognising the danger, prepared a Bill for an Act to amend The Municipal Corporations Act with a clause seeking power to deal with girls selling newspapers in the streets. Parliament subsequently 'ruled the Bill out of order'. Further agitation and appeals to public sentiment, with the slow return to more prosperous conditions, triumphed over the danger and the girls were withdrawn from this perilous trade.

    In 1888 some action was taken to obtain an amendment to the law relating to the paternity of illegitimate children in accordance with a law then in force in England. In 1887 it was decided to establish a home of domestic instruction to be named in honour of Her Majesty's jubilee year 'The Queen's Home'. Owing to the period of depression that was upon us it was not until October 1888 that this project got under way.

    "Juvenile Immorality" is in the Register,
    29 and 30 May 1883, pages 4g and 4g,
    "Immorality in the City" on
    27 August 1883, page 5b.

    "The Social Purity Petition" is in the Register,
    15 August 1883, page 4f.

    Some "houses of sin' were described as of "the filthiest description [and] 50 per cent worse than a black's wurlie". See Register, 27 August 1883, page 5b.

    "The House of Assembly and Social Purity" is in the Observer,
    13 October 1883, page 24e.

    Of a brothel in Hindley Street the Register of 19 December 1883 at page 7b says:

    "Vice in Adelaide and Suburbs" is in the Register,
    11 June 1884, page 4e,
    "The Darker Shades of City Life" on
    14 June 1884, page 6b; also see Chronicle,
    14 June 1884, page 5e.

    Letters in respect of "The Social Evil" are in the Advertiser,
    5, 11 and 14 July 1884, pages 7a, 6c and 6g:

    Several letters concerning "The Social Evil" are in the Advertiser,
    8 September 1884, page 7a.

    A lecture on the "social evil" is reproduced in the Express,
    18 August 1884, page 3d,
    Observer,
    1 November 1884, page 42b.

    "The Protection of Young Females" is in the Observer,
    27 September 1884, page 25a,
    'Morality in Adelaide" in the Chronicle,
    20 September 1884, page 5c,
    "The Protection of Young Women" in the Register,
    14 November 1884, page 4f:

    Under the heading "Dissolute Adelaide" the Register of 6 and 15 December 1884, pages 6d and 5g says, inter alia:

    His remarks raised a storm of protest from some quarters and praise from others - see
    17, 18, 19 and 23 December 1884, pages 7c, 7c, 6g and 7d.
    These articles were written by Rev. A. Turnbull - see
    8 January 1885, page 7f for a report of a lecture given by him in the Crusaders' Hall.

    The Editor of the Register on 15 December 1884 at page 4h pronounces, inter alia:

    The Register of 14 July 1885 at page 6g under the heading "The Waifs of the Street" says, inter alia:

    "Police and Prostitution" is in the Express,
    22 April 1885, page 3f.

    An editorial on prostitution is in the Advertiser,
    27 July 1885, page 4d and
    information on the formation of a "Rescue Committee" on
    25 September 1885, page 4d,
    Express,
    15 September 1886, page 5e,
    29 November 1892, page 3g; also see
    31 October 1893, page 3g,
    31 October 1894, page 2c,
    30 November 1905, page 2c,
    Register,
    14 September 1886, page 6e,
    14 October 1887, page 6h.
    Information on a "Rescue Home" in Hurtle Square is in the Register,
    18 June 1887, page 7b,
    2 October 1889, page 3h.

    "Social Sinners and Money Morality" is in the Express,
    28 July 1885, page 2d.

    A proposed rescue home for "fallen women" is reported upon in the Register,
    4, 5, 11 and 25 September 1885, pages 4h-7a, 4g, 7g and 4h,
    Express,
    15 and 25 September 1885, pages 3c and 2d-3g,
    12 October 1885, page 3c; also see
    15 November 1901, page 4b,
    Register,
    28 December 1885, page 6e; also see
    Express,
    15 November 1901, page 4b.

    The Editor of the Register on 17 November 1885 at page 4h says, inter alia:

    "Vigilance Committee and Immorality" is in the Register,
    6 June 1886, page 5f.

    "A Charge of Procuring" is in the Register,
    17 June 1886, page 3f,
    6 August 1886, page 4g,
    1 September 1886, page 4g,
    Observer,
    19 June 1886, page 35b.

    "A Plea for the Fallen" is in the Register,
    13 January 1887, page 7h.

    A plea for funds by the Salvation Army to "rescue" young girls is in the Register,
    15 April 1886, page 3e.

    Information on a "Rescue Home" in Hurtle Square is in the Register,
    18 June 1887, page 6b.

    Information on the Adelaide Rescue Society is in the Register,
    2 October 1888, page 7g,
    28 November 1907, pages 3g-6f,
    26 November 1909, page 7c,
    30 November 1921, page 3h,
    1 December 1922, page 4e,
    28 November 1924, page 6d,
    27 November 1925, page 11i,
    26 November 1926, page 12e.

    The Adelaide Rescue Society

    (Taken from Geoffrey H Manning's A Colonial Experience< Chapter 118)

    At a meeting of the South Australian Female Refuge Society on 20 August 1885 several charitable ladies formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of providing a temporary refuge in the heart of the city for the accommodation of such members of the fallen sisterhood as might be induced to leave their evil life.

    In their opinion what was needed was a temporary shelter in which such unfortunates who desired it might obtain refuge and whence they might be conduced, on the day following their arrival, to one or other of the suburban institutions. The committee comprised: President, Mrs Colton; Financial Vice-president, Miss Green; Secretary, Mrs M. Goode; Honorary Secretary, Mrs Lee; Committee, Mesdames Beeby, Barr, Crooks, Fryer, Wenzel, Whiting, Griffiths, Misses Blair, C. Goode, Taylor and Frew, assisted by two or more gentlemen as a board of advice, one to act as Honorary Treasurer.

    After earnest prayers for guidance it was arranged that the workers should go out by twos, wearing a badge of recognition comprising a white cross on scarlet background, leaving three ladies to prepare supper. They went into the streets, abodes of the fallen and hotels speaking words of kindness and warning and inviting all to return to return with them to the hall. Many accepted and after supper a Gospel service was held. The girls were much affected and promised reformation.

    This procedure was carried out on a regular basis and, in October 1885, I was invited to accompany one of the workers and presently we found ourselves in the vicinity of a large public room filled with men and women, laughing. jesting, swearing and blaspheming. A hush fell upon the company as my companion stepped in and began personal conversation with the girls present, who received her with marked politeness.

    After a chat with each one, six were persuaded to return with us to the Gospel service, while other workers wearing a white cross on the left shoulder came in accompanied by a number of girls. A hymn was sung. Then began a touching scene, the workers pleading with each, personally, to leave the wretched life, reminding them of a gentle mother's care and love over them; of their childhood days, when innocence and peace filled their young hearts, when degradation, sin and misery were strangers to them.

    A few years roll by and they find themselves outcasts from society, drinking deeply of the intoxicating cup to drown the voice of conscience, and to enable them to go on in the path of vice until sickness and disease carry them to an early grave. I noticed many seemed touched and promised to lead a new life, one consenting to go anywhere with the ladies rather than return to such a dog's life, as she expressed it. She was taken to the home of one of the workers and then conveyed to the refuge. I learned this was the second who had been rescued in the midnight meetings. The refuge home was, at that time, a furnished house on North Terrace and under the management of a kind, sympathetic Christian matron.

    During the first year of operations 56 girls passed through the home, 18 of whom went back to their old life, the remainder benefiting by the shelter and the kindness thus offered them. Six of these were sent back to their families; one, for whom money was collected to pay her passage, was sent back to her mother in Cape Town where, upon her arrival the notified her saviours in Adelaide of the gratitude of her mother and friends for saving her from a life of sin and misery.

    Today, the society continues its work from its city refuge in Hurtle Square where it endeavours to help those girls who have fallen to regain their self-respect and, where applicable, to become faithful mothers to those children who have been brought into the world without a birthright, as it were.

    Comment on a City Council by-law to suppress "houses of ill-fame" is in the Register,
    18 May 1891, page 4g,
    Observer,
    23 May 1891, page 25e.

    "Immorality in Adelaide" is discussed in the Register,
    6 June 1892, page 5a while on
    12 August 1897, page 6g a concerned citizen says:

    A report on an alleged procuress is in the Advertiser,
    24 November 1893, page 7g.
    "Clearing Out a Degraded House" is in the Register,
    24 November 1893, page 7d,
    Observer,
    25 November 1893, page 30b.

    "The Social Purity Laws" is in the Observer,
    2 July 1898, page 28a.

    A correspondent to the Register on 22 December 1903 at page 3f created a furore when he said:

    Also see Register, 24, 29 and 31 December 1903, pages 6b, 6g and 7g:

    Also see Register, 1 January 1904, page 7g:

    Also see Register, 4 January 1904, pages 6d-7g:

    Also see Register,
    5, 6, 9, 12 and 21 January 1904, pages 5h, 9i, 3i, 8f and 6h,
    3 February 1904, page 3h,
    25 February 1910, page 8g:

    A writer in the Register in referring to prostitution says

    "The Regulation of Vice" is in the Advertiser,
    22 January 1904, page 7h,
    "Immorality in Adelaide" on
    22 May 1905, page 9c.

    "Social Evils in West Adelaide" is in the Express,
    15 and 18 December 1905, pages 1f and 4f.

    Letters on the "Social Evil" are in the Advertiser,
    21 December 1905, page 11a:

    "More Aids to Morality" is in the Register,
    27 August 1907, page 4b.

    Also see Register,
    28 February 1910, page 9a,
    2, 3 and 8 March 1910, pages 10d, 6g and 9d:

    Also see Register,
    11, 12, 15, 16, 19 and 23 March 1910, pages 3c, 7h, 10e, 9d, 11f and 8g,
    Advertiser,
    1 December 1910, page 10e:

    "Immorality in the City" is in the Register
    28 June 1913, page 14g,
    2 July 1913, page 7g,
    "Suppressing Immorality" in the Advertiser,
    28 June 1913, page 18e.

    An article by a medical practitioner, "The Social Evil - What Can be Done" is in the Advertiser,
    8 September 1913, page 19a; also see
    24 September 1913, page 5a,
    20 July 1914, page 14e.

    "A Social Pestilence" is the subject of lengthy debate in the Register,
    25 September 1913, page 9f,
    1, 4, 8, 9, 14, 17 and 31 October 1913, pages 15f, 7h, 7f, 9f, 8d, 3g and 3i:

    "Social Evils" is in the Express,
    11 and 23 September 1913, pages 4i and 4b.

    "Certain Social Evils" is in the Register,
    15 and 16 February 1915, pages 6b and 6c.

    "The Social Evil" is in the Advertiser,
    21 July 1915, pages 8d-12h,
    "Little Hells - Young Girls Led Astray" on
    18, 19, 21, 24 and 26 August 1915, pages 8h, 10d, 15a, 5e and 10h,
    "Keepers of Immoral Houses" on
    19 February 1917, page 9a; also see
    Express,
    24 September 1915, page 4i,
    14 October 1915, page 5a.

    "White Slave Traffic - A Warning" is in the Register,
    10 February 1917, page 10g.

    "Why Girls Fall" is in the Register,
    26 November 1920, page 7c.

    Under the heading " A Mother's Sin" a correspondent to the Advertiser,
    18 April 1921, page 5f says:

    "State Regulation of Vice" is in the Advertiser,
    1 March 1932, page 12d,
    "Cold Shoulder to Fallen Girls" on
    25 and 27 June 1932, pages 19b and 15h.