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HomeWelcome To The National Centre of BiographyNCB NewsLife Sentences - Detecting Deceivers
Life Sentences - Detecting Deceivers

Kate Leigh, 1915

Monday 9 October 2017

The latest edition of the ANU Reporter contains an article by ADB editor, Dr Nicole McLennan, about some of the infamous fraudsters, quacks, confidence artists, hustlers and double–dealers in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.