Investigative: The Pyjama Girl Mystery

Emma Marie Horn investigative journalism: The Pyjama Girl

The discovery of a burnt and bludgeoned body on the New South Wales state border sparked a mystery that spanned 30 years and involved the full force of two state’s legal systems.

The body remained on display at the University of Sydney for a decade, in the hopes that somebody would identify her.

Has the mystery been solved? Australian historians Dr Richard Evans and Bruce Pennay disagree on that.

This 2,000-word research project was written in 2014 as coursework in the University of Sydney Media Communications long-form writing class.

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