Introduction -- Infanticide news in the London times: 1822-1871. Personal tragedies, public narratives: 1822-1833 -- A press campaign and the 1834 New Poor Law -- The 1860s maternal panic -- Infanticide news in the regional press: 1830-1922. Infanticide in the Van Diemen's land press -- "Bush madness" in The mercury -- "The Hinkley girl 'mother'" and The Leicester Mercury -- Conclusion.
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Infanticide-- Press coverage-- Australia-- History.
Infanticide-- Press coverage-- England-- History.
Unmarried mothers-- Press coverage-- Australia-- History.
Unmarried mothers-- Press coverage-- England-- History.