1930s | Murder | Parramatta
The Lake Parramatta Murder of 1937
The Parramatta Sack Murder: A 1937 Sydney Mystery of Love, Jealousy, and Unresolved Shadows The Gruesome Discovery In the fading light of a late spring afternoon in 1937, the tranquil Lake Parramatta Reserve in Sydney’s western suburbs became the unlikely stage for a gruesome discovery. On November 30, orchardist Francis John Gilbert was inspecting the…