Chrissie Venn's belongings donated to museum after 1921 murder
Jodi Norton is giving personal items of her murdered great-aunt Chrissie Venn to the Hive museum in Ulverstone.
Chrissie Venn was 13 when she was killed in 1921 walking to a shop near her home in North Motton, Tasmania. Chrissie was found days later, murdered and sexually assaulted, stuffed inside a tree stump.
A farm labourer was charged but acquitted; the crime has never been solved. Jodi Norton inherited a small tin box containing Chrissie's personal items, a pin cushion, a brooch, and other mementos, passed down through her family.
Her great-aunt has fascinated Norton since she was Chrissie's age. Now Norton plans to give the items to the Hive at Ulverstone, where they will become part of the museum's permanent collection.
She said she wanted Chrissie's memory to be honoured and the story kept alive. "I don't want that story to be a hidden part of history," Norton said.
The unsolved case has haunted Ulverstone and Chrissie's family for more than a century.
- 1921, age 13
- Year and age
- North Motton, Tasmania; Ulverstone
- Location
- Unsolved for more than a century
- Case status
Why it mattersKeeping historical memory of unsolved crimes and victims alive helps communities process tragedy and honours those lost to violence.
AustraliaA Tasmanian museum now preserves evidence of one of the state's oldest unsolved murders, allowing the local community and descendants to engage with their own hidden history.
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