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In Paris in early September 1933 Dorothy Wright, originally from Sydney, committed suicide by shooting herself in the head.
'She was, in fact, the characteristic overseas girl seeing Europe for the first time. She was a lovely creature, but - she was gauche like all the young girls of Sydney and Melbourne.'
