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A 24-year-old Gwynneville woman will face court again next month after she was charged with murdering her own baby.Police said concerned relatives had contacted emergency services, who found the 17-month-old baby girl at a Gwynneville home on July 23.A post-mortem was conducted on the the child last month, and the mother was charged yesterday morning with her murder.The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared briefly in Wollongong Local Court yesterday.Details about how the woman's daughter died were not provided to the court.Several members of the woman's family, some visibly distressed, were in the court gallery to support the woman.She did not apply for bail and will be held on remand until her next appearance on September 23.Magistrate Paul Johnson ordered a brief of evidence to be served by the woman's next court date.