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Government Gazettes in general contain a vast amount of historical and genealogical information. However they are largely an untapped resource. The few complete runs that are available are usually only found in major libraries. And even for researchers who do have access to these the sheer size and extent of the Gazettes is daunting.
Normally issued weekly, the Hobart Town Gazette served two functions: that of being a publication of official government notices, as well as
having general newspaper content.
You will find here thousands of ordinary people and localities, small and large. The information is too varied to describe in full, but some
examples are<
- property notices for sale or to let
- shipping "intelligence"
- police "intelligence"
- colonial, inter-colonial and international news
- advertisements
- public appointments
- convict notices - tickets of leave granted and withdrawn, conditional pardons, free pardons, certificates of freedom
- unclaimed letters
- list of publicans in Hobart and the country
- birth death, marriage and other personal notices
- list of runaways
Example entry taken from the 14 July 1827 issue:
Shipping and Commercial Intelligence
Arrived at
Hobart-town, July 9. The ship Harvey, 300 tons, George Findlay, commander,
from London 1st January, (having sprung a leak in the Channel and put into
Plymouth to repair, which place she left on 2d February), Cape of Good Hope
21st. May, with 29 puncheons rum, 15 casks of porter, 7 hhds. of sugar, 20 kegs
of shot, 1200 bars of rod iron, 28 coils of rope, 47 barrels of tar, 15 barrels
of gunpowder, shipped by R. and J. Gore to order, packages for P. Wood, W.
Morris, A.M. Jones's river, Michael Steel, Lieutenant Grey, 57th. James Wilson,
R. Wardell, Colonel McPherson, G. Burn, H.B. Bannerman.
Passengers:--Mr. and
Mrs. Frankland and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Ashburner and two children, one
male and two female servants and two children, Mr. Williams (Barrister), Mr.
Noble, (merchant, a relation of Mr. Wentworth, Sydney), Mr. J.B. Weller,
Messrs. W. Evans, (supercargo), A.A. and J. Alderson, John Mellor, W. Dawes, E.
Weller, and S. Lyons, Mr. and Miss Corny, relations of Mr. Corny, Lake river,
Mrs. Newell, Miss Mackie, Miss Balley, Mr. and Mrs. Lightfoot and two children,
Mr. and Mrs. Clark and 4 children, John Smithers, John Bradley, W. Porter,
Thomas Leburn.
Example entries taken from the 17 November 1827
issue:
Colonial Secretary's Office, Nov. 14, 1827
His
Excellency The Lieutenant Governor has been 'pleased to grant the following
Indulgence: Ticket of Leave to Daniel Hall, 349 Malabar.
The Ticket of Leave
to Benjamin Smith, 519. Competitor notified in The Hobart-town Gazette of the
3rd instant, is annulled, he having been recently sentenced to the chain gang,
at New Norfolk, for improper conduct.
This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole years worth of issues, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if
required.
Note: the issues from two available copies of the 1827 gazette both commenced on 24 February 1827.
High quality scanned images of the whole (available) years worth of issues. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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System Requirements
- Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
- Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text
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