Genealogy Australia

Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. You can expect the New South Wales Police Gazettes to include the following information that will usually list names and sometimes personal details, descriptions with photograph. Addresses and/or occupations may be an added bonus for the researcher:

• apprehensions
• complainants
• deaths in public places
• escapees and absconders from custody
• lost or stolen property and stock - names of victims; sketches of jewellery and watches
• deserting wives, families, etc
• deserting from military service
• deserting from merchant vessels
• inquests
• missing friends
• persons suspected or wanted for a crime and warrants issued
• police promotion examination results and appointments
• prisoners discharged from gaols
• prisoners released on tickets of leave (under licence)
• prohibited immigrants

Compiled to be distributed amongst the Police Force only, Police Gazettes contain details and information that can not be found anywhere else. They were produced at regular intervals (usually once a week), it was a way of making information available to all in the Police Force throughout the whole state.

Also available for single years and as compendium sets, most 5 years each.

Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.

Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.