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During 1879 the Queensland Police Gazette was issued once a month, which
changed to fortnightly from the beginning of 1880. This truly is an historian's
goldmine of information which cannot be found elsewhere. Apart from any changes
within the police force which are all listed, information is also given on
housebreak-ins, robberies, arson, murders, lost horses and cattle, deserters,
escaped prisoners, reports on those released, even deaths reported to the police
(together with their place of death and cause of death given). Notices from
interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Example entries taken from the 17 January 1880 issue:
Felonies and Offences not Otherwise Described
Alexander Feddes Greig is charged, on warrant issued by the Melbourne Bench,
with embezzling several sums of money amounting to about £800, the property of
James Patterson, in the month of May last. Description:- About 34 or 35 years of
age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout build, dark complexion; black hair, beard,
whiskers, and moustache (beard clipped rather short); speaks slowly, parts his
hair in the centre; respectable dress and appearance, is good-looking. His
father was a Customs officer for many years in New Zealand, and his wife is a
daughter of a Mr. Fisher, Dunedin, where they were married. 12th January, 1880.
Missing Friends
Information is requested concerning John Ghouma, a Greek, who is said to have
been murdered in Queensland, but there is no record of his death at the
Registrar-General's Office. It is supposed that he his known to three persons
names Mapesee Con Hutdrinson, Colph Thrumbord, and Mark Panley, respectively.
Information to the Officer in Charge of Detectives, Brisbane. 12th January,
1880.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2006, this title has now been remastered and re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. 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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