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Police Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for
local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout
Australia. Compiled to be distributed amongst the Police Force only, these
Gazettes therefore contain details and information that can not be found
anywhere else.
They include court lists, lists of warrants issued, appointments and changes
in the Police Force, lists of arrests and discharges (which include physical descriptions), escaped prisoners, and sometimes missing persons.
The Queensland Police Gazettes also often include details of the licence holders
of: Auctioneers, Victuallers, Hawkers, Billiards, Wine Sellers and more. You
will also find listing of medical practitioners, legal representatives, Justices
of the Peace, and pharmacists included. Notices from
Police Gazettes from other states are also often included.
Usually issued weekly, here collected together on the one CD is the whole of
the Queensland 1893 years worth of issues.
Example entry taken from the 11 February 1893 issue:
Felonies and Offences Not Otherwise Described
Brisbane - James A. Ferguson is charged, on warrant issued by the South Brisbane
Bench, with embezzling the sum of £2 10s. from Isaac James Juster, Wellington
road, East Brisbane, on the 13th ultimo. Description:- A native of New South
Wales, 28 or 30 years of age, strong build, fair complexion, fair moustache
only, dark-brown hair, one forarm tatooed; generally dresses in dark clothes,
and wears a silver watch and chain. Offender is supposed to be on board some
barque or brig, and his step-father, Captain Williams, now resides in Sydney.-O.
202. 6th February, 1893.
High quality scanned images of the whole year's worth of issues. This CD has
been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed,
enlarged and printed out if required.
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book 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.
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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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