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During 1895 the Queensland Police Gazette was issued once a week, and each
issue really is an historian's
goldmine of information, much of which cannot be found anywhere else. 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 licences for thing live
auctioneering, victuallers, tobacconists, and more. Notices from
interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Example entries taken from the 6 April 1895 issue:
Felonies and Offences not Otherwise Described
Croydon - At 4 p.m. on the 25th February last an explosion took place in the
firebox of a steam engine at James' Block, True Blue Hill, Croydon, the property
of Alfred James and others, doing damage to the amount of £100. The explosion is
supposed to have been caused by a dynamite cartridge or cartridges introduced
into the firewood used in the engine, and suspicion attaches to a man named
James Gavan, a recent employee of the True Blue Company, who used some
threatening language respecting them at the time of his discharge. The firewood
was probably intended for the engine of the Company and not for
complainant's.-O.512 1st April, 1895.
Missing Friends
Information is requested, at the insistence of E. Rose. Victoria Street,
Goodwood, Victoria, as to the present whereabouts of her sister, who was last
heard of at Auckland, New Zealand, about sixteen years ago. Her maiden name was
Mary Ann Dickinson, but she is said to have married a man named Madden or
Maddern, and to have come to Queensland with her husband, who was desirous of
joining the Police Force here, about 1881. Description: - 35 years of age, tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes. Her father now 76 years of age, and wealthy is
returning from Chili to Victoria, and is desirous of having his children near
him during the remainder of his days. Information to the Officer in Charge of
Detectives, Brisbane.-O.503. 1st April, 1895.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the 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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- 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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