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During 1896 the Queensland Police Gazette was issued fortnightly, and they were stated
that they "contained information received in cases of felony and of misdemeanour,
and against receivers of stolen property, reputed thieves, and offenders escaped
from custody, with the time, place, and circumstances of the offences, and
description of offenders or those suspected, giving the appearance, dress, and
other marks of identity, with every particular which may lead to their
apprehension; and a description, as accurate as possible, of property that has
been stolen, horses, &c."
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 entry taken from the 18 April 1896 issue:
Miscellaneous - Rewards
£7 to Senior Sergeant Hugh O'Loan, Reg. No. 258, and £3 10s. to
Constable Charles Thomas Cantrell, Reg. No. 697, for bravery displayed
in the arrest of Fuzial Deene for murder at Warwick on the 15th
October, 1895.
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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