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During 1900 the Queensland Police Gazette was issued weekly, 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,
missing persons, warrants issued, arrests, escaped prisoners, and reports on
those released. Notices from interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Example entry taken from the 14 July 1900 issue:
£1,000 REWARD
Home Secretary's Office, Brisbane, 16th June, 1899
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has
been pleased to direct that a Reward of One Thousand Pounds (£1,000) be paid
for such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the
person or persons who, at Wilton street, Woolloongabba, between the evening
of the 7th and the morning of the 8th June instant, murdered Susan Weaber;
and that a pardon be granted to any person concerned in the crime, not being
the principal offender, who make give such information.
J.F.G. Foxton (Refer to Police Gazette of 17th June, 1899, page 280)
Unique features of this years issues are that they include:
- auctioneers licences
- victuallers licences
- brewery licences
- registration of clubs
- wine-sellers licences
- wholesale spirit-dealers licences
- tobbacco manufacturers licences, as well as those licenced to sell
tobbacco
- billiard licences
- hawkers licences
Now searchable, these Gazettes on CD-ROM open up a world of interesting and
comprehensive information about individual people and their lives in Queensland.
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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