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During early 1900s the Queensland Police Gazette was issued weekly, and it was
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 3rd February 1912 issue:
Sheep-stealing
Surat - Stolen at Bombine, between August last and 23rd instant, the property
of Mrs J.P. Wehl, Surat, about 1,000 ewes and wethers, shorn in May last,
black J on middle of back, ewes earmarked near ear, wethers marked off ear,
some have cull earmark: value £500. Identifiable. - O.30th January, 1912.
Features of this years worth of issues include licence details for
victuallers, wine-sellers, billiards and auctioneers. These issues include many
photographs of those wanted, as well as those being released.
Now searchable, these Gazettes on CD-ROM open up a world of interesting and
comprehensive information about individual people and their lives in Queensland.
High quality scanned images of the whole 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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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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