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If you had family living in South Australia in the 1920s, have you thought of
looking at the Police Gazettes for information? These are an historian's
goldmine of information. Compiled to be distributed amongst the Police Force
only, these Gazettes contain details and information that can not be found
anywhere else.
Far from just listing those who were in the Police Force, or those that were
on the 'wrong side' of the law - you will also find entries of missing persons,
or they might be a witness to crime, or they may have had something stolen from
them, or they may even have found an item, and reported it to the Police.
Issued once a week, you will find information on housebreak-ins,
robberies, arson, murders, stolen cars and motorbikes, deserters from families and
also deserters from service, inquest verdicts, escaped prisoners
and reports on those released ... as well as some information from interstate
police gazettes ... and so much more. This CD-ROM contains all issues that were released during
1929.
Example entry taken from the 27 March 1929 issue:
Special Inquiry
ADELAIDE-Special inquiry is requested with a view to locating and arresting
ROY HENRY PERRY and CLAUDE PEARSON, who are suspected of receiving stolen goods
in the cases of shopbreaking and larceny on Thomas Keith Shutter, vide Police
Gazette, 1929, page 88, and Harold Jack Weeks, vide Police Gazette, 1929, page
107. Perry is a barman, 28 to 30 years of age, 5ft. 7in. or 5ft. 8in. high,
stout build, fair complexion, fair hair (parted in centre), piercing eyes;
Pearson is a jockey, 30 years of age, 5ft. 5in. high, slight build, square
shoulders, dark-brown hair; they left West's training stables, Glenelg, at 5
a.m. on the 25th instant, in a Buick motor car, registered No. 97321, five-seater,
painted cream, when they are said to have had a quantity of the stolen property
in their possession, consisting of suiting materials, cigarettes, &c.; they also
have a number of cards bearing the name of W.J. Balfour, tailor, Pirie Street,
Adelaide, in their possession. Two men have been arrested in connection with the
above offences, and the arrest of Perry and Pearson is urgently
desired.-(C.2481)
This years worth of issues has some features which include:
- marine stores collectors' and dealers' licences
- list of medical officers appointed to attend destitute persons' in country
districts
- and even a few photographs of those wanted
This CD makes valuable South Australian historical information easily
available for all to use.
This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the year's
issues. It 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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