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During 1937 the South Australian Police Gazette was issued weekly, and they
were a means to convey information to all South Australian Police Forces of
information received relating to any crime, or missing items or person, changes
in the force, as well as notifying of methods and procedures that need to be
followed in certain circumstances.
A vast resource of personal information and events - if you find details of a
person in a Police Gazette it can lead to very interesting stories, or answer
some questions about family stories that have been handed down.
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, inquest verdicts, and reports on those released. Notices from
interstate police gazettes are sometimes included. You will also find some
'photograph Supplements' which have been issued every three months, which
include the photographs, together with the names, aliases, criminal history and
time served.
Example entry taken from the Photo Supplement 6 October 1937 issue:
[three photographs of the person below are shown with this entry]
1412. BRADBURY, FRANK, alias Harry Lauder, alias Fred K. Scott, alias John
Casey, alias Frank Brady, alias Frank Drummond, alias John Murphy, alias John
Coloquon. See P.G., 1937, page 326. "Discharges". Native of South Africa,
labourer, born 1896, 5ft. 9in. high, medium build, fresh complexion, grey
hair, hazel eyes, injured nose, medium mouth, square chin.
Adelaide P.C., on 30/6/37, for larceny, six weeks.
Fifty-five previous convictions in Victoria and New South Wales for indecent
assault on a male person, false pretences, and minor offences.
Shoplifter. Walked into an unattended tailor's shop and stole a £14 roll of
serge. A heavy drinker.
F.P.C. - 13/20, R/., OO/O, 13. S.A. photo. book 25/264, Vic 5/179, and N.S.W.
141/94.
A few unique features appear in this years issues:
- hawkers' licences
- hide, skin and wool dealers' licences
- marine stores collectors' licences
Now searchable, these Police Gazettes on CD-ROM open up a world of
interesting and comprehensive information about individual people and their
lives in South Australia.
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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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