Police Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource
for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields
throughout Australia. Compiled to be distributed amongst the Police
Force only, these Gazettes therefore contain details and information
that can not be found anywhere else.
They include court lists,
lists of warrants issued, appointments and changes in the Police
Service, lists of arrests and
discharges (which include descriptions), escaped prisoners, and missing
persons. Also invluced is information of highway robberys, rewards, felonies, stolen property and more. Notices from Police
Gazettes from other states are also often included.
This compendium contains five years of Victoria Police Gazettes from 1886 to 1890 on a single CD, at a discounted price.
Each year is also available individually:
Victoria Police Gazette 1886Victoria Police Gazette 1887Victoria Police Gazette 1888Victoria Police Gazette 1889Victoria Police Gazette 1890High quality scanned images of the whole of each years issues. This
CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed,
enlarged and printed out if required.
