Gould Genealogy and History

They include lists of warrants issued, changes in the police force which are all listed (promotions, demotions, resignations, dismissals, retirements, deaths etc). Information is also given on housebreak-ins, robberies, arson, murders, lost horses and cattle, deserters, escaped prisoners, missing friends, inquests, and reports on those released. Notices from interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.

This CD contains five years of Victoria Police Gazettes from 1906 to 1910 all on the one CD, at a very special price.

Example entry taken from the 11 January 1906 issue:
Miscellaneous Information - List of Gold Buyer's Licences Issued [Maryborough District only transcribed here]
LIST of Gold Buyers' Licences issued at the undermentioned. Revenue and Pay Offices during the week ended the 23rd December, 1905.
Name, Occupation, Address, Date of Zssue, Court of Petty Sessions at which Certificate was granted.
Guthrie, David A., storekeeper, High-street, Maryborough, 21st December, 1905, Maryborough
Nicholls, Benjamin J., manager, London Bank, Maryborough, 21st December, 1905, Maryborough
Nicholls, Benjamin J., manager, London Bank, Maryborough, 21st December, 1905, Majorca
Stronach, William W., bank clerk, London Bank, Maryborough, 21st December, 1905, Majorca.
Dubourg, Joseph, storekeeper, Bowenvale, 23rd December, 1905, Maryborough

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Example entry taken from the 4 January 1907 issue:
Miscellaneous Information
Ellen O'Leary is charged on warrant with failing to comply with an order of the Carlton Bench, made on the 10th August, 1894, to pay 2s. 6d. a week for the maintenance of her child, a ward of the State, the arrears being £79 5s. 5d.. No description available.-).8340A. 29th December, 1906.

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Example entry taken from the 17 September 1908 issue:
Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or From Dwellings
Frank Birtles, cyclist, "Valinda", Westgarth-street, North Fitzroy, reports stolen from the Melbourne Bicycle Club, Collins-street, Melbourne, on the 11th inst., a Davies-Franklin bicycle, 21-inch frame, several transfers on it; "Lily and Forget-me-not" on enamel, nickel points, fluted forks, triple crown, Kelly reversible handle bars, sliding back stay, one-eighth inch roller chain, B.S.A. parts, Brooks B 120 spring saddle, Dunlop handmade tires, name plate on top bar with "Presented to Francis Birtles in memory of his perilous ride into and across the Great Victorian Desert" on it. Value £25. - O.5665. 12th September, 1908.

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Example entry taken from the 22 July 1909 issue:
Miscellaneous Information
Return of appointments &c. in the Police Force
Promotions - on 18th July, 1909
From Sub-Inspector to Inspector - Arthur Egglestone Dungey
From First Class Sergeant to Sub-Inspector - Edgar Martin
From Second Class Sergeants to Direst Class Sergeant - John Lord Stillard, No. 3110
From Senior Constable to Second Class Sergeant - Timothy Edward Ignatius Ryan, No. 3321 
Superannuation - on 17th July, 1909
Inspector Samuel Mooney, Melbourne District
Deaths - on 17th July, 1909
Constable Francis Bruckner, No. 3866, Melbourne District
Deaths - on 18th July, 1909
Constable Thomas Conn, No. 4385, Melbourne District

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Example entry taken from the 21 April 1910 issue:
Motor Cars, Motor Cycles, and Motor Drivers' Licences
Cars
No. / Name / Address
76. Spowers, Edward A., 206 Clarendon-street, East Melbourne
77. Smith, Herbert H., Barker's-road, Hawthorn
78. Anderson, James Fisher, "Maloa", Woodend
79. Wood, William Atkinson, 1 Walsh-street, South Yarra
80. Firth, George, 366 Toorak-road, South Yarra
81. Robb, William James, "Sans Souci", Wallace-street, Toorak
82. Love, William Alexander, "Barbreck", Heyington-place, Toorak
83. MacKinnon, Lauchlan, "Laluma", Orrong-road, Toorak
84. Sloan, John, Bullabul, Inglewood
85. Young Bros., Nhill
86. Hughes, Alfred Edward, c/o Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Yarraville

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Each year is also available individually:
Victoria Police Gazette 1906
Victoria Police Gazette 1907
Victoria Police Gazette 1908
Victoria Police Gazette 1909
Victoria Police Gazette 1910

A vast resource of information on people and events in Victoria during the 1906-1910 period. The CD contains high 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 if required.

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