Media: EBOOK - download
File format: PDF file 61MB (663 pages)
Year: (1912) 2023
ISBN: 9781921461996
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

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.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (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 open up a world of interesting and comprehensive information about individual people and their lives in Queensland.

High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

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