Queensland police gazettes.

Format:

Book

Series:

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Australia--Queensland--History.

Police.

Crime--Australia--Queensland--History.

Crime.

Criminals--Australia--Queensland--History.

Criminals.

Criminal law--Australia--Queensland.

Criminal law.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Australia--Queensland--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

History.

Queensland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,214 issues (19,088 articles, 8,640 pages)).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1867-1907.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Queensland police gazette was established in 1864 as an internal resource for the local police force in Queensland, Australia, and continued publication in hardcover form until October 17, 1997. This archive contains issues of the Gazette from 1867 to 1907. This was a period of immense change for Australia. Queensland had only recently become an independent colony, in 1867 (the date of the earliest materials in the archive), and in 1901 Australia became an independent country. And because Australia was originally settled to a significant extent by convicts transported to the country from Great Britain, about twenty percent of modern Australians have convicts in their family tree, Australia's relationship to criminality has generally been fraught throughout history. Lists of crimes committed, arrest warrants, and other material in the Gazette shed light on what was considered immoral and illegal behavior at the time. Each issue of the Gazette begins with the explanatory header "Containing 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." Also included are notices of promotions, transfers, and outside assignments of Queensland officers; court lists; instructions on police conduct; changes in regulations and laws; notices from police gazettes in other Australian states; warrants and summonses; and other material relevant to the operations of officers of the law.

Notes:

Date range of documents: 1867-1907.

Source institution: State Library of Queensland.

Subcollection title: Queensland police gazette.

Local Notes:

Images from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.

Contains:

Queensland police gazette.

OCLC:

937021561

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.