New
South
Wales
Decisions
of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899. This site also includes Moreton Bay cases
(1850-1859)
and Port Phillip District cases (1841-1847). There are
subject and case indexes plus information on how to use this site for family
history research. There are also links to other similar sites.
State
Records New South Wales, Indexes Online, Court, Police & Prison include:
Bench of Magistrates (1788-1820) includes criminal and civil cases,
publicans' licenses, constables appointed, controlling the markets
etc.
Court of Civil Jurisdiction (1799-1814) includes judgements on
legal and equity matters, especially promissory notes and recovery of small
debts.
Criminal Court Records (1788-1836) includes criminal
cases from the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction and the Supreme Court of Criminal
Jurisdiction. The index shows date, name(s) of perpetrators, offence (including
names of victims), record details and remarks.
Criminal
Depositions Received (1849-1921). A search returns, names, alias, place and
date of committal, alleged offence, committed for trial at and
references.
Gaol Photographs (1870-1930) for Albury, Armidale, Bathurst, Berrima, Biloela,
Broken Hill, Darlinghurst, Deniliquin, Dubbo, Goulburn, Grafton,
Maitland, Trial Bay and Young. More gaols will be added as they become
available. SRNSW offer an online copy service for a fee. This series
is available on the commercial site Ancestry.com Updated
Quarter Sessions
Cases
(1824-1837) includes case papers for criminal
and civil cases registered by the Clerk of the Peace.
Ancestry.com.au. This commercial site offers access to the New South Wales, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930. The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. A variety of subscription options offer access to digitised copies of the original records. The description books contain photos and personal information. Currently there are records from: Albury (1876-1929), Armidale (1894-1915), Bathurst (1874-1930), Berrima (1883-1888), Biloela (1885-1906), Broken Hill (1904-1929), Darlinghurst (1869-1914), Deniliquin (1895-1929), Dubbo (1889-1920), Goulburn (1884-1930) and Trial Bay (1892-1901). New
Braidwood
Gaol Entrance Book (1856-1899) by Peter Mayberry. Over 2200
records online.
Queensland
Queensland
State Archives. Index to Registers of Criminal Depositions (1861-1885).
The index lists name and reference to the Registers which lists people
charged with a criminal offence. Information given includes the nature
of the offence, the court where the trial was held and gaol name if a
sentence was imposed. The information from the Register is available
from QSA for a small fee.
South
Australia
State Records of
South Australia offers online name searching of
selected records using the collection search engine, ArchivesSearch.
Records available include registers of prisoners Yatala Labour Prison
1866-1931; register of prisoners discharged from Yatala Labour Prison
(Supreme Court cases); register of prisoners discharged from Yatala
Labour (Police Court cases) and commitment warrants for military
prisoners 1916-1945.
Tasmania
Decisions of the
Nineteenth Century Tasmanian Superior Courts. Currently decisions 1824-1843 are available. Subject and case
indexes are available plus an index to legal cases in Tasmanian
newspapers.
Victoria
Public Record
Office Victoria. Database
indexes relating to Legal, Justice and Consumer Affairs include Court
of Insolvency Records, Geelong (1855-1857 part); Certificate of
Discharge, Court of Insolvency, Melbourne (1848-1875); Companies and
Miscellaneous Applications Files (1884-1922) and Court of Petty
Sessions Register of Applications for the Victorian Old-age Pension,
North Melbourne (1902-c1908). Digitised records include an Index to
Divorce Cause Books, Supreme Court of Victoria (1861-1924);
Alphabetical Indexes to Central Register of Male Prisoners, (1868-1947)
and the Central Register of Female Prisoners (1857-1948).
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