Public Record Office Victoria – Inquests into deaths 1840-1985

Inquests into deaths (deposition files 1840-1985). You need to know an approximate year of death, and the name/s of the deceased. Not all deaths resulted in an inquest. Index data is being published as it becomes available. For deaths between…

The Prosecution Project – Criminal Trials in Australia 1850-1960

The Prosecution Project by the Australian Research Council and Griffith University is investigating the history of the criminal trial in Australia. The registers of Supreme Court cases from most jurisdictions are being digitised and the extended using other archival sources…

Findmypast – Pentridge Prison, Victoria – Prison Registers 1871-1960

These records details prisoners from HM Pentridge Prison, the main prison in the Melbourne area. The records list the prisoner’s occupation, place of birth, physical description, crime, other details and also include the prisoner’s photograph (mugshots). A variety of subscription…

Helen Doxford Harris Homepage

The online Victorian Historical Indexes include: • Index to Missing People found in Victoria Police Correspondence Records• Index to Women Lecturers in Victoria 1880-1905• Index to Wife & Child Deserters• Index to Victoria Police & Police Stations• Index to Criminal…