Australian Government and Police Gazettes

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Government Gazettes• Issued weekly as newspapers• Indexed and bound yearly/quarterly/bi-

monthly

Government Gazettes

Government Gazettes• Laws and regulations• Land transactions• Public service employees• Public works tenders• Unclaimed mail• Convicts• Livestock brands• Court notices – probate, insolvencies• Licensed sellers of liquor, wine and tobacco• Licenses for use of poisons• Petitions

Government GazettesIf your ancestor :• leased, purchased, forfeited land• worked for the government• tendered for public works• died• went bankrupt or insolvent• had unclaimed mail• was a convict• was assigned a convict• had a livestock brand• had a license to run a pub, sell liquor, cut timber• signed a petition…he/she should be in here

Government Gazettes

• New South Wales - 1832• Tasmania - 1825• Victoria - 1836 (NSW) 1843 (Port Phillip)• Queensland - 1859• South Australia - 1839• Western Australia - 1836• Northern Territory - 1927• Commonwealth - 1901All still published today

Justices of the Peace

QLD Government Gazette 1876 p43

Justices of the Peace

Medical Practitioners

Unclaimed letters

• C Colonial• O C Official Colonial• E T Colonial Telegram• O Dead Letter• S New South Wales• M Victoria• A South Australia• T Tasmania• N Z New Zealand• W A Western Australia• U K United Kingdom• F Foreign

Unclaimed letters

Business partnership

Former partners

Former name of business

Remaining partners

New business name

Type of business

Applications

Convicts

NSW Government Gazette 1832 p14

Brands

Appointments

Forfeited leases

Census Regulations

Publicans’ Licenses

Timber licenses

Insolvency

Insolvent

Official Trustee

Probate

Deceased’s name,Residence,Occupation

Executor’s name,Residence,Occupation

Police Gazettes

• New South Wales – 1862-1982• Tasmania – 1861-1933• Victoria – 1853-1994• Queensland – 1864-1982• South Australia – 1862-present• Western Australia – 1876-present• Northern Territory – 1900-present restricted• Commonwealth - 1 January 1901 – sdf

Police Gazettes• Warrants for arrest and details of crimes• Arrests, convictions, discharged prisoners• Property stolen and recovered• Stolen cattle and horses, including brands• Escaped prisoners, ship’s deserters• Missing friends• Deaths reported to police• Police appointments, instructions, lists• Magistrates, Justices of the Peace• Licensed sellers of liquor, wine and tobacco

Police Gazettes• Some lists reproduced from Government

Gazettes for information of police, eg– Magistrates– Medical Practitioners– Licenses

• Warrants where person believed to have been coming to this colony from another

QLD Police Gazette 1938 p71

Police Gazettes• Your ancestor could have been – Criminal, or wanted for questioning– Known associate– Victim of theft or other crime– Deserted wife– Reported missing, or found– Reported dead– Police, magistrate, J.P., medical practitioner– Licenses for liquor sellers, wine sellers,

tobacco sellers, victuallers, billiards, bagatelle, use of poisons, hawkers, auctioneers

Licenses

Criminal Acts

Wife deserter

NSW Police Gazette 1876 p263

Missing Friend

Return of Prisoners

Deaths reported to police

Police appointments

Police Gazette Supplements

Licenses

Where to find Government Gazettes• Archive Digital Books Australia CDs – Available to buy– Some libraries and societies have them

• FindMyPast.au• Most States have recent ones online• Some States have all online• State Libraries

Where to find Police Gazettes• Archive Digital Books Australia CDs – Available to buy– Some libraries and societies have them

• FindMyPast.au• Recent years restricted• Some States online• State Libraries, Police Museums

Search tips• CDs – Use Surname Firstname AND Firstname Surname– Uncommon names – Surname only– Capitalise names, eg Eason

• FindMyPast– Search by Name AND by Keyword

• Search other colonies/states• Which colony did the area belong to?• ?Each volume has an index• Before Gazette started – search newspaper

Thank you!

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