Victoria Police Gazette
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The Victoria Police Gazette commenced in December 1853 and was initially
Originally the
Another section in the Gazettes was one headed 'Missing Friends'. Most people listed thereunder were not criminals, but were merely sought by police so that relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them.
In the case of the deserters of wives and children, the Victoria Police Gazette would list (where known) the name of the offender, their place of birth, age, occupation, the area in which they had been living, their possible future movements and known relatives. In some cases the deserted person was also named.
It included entries that covered:
- People wanted for questioning in relation to various other crimes.
- Prisoners discharged from either city or country gaols.
- Extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally, overseas countries.
- Extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette of escaped convicts and the name of the person to whom they were assigned.
Legislative origin
The Legislative Council of Victoria passed an Act on 8 January 1853, for the regulation of the police force. At the time there were seven distinct police bodies in Victoria, each acting independently: the Melbourne and County of Bourke Police; the City of Geelong Police; the Goldfields Police; the Gold Escort; the Water Police; the Rural Bench Constabulary; and the Mounted Police.
In December of that year, the Victoria Police Gazette started as an official means of pooling information among these newly uniformed bodies.
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See also
References
- ^ Victoria Police; Archive Digital Books Australasia (eds.). Victoria Police gazette. Modbury, S. Aust.: Archive Digital Books Australasia.
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