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10 CDs (23506 pages)

This set is a complete set of 47 years of the 'South Australian Police Gazette' from 1901 to 1947, at a very special price!!

Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. You can expect the 'South Australian Police Gazettes' to include the following information that will usually list names and sometimes private details, descriptions with photograph, addresses and/or occupations:

• apprehensions
• complainants
• illegal immigrants
• escapees and absconders from custody
• exemptions from the 1941 Aboriginal Act
• lost or stolen property
• deserting wives, families, etc
• deserting from military service
• deserting from merchant vessels
• gold buyer, hawker, marine store licences
• inquests
• missing friends
• persons suspected or wanted for a crime and warrants issued
• police promotion examination results and appointments
• prisoners tried at supreme and circuit courts
• prisoners discharged from gaols

Gazettes are published by governments and their agencies as a means of communication to officials and the general public. As such they are useful, not only to monitor the actions of the government, but also as far as family historians are concerned, they are valuable primary source documents.

Now searchable, these Gazettes on CD open up a world of interesting and comprehensive information about individual people and their lives in South Australia's past.

Fascinating searching and useful information for anyone interested in South Australia's history and people.

Each year is available individually.

System Requirements: Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later, Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text