Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Original data:

Queensland Police Gazette Index Compendium, 1881-1945. CD-ROM. Ridgehaven, South Australia: Gould Genealogy and History, 2009.

About Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945

Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. In this collection of Queensland police gazettes, which spans the years 1881 to 1945, you will find the names of police officers, victims of crime, missing persons, and wanted or released criminals. Personal details reported could include name, aliases, age, height, hair and eye color, distinguishing features, or clothing worn.

The information in this description comes from the Gould Genealogy and History catalogue.

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