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Brisbane Gaol Prisoners 1850-1901

Created 04/05/2025

Updated 04/05/2025

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Registers of male and female prisoners admitted to HM Gaol Brisbane (Boggo Road) 1850-1901, also called description books, reception books or admission books – information recorded may include gaol number; name of prisoner, year of birth, where born, religion, height, make, complexion, eye and hair colour, education, trade or calling, marital status, children; mode of arrival, name of the ship, year of arrival; date and place of committal and by whom, date of reception in gaol, condition on entering gaol, offence, sentence, how disposed of/date of discharge and conduct in gaol; former convictions, particular markings, remarks, and connection and history.

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Title Brisbane Gaol Prisoners 1850-1901
Language English
Licence cc-by-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/48b20ec4-7339-49c7-92eb-4cedc3686c7d
Remote Last Updated 18/10/2024
Contact Point
Queensland State Archives
web@archives.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 30/08/2022
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Brisbane Gaol Prisoners 1850-1901". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/register-of-prisoners-gaol-brisbane-1850-1901