Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879

Author(s)
Finnane, Mark
Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish
Publication Date
2021-02-22
Abstract
The data is accessed from tables documenting 'Prisoners discharge' from gaols - the data includes name, offence, trial date, sentence and some personal characteristics of the offender, as well as date of discharge. Some records may be linked to other Dataverse sets including NSW Supreme Court trials as well as other NSW Police Gazette data.
Abstract
Prisoners discharged from NSW Prisons, 1865-1879, data accessed from NSW Police Gazette. Data includes name, offence, sentence, trial date and place, date of discharge from prison, prisoner descriptions including height, age and birthplace. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stalks and New Chums, Crime and Nutritional Status in Settler Australia, DP140102231 and has subsequently been curated by the Prosecution Project.
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en
Publisher
Australian Data Archive
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
Title
Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879
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