Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/33134
Title: Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879
Contributor(s): Finnane, Mark (creator); Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish  (creator)orcid 
Publication Date: 2021-02-22
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.26193/82CSHIOpen Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/33134
Abstract/Context: 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.
Publication Type: Dataset
Grant Details: ARC/DP140102231
Fields of Research (FOR): 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430302 Australian history
430306 Digital history
430311 Historical studies of crime
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO): 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
Keywords: Crime
Prisoners
Australian colonial history
New South Wales
Location: Canberra, Australia
HERDC Category Description: X Dataset
Description: 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.
Project: Cornstalks and New Chums
Dataset Managed By: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Rights Holder: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Dataset Stored at: ADA Dataverse
Primary Contact Details: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart - hmaxwell@une.edu.au
Dataset Custodian Details: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart - hmaxwell@une.edu.au
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