New South Wales. Police Dept. - Records, 1820-1894
New South Wales. Police Dept. - Records, 1820-1894
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1820 - 1894
Call Numbers
MLMSS 224
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.02
Textual Records - (printed)
Photographs
Textual Records
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Collection
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3524, frames 1-172 (MLMSS 224)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D00606/a2299.htm
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1841-1853; Appropriations, expenditures and requisitions (Yass Police Office, Crown Solicitor Melbourne, Audit Office Sydney, police salaries)
1858-1960; Statistical returns (unemployment, sanitary housing, stockades, prisoners taken into custody by the Sydney Police)
12 Oct. 1859; Appendix for the Chairman of the Select Committe...
Alternative Titles
Full title
New South Wales. Police Dept. - Records, 1820-1894
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 845982
Signature / Inscriptions
D.S. Mitchell signature.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907.
Administrative / Biographical history
In the first year of the new colony of New South Wales (1788) Royal Marines performed the function.In August 1789, the Governor appointed a Night Watch consisting of 12 well-behaved convicts. In 1810, Governor Macquarie re-organised the police, creating a basic system of districts and ranks. In the following years, the colony established independen...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 224
Record Identifier
94Rxgmy1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rxgmy1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
449190
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