Australian Historical Criminal Justice Data Dataverse

This Dataverse contains customised subsets of data produced by the Prosecution Project at Griffith University. The Prosecution Project makes available transcribed court records sourced from Australian jurisdictions from 1788 to 1960. These can include Supreme Courts, Police Gazettes, Prison and Convict Registers which are commonly located in the country's State Archives (also known as Public Record Offices in some states and territories). With the collaboration of other criminal justice history researchers, the Prosecution Project is also facilitating access through this Dataverse to data on penal populations in the convict period and after. For further information on the Prosecution Project, please see their website: https://prosecutionproject.griffith.edu.au/

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Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901–1955 Apr 19, 2024 Finnane, Mark; Strange, Carolyn, 2024, "Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901–1955", https://doi.org/10.26193/ZMFUOD, ADA Dataverse, V1 This research file includes data accessed from Prosecution Project records as part of a study of the prosecution and sentencing of inter-gender murder (male on female, and female on male) in NSW 1901-1955. The original records have been supplemented with more attributes including context of event, as well as biographical data for both defendants an...
Victorian Supreme Court Perjury sample 1855-1914 Feb 20, 2024 Finnane, Mark, 2024, "Victorian Supreme Court Perjury sample 1855-1914", https://doi.org/10.26193/EZFRRM, ADA Dataverse, V1 This is a sample of Perjury charges heard at the Victorian Supreme Court between 1855-1914. It was generated to support a study reported in an article published in History Australia 2024 (in press). The 277 cases make up about 20% of the total prosecutions for perjury in the court during this period and recorded in the Prosecution Project database,...
Norfolk Island Penal Colony Nov 5, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Causer, Tim; Durnian, Lisa, 2021, "Norfolk Island Penal Colony", https://doi.org/10.26193/RR82PE, ADA Dataverse, V1 A reconstructed register of convicts detained at the Norfolk Island Penal Colony. Data was prepared by Dr Tim Causer (University College London) and curated for the Prosecution Project by Mark Finnane and Lisa Durnian.
Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1890-1899 Feb 23, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1890-1899", https://doi.org/10.26193/GQP3CF, ADA Dataverse, V1 Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1890-1899. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...
Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878 Feb 23, 2021 Finnane, Mark, 2019, "Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878", https://doi.org/10.26193/9NO2WB, ADA Dataverse, V2 This dataset is derived from the Prosecution Project collection of information on indictable trials at Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne and on circuit from 1855-1878. The data includes name and sex of offender, offence, verdict, sentence, judge, trial date, trial location, and in some cases links to press reports in the Trove (NLA) database of...
Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian prisons 1865-1874 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian prisons 1865-1874", https://doi.org/10.26193/ZFAHYI, ADA Dataverse, V1 Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian Prisons, 1865-1874, data accessed from Tasmanian Police Gazette. Data includes name, offence, sentence, trial date and place, date of discharge from prison, prisoner descriptions including height, age, birthplace, occupation. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stalks and New Chums...
Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1880-1889 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1880-1889", https://doi.org/10.26193/MQZZRM, ADA Dataverse, V1 Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1880-1889. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...
Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899", https://doi.org/10.26193/X4BDZK, ADA Dataverse, V1 Prisoners discharged from NSW Prisons, 1880-1899, 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 Nutrition...
Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879", https://doi.org/10.26193/82CSHI, ADA Dataverse, V1 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 Nutrition...
Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1870-1879 Feb 19, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1870-1879", https://doi.org/10.26193/XGL1PN, ADA Dataverse, V1 Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1870-1879. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...

Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901–1955

Apr 19, 2024

Finnane, Mark; Strange, Carolyn, 2024, "Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901–1955", https://doi.org/10.26193/ZMFUOD, ADA Dataverse, V1

This research file includes data accessed from Prosecution Project records as part of a study of the prosecution and sentencing of inter-gender murder (male on female, and female on male) in NSW 1901-1955. The original records have been supplemented with more attributes including context of event, as well as biographical data for both defendants an...

Victorian Supreme Court Perjury sample 1855-1914

Feb 20, 2024

Finnane, Mark, 2024, "Victorian Supreme Court Perjury sample 1855-1914", https://doi.org/10.26193/EZFRRM, ADA Dataverse, V1

This is a sample of Perjury charges heard at the Victorian Supreme Court between 1855-1914. It was generated to support a study reported in an article published in History Australia 2024 (in press). The 277 cases make up about 20% of the total prosecutions for perjury in the court during this period and recorded in the Prosecution Project database,...

Norfolk Island Penal Colony

Nov 5, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Causer, Tim; Durnian, Lisa, 2021, "Norfolk Island Penal Colony", https://doi.org/10.26193/RR82PE, ADA Dataverse, V1

A reconstructed register of convicts detained at the Norfolk Island Penal Colony. Data was prepared by Dr Tim Causer (University College London) and curated for the Prosecution Project by Mark Finnane and Lisa Durnian.

Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1890-1899

Feb 23, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1890-1899", https://doi.org/10.26193/GQP3CF, ADA Dataverse, V1

Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1890-1899. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...

Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878

Feb 23, 2021

Finnane, Mark, 2019, "Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878", https://doi.org/10.26193/9NO2WB, ADA Dataverse, V2

This dataset is derived from the Prosecution Project collection of information on indictable trials at Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne and on circuit from 1855-1878. The data includes name and sex of offender, offence, verdict, sentence, judge, trial date, trial location, and in some cases links to press reports in the Trove (NLA) database of...

Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian prisons 1865-1874

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian prisons 1865-1874", https://doi.org/10.26193/ZFAHYI, ADA Dataverse, V1

Prisoners discharged from Tasmanian Prisons, 1865-1874, data accessed from Tasmanian Police Gazette. Data includes name, offence, sentence, trial date and place, date of discharge from prison, prisoner descriptions including height, age, birthplace, occupation. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stalks and New Chums...

Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1880-1889

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1880-1889", https://doi.org/10.26193/MQZZRM, ADA Dataverse, V1

Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1880-1889. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...

Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899", https://doi.org/10.26193/X4BDZK, ADA Dataverse, V1

Prisoners discharged from NSW Prisons, 1880-1899, 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 Nutrition...

Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879", https://doi.org/10.26193/82CSHI, ADA Dataverse, V1

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 Nutrition...

Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1870-1879

Feb 19, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Inwood, Kris, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1870-1879", https://doi.org/10.26193/XGL1PN, ADA Dataverse, V1

Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1870-1879. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age, height and place of birth. The data was originally transcribed for the ARC funded project Corn Stal...

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