Australian Historical Criminal Justice Data Dataverse

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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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Norfolk Island Penal Colony Nov 5, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Causer, Tim; Durnian, Lisa, 2021, "Norfolk Island Penal Colony", doi: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", doi: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. Th...
Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878 Feb 23, 2021 Finnane, Mark, 2019, "Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878", doi: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, an...
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", doi: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 origi...
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", doi: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. Th...
Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899", doi: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...
Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879 Feb 22, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879", doi: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...
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", doi: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. Th...
NSW Port Macquarie Penal Settlement (1821-1826) Feb 19, 2021 Finnane, Mark; Roberts, David, 2021, "NSW Port Macquarie Penal Settlement (1821-1826)", doi:10.26193/R7CLSZ, ADA Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:QumFDDrXdD44RRFhj6SkeA== This data is a record of the population of convicts at the Port Macquarie Penal Settlement, 1821-1832, collated by David Roberts and Melissa Gibbs (University of New England) from records in the NSW State Archives, including 'Gaolers Lists' and a 'Port Macquarie Population Book'....
Western Australia Supreme Court 1862-1899 Oct 29, 2020 Finnane, Mark, 2020, "Western Australia Supreme Court 1862-1899", doi:10.26193/ESI64N, ADA Dataverse, V2 Trials on indictment at Western Australia Supreme Court, includes data on name of accused, offence, trial date, judge, verdict, sentence and links to Trove (nla.gov.au) digitised newspaper reports. Prior to 1861 serious offences were tried at Courts of Quarter Sessions (for which...

Norfolk Island Penal Colony

Nov 5, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Causer, Tim; Durnian, Lisa, 2021, "Norfolk Island Penal Colony", doi: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", doi: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. Th...

Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878

Feb 23, 2021

Finnane, Mark, 2019, "Victorian Supreme Court Criminal Trials 1855-1878", doi: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, an...

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", doi: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 origi...

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", doi: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. Th...

Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1880-1899", doi: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...

Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879

Feb 22, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, 2021, "Prisoners discharged from NSW prisons 1865-1879", doi: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...

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", doi: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. Th...

NSW Port Macquarie Penal Settlement (1821-1826)

Feb 19, 2021

Finnane, Mark; Roberts, David, 2021, "NSW Port Macquarie Penal Settlement (1821-1826)", doi:10.26193/R7CLSZ, ADA Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:QumFDDrXdD44RRFhj6SkeA==

This data is a record of the population of convicts at the Port Macquarie Penal Settlement, 1821-1832, collated by David Roberts and Melissa Gibbs (University of New England) from records in the NSW State Archives, including 'Gaolers Lists' and a 'Port Macquarie Population Book'....

Western Australia Supreme Court 1862-1899

Oct 29, 2020

Finnane, Mark, 2020, "Western Australia Supreme Court 1862-1899", doi:10.26193/ESI64N, ADA Dataverse, V2

Trials on indictment at Western Australia Supreme Court, includes data on name of accused, offence, trial date, judge, verdict, sentence and links to Trove (nla.gov.au) digitised newspaper reports. Prior to 1861 serious offences were tried at Courts of Quarter Sessions (for which...

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