Unit Id Item Date Range Description 1 Description 2 Description 3 Description 4 Description 5
1 Item - File 52/1846
1 Item 24 Jun 1848 - 24 Jun 1847 File 120/1848 Corporal Gehartz, Port Lincoln: Reporting skirmish with natives.
1 Item 18 Dec 1846 - 23 Dec 1846 File 145/1846 Colonial Secretary: Authority for transport of supplies (flour, blankets etc) to Rivoli and Guichen Bays for distribution amongst the Natives.
1 Item 24 Dec 1846 - 24 Dec 1846 File 145A/1846 J. Robins, Lance Corporal, Guichen Bay Police Station: Police Report Guichen Bay
1 Item 23 Feb 1846 - 23 Feb 1846 File 13/1846 Colonial Secretary: Nuisances committed by natives in the Park Lands. Protector of Aborigines requested to prevent.
1 Item 17 Feb 1844 - 17 Feb 1844 File 49/1848 Sergeant Naughton, Police Station, Gawler Town: Mounted Police report re sighting of Maher. Enclosure regarding necessity of Coroner no longer with letter.
1 Item - File 170/1846
1 01 Jan 1844 - 01 Jan 1848 Files 1/1844 to 128/1848
1 Item 02 Jun 1846 - 02 Jun 1846 File 157/1846 John Nicholls, Coroner, Gawler Place, Adelaide: Commenting on the forbearance shown by Corporal Rose and P.C. Mulheran in recent affray with natives at Strathalbyn.
1 Item 26 Mar 1846 - 26 Mar 1846 File 37/1846 Colonial Secretary: Respecting distribution of flour and blankets to natives on the Queen's Birthday.
1 Item 11 Feb 1848 - 11 Feb 1848 File 42/1848 Colonial Secretary: Corporal Mason to distribute a ton of flour amongst the natives of the Coorong and the Lake, and to take a registry of them.
1 Item 12 Apr 1846 - 16 Apr 1846 File 48A/1846 P.C. Morrison and others: Lists of merchants etc. in Hindley St displaying goods on footpath illegally.
1 Item - File 114/1848
1 Item 18 Jun 1846 - 18 Jun 1846 File 81/1846 Colonial Secretary: Respecting affray with natives at Strathalbyn.
1 Item - File 8/1848
1 Item 20 Nov 1846 - 20 Nov 1846 File 128A/1846 Corporal George Mason, Police Station, Wellington: Respecting condition of certain horses.
2 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 01 Jan 1854 File 1/1854 Murder of the Captain of the 'Jane Lovett', Guichen Bay. Includes other PCO files relating to the subject.
2 Item 23 Dec 1852 - 15 Jul 1853 File 18/1853 Colonial Secretary: Authorizing formation of Mounted Native Police at Moorundee.
2 Item - File 225/1848
2 Item 31 Dec 1848 - 31 Dec 1848 File 226/1848 Corporal Geharty, Port Lincoln: Reporting the conduct of the natives during the last quarter.
2 Item - File 163/1848
2 Item - File 22 of 1853
2 Item 28 Apr 1853 - 28 Apr 1853 File 5/1853 George Francis, Manager, Patent Copper Company, Port Wakefield Letting of premises at Port Wakefield for Police use
2 01 Jan 1848 - 01 Jan 1854 Files 129/1848 to 9/1854 NE GRG/MRG Unit
2 Item 21 Mar 1851 - 08 Aug 1856 File 1112/1851 Kapunda Station.
2 Item - File 2 of 1851
3 Item 05 Apr 1854 - 05 Apr 1854 File 183/1854 Inspector Drew: Reporting death of Native Police Constable Isaac.
3 Item 26 Apr 1854 - 26 Apr 1854 File 210/1854 Colonial Secretary: Appointment of George Mason as Inspector of Native Police
3 Item 07 Mar 1854 - 07 Mar 1854 File 137/1854 Robert Gardiner, Surveyor General's Office: Returning letter and tracing of the coastline of the Port Lincoln district and a tracing of the Police Reserve, Penola (not enclosed).
3 Item 04 Feb 1854 - 04 Feb 1854 File 74/1854 Colonial Secretary: Status of Police at Echunga Gold Fields.
3 Item 31 Jan 1854 - 31 Jan 1854 File 67/1854 Colonial Secretary: Water Police to be supplied with uniforms.
3 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 31 Dec 1854 File 14/1854 Police Paddocks. Also relates to forage and Police horses.
3 Item - File 217/1854 Various: Complaints re Port Adelaide footpaths and roads.
3 Item 26 Jan 1854 - 09 Feb 1854 File 84/1854 Firearms in possession of the natives.
3 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 31 Dec 1854 File 97/1854 Various: Charges by Mr Stuart against Inspector Tolmer.
3 Item - File 9/1854 Intestate estates, 1854-1856
3 Item 09 Mar 1854 - 09 Mar 1854 File 149/1854 E.B. Scott, Moorundie: Clothing and equipment for Native Police.
3 Item 26 Apr 1854 - 26 Apr 1854 File 210/1854 Colonial Secretary: Appointment of George Mason as Inspector of Native Police.
3 Item - File 79/1854 Various: Responsibility for the Noon-day Gun.
3 Item 05 Dec 1853 - 05 Dec 1853 File 34 and a half/1854 Angelo Rodrigues: Petition re bushrangers at Mosquito Plains, with Commissioner's reply to G. Ormerod.
3 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 31 Dec 1854 File 127/1854 Various: Clothing for Native Police.
3 Item - File 86/1854 Various: Death of hut-keeper on Captain Hughes sheep station ("too close to natives").
3 01 Jan 1854 - 01 Jan 1854 Files 9/1854 to 220/1854 NE GRG/MRG Unit
3 Item - File 55/1854
3 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 31 Dec 1854 File 169/1854 Various: Connection between European and Native Police.
3 Item 07 Jan 1854 - 07 Jan 1854 File 20/1854 Colonial Secretary: Regarding Report of Enquiry into the State of Efficiency of the Police Force. Conveying Governor's pleasure in stating W. Howell has satisfactorily disproved the charge of making false charges against W. Stuart.
4 Item - File 318/1854 Various: Request from City Council to prevent entry into Victoria Square while improvements in progress.
4 01 Jan 1854 - 01 Jan 1854 Files 224/1854 to 485/1854 NE GRG/MRG Unit
4 Item - File 327/1854 Various: Native Police, Port Augusta
4 Item 04 Sep 1854 - 04 Sep 1854 File 412/1854 H.T. Barwis: Instructions for artillery men.
4 Item 01 Jun 1854 - 01 Jun 1854 File 292/1854 Inspector E.B. Scott: Ship's Papers for the 'Jane Lovatt' in reply to Commissioner's letter of 11th May.
4 Item 29 Jul 1854 - 29 Jul 1854 File 346/1854 Town Clerk: Lamps at City Ford, Torrens River.
4 Item 28 Aug 1854 - 28 Aug 1854 File 388/1854 Sheriff: Jury summonses for the Supreme Court
4 Item 06 May 1854 - 06 May 1854 File 231/1854 Colonial Secretary: Instructing Inspector Tolmer to hand over charge of Gaol to Lawrence Egan.
4 Item - File 398/185
4 Item - File 399/1854 Various: Inspection of Dry Creek Stockade
4 Item 13 Oct 1854 - 13 Oct 1854 File 463/1854 Town Clerk: Dangerous well exposed on Town Acre 657 in reply to Commissioner's memo of 12th October.
4 Item - File 428 and a half/1854 Various: Reporting of death of native prisoner.
4 Item 14 Jun 1854 - 15 Jun 1854 File 301/1854 W. & C. Basham: Complaining of behaviour of prostitutes in Hindley Street, with Commissioner's reply.
4 Item 01 Apr 1854 - 01 Apr 1854 File 234/1854 Inspector Holroyd, Port Lincoln: Return of Natives in private employ in the Northern and Eastern District of Port Lincoln.
4 Item 09 Oct 1854 - 21 Oct 1854 File 455/1854 Procedure for service of notices.
5 Item 01 Jan 1854 - 01 Jan 1854 File 558/1854 Various: Correspondence relative to the Echunga Goldfields.
5 01 Jan 1854 - 01 Jan 1854 Files 486/1854 to 562/1854 NE GRG/MRG Unit
5 Item 27 Nov 1854 - 27 Nov 1854 File 541/1854 H.P. Minchin: Pay for Native Police and Police Station at Port Augusta, with copy and Commissioner's note.
5 Item 17 Nov 1854 - 21 Nov 1854 File 507/1854 W. H, Hooker, Kapunda Police Station: Arrest of James Oben, Chinese for deserting the hired service of Robert Ramsey. Alexander Tolmer, Senior Inspector, Adelaide reports that the prisoner arrived in the Gawler Mail Cart accompanied by P.C. Bentley on horseback. Police horse extremely distressed. Inspector Rodda of Clare replies that instructions invariably given that prisoners must walk if not able to pay for the hire of a conveyance,
5 Item 04 Dec 1854 - 04 Dec 1854 File 528/1854 Corporal Hooker: Forwarding report on suicide of Dr. McIvet.
6 Item 09 Jan 1855 - 07 Feb 1855 File 56/1855 Corporal Phillips, Yorke Peninsula Police Station: Reporting shooting affray with natives of Point Pearce.
6 Item 04 Feb 1855 - 09 Feb 1855 File 75/1855 Corporal Shaw, Gawler Town: Prisoner Sarah Burns confined of a still born child and will not be in a fit state to appear at the next criminal sittings.
6 Item 20 Mar 1855 - 10 Apr 1855 File 258/1855 Government Shipping Agent: Returning Sub-Protector of Aborigines (Henry Minchin) letter of complaint of 20th March, with apology. Relates to delay in forwarding Native Police clothing etc.
6 Item 09 Feb 1855 - 09 Feb 1855 File 102/1855 G.W. Goyder, Surveyor General's Office: Requesting a list of sections reserved for Police purposes. Includes list.
6 Item 08 Jan 1855 - 15 Jan 1855 File 13/1855 G.W. Hawkes,Treasurer: Requesting Police assistance in locating William Goldney, who was delivered a gold ingot in mistake for another by the Bullion clerk.
6 Item - File 128/1855
6 01 Jan 1855 - 01 Jan 1855 Files 2/1855 to 275/1855 NE GRG/MRG Unit
7 Item 21 Jul 1855 - 21 Jul 1855 File 503/1855 Inspector Gardiner: Reporting completion of Angaston Police Station and Courthouse.
7 Item - File 443/1855
7 Item - File 577/1855
7 Item - File 867/1855
7 Item - File 431/1855
7 Item 19 Oct 1855 - 05 Nov 1855 File 725/1855 Custody of Aboriginal witness in trial of two Aborigines for the murder of an Aboriginal woman at Penola.
7 Item 01 Oct 1855 - 24 Oct 1855 File 716/1855 Henry Eyre, Sergeant f Police, Venus Bay Police Station: Quarterly Report re the natives. Mentions the Native Police.
7 Item 01 Apr 1855 - 01 Apr 1855 File 368/1855 Sergeants Eyre and Geharty: Reports on natives from Venus Bay and Salt Creek for the quarter ending 31/3/1855.
7 01 Jan 1855 - 01 Jan 1856 Files 278/1855 to 140/1856 NE GRG/MRG Unit
7 Item 01 Nov 1855 - 01 Nov 1855 File 753/1855 Inspector Scott, Police, Penola: Explaining circumstances of P.T. Gordon's resignation. Refers to the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
7 Item - File 384/1855
7 Item 10 Oct 1855 - 10 Oct 1855 File 685/1855 Corporal Richards: Disorders at the Female Emigrants' Depot.
7 Item - File 551/1855 Complaint against Trooper Field by Publican Charles Webb of Clare.
7 Item - File 625/1855 Various: Attempted murder by Black Billy.
7 Item - File 511/1855
8 Item 15 Mar 1856 - 03 Apr 1856 File 235/1856 Inspector Holroyd, Port Lincoln: Use of natives as trackers and police, Venus Bay. Discharge of natives. Return of natives from Adelaide and the Murray before discharge.
8 Item 08 Mar 1856 - 13 Mar 1856 File 186/1856 Inspector George Mason, Wellington: Stating native police have left to go harvesting and stating they have not been re-engaged until the question of dispensing with the Native Police has been settled. Native struck by lightning.
8 Item 01 Aug 1856 - 12 Sep 1856 File 527/1856 Police Troopers Henry Nixon and C. Carland, Wellington: Explaining actions taken re inquest into the death of William Robinson at Salt Creek.
8 Item 30 Jun 1865 - 05 Aug 1856 File 502/1856 P.T. Geharty, Police Station, Salt Creek: Forwarding quarterly report re conduct of the natives. Also includes memos regarding provision of ration to Aborigines in the Port Lincoln district.
8 01 Jan 1856 - 01 Jan 1856 Files 141/1856 to 545/1856 NE GRG/MRG Unit
8 Item 18 Feb 1856 - 18 Feb 1856 File 141/1856 Commissioner of Police: August Stark arrested Hamburg, Germany for forgery of Australian banknotes.
8 Item 01 Jan 1856 - 01 Jan 1856 File 492/1856 Request for plans of Police Stations and tracings of Police paddocks
8 Item 24 May 1856 - 26 May 1856 File 258/1856 Police Trooper John Shaw, Willunga Police Station: Complaint against Corporal Richards.
8 Item - File 227/1856
8 Item 26 Apr 1856 - 30 Apr 1856 File 318/1856 "Answers to various questions". Information relates to supplies and equipment needed by the Police Force, 1856 as requested by the Colonial Secretary.
8 Item - 261/1856
8 Item 24 May 1856 - 26 May 1856 File 380/1856 R.S. Jay, Surgeon, Willunga: Certifying that Elizabeth the wife of James Reynolds Shoemaker of Aldinga is of unsound mind. Commissioner Warbuton notes "the Police have only to deal with those who are dangerous Lunatics and in all such cases the nearest Magistrate is the person before whom the Lunatic should be taken."