Unit Id Item Date Range Description 1 Description 2 Description 3 Description 4 Description 5
8 Item - File 239/1856
9 Item 23 Dec 1856 - 26 Jan 1856 File 776/1856 Corporal Mulville, Mount Remarkable: Reporting case of Sarah Burns turned away from her employment by Mr Gregorson, Farmer for being with child by Murdock Campbell, who has left the neighbourhood. Threatening suicide if turned away from Mr Hatten's. Woman destitute, but does not meet the Destitute Board's requirements for assistance as she is not ill. Commissioner Warburton remonstrates and directs Police to find her board and lodgings and assist her to find employment. Woman proceeding to Adelaide, Campbell having paid her fare.
9 Item - File 184/1857 W. Main, Blacksmith, Wakefield: Contract to shoe horses for 9 shillings per horse.
9 Item - File 652/1856
9 Item 02 Apr 1857 - 02 Apr 1857 File 249/1857 Corporal A. Burtt, Mt Serle Police Station: Report of northern patrol and conduct of natives threatening to drive whites from the north country. Good rains and cold weather.
9 Item - File 593/1856 J. Stewart: Housebreaking at Angaston. Complaint against Trooper I. Wurm for not returning money found on offender H. Gunther.
9 Item - File 275/1857 Crown Lands Department: Police Trooper Buttrose of Echunga Police Station appointed Crown Lands Ranger for Echunga Gold Fields.
9 Item - File 701/1856 Commissioner of Police: Angaston Police Station. Instruction re remitting fines.
9 Item 05 Feb 1857 - 07 Feb 1857 File 97/1857 Frederick Duffield, Secretary, S.A. Agricultural Society: Applies for Police attendance at annual show.
9 Item 27 Nov 1856 - 12 May 1857 File 293/1857 Richard Saunders, Police Trooper, Mount Remarkable Police Station: Body of William Baker found dead near the Charlton Mine. Includes despostions from William Doudey, George Cumming, William Yates, Surgeon, and Edward Temperley.
9 Item 17 Dec 1856 - 22 Dec 1856 File 764/1856 William James Wood, Police Trooper, Port Wakefield: Report. P.T. Davies v. Batten, Master of the Barge 'Four Brothers'.
9 Item 09 Sep 1856 - 30 Sep 1956 File 581/1856 Destitute Board Office: Bertha Steel and Mary Ann Prince, prostitutes suffering from venereal disease, reporting to Police as not having a place to stop, admitted to the Destitute Asylum. Police are instructed not to send such cases in the future. Commissioner Warburton remonstrates.
9 Item 24 Apr 1857 - 24 Apr 1857 File 195 and a half/1857 Commissioner: Report to the Chief Secretary of his inspection of the northern and west coast areas. Comments on police duties for the control and protection of Aborigines. Endorses the use of tribal law for the punishment of offending natives.
9 Item 02 Mar 1857 - 02 Mar 1857 PCO 172/1857 Mt Serle Police Station - report on activities and conduct of natives From: A. Burt, Corporal
9 Item - File 273/1857
9 Item 03 Sep 1856 - 13 Mar 1857 File 592/1856 Chief Commissioner, Police Department, Melbourne: Chinaman Lee Foy alias At Syee charged with the murder of Bock Tsin, may be in Adelaide under the name of A. Ling, a carpenter of Elizabeth St., Adelaide. Chinaman Lan Lee sent to Adelaide to indentify the culprit. Includes correspondence from the Chinese Protector's Office, Avoca, Victoria.
9 Item 05 Jan 1857 - 11 Jan 1857 File 77/1857 Police Station, Port Elliot: Journal for the week commencing Monday, January 5th and ending Sunday, January 11th, 1857.
9 Item 12 Dec 1856 - 12 Dec 1856 File 711/1856 [PCO 742/1856] Chief Secretary - Notifying Commissioner of the appointment of Emma Cobbin as Female Searcher to the Police Establishment Vice resignation of A F Gales
9 01 Jan 1856 - 01 Jan 1856 Files 546/1856 to 367/1857 NE GRG/MRG Unit
9 Item 02 May 1857 - 02 May 1857 PCO 301/1857 Quarterly report on natives From: A. Burtt, Corporal, Mount Serle Police Station
9 Item - File 344/1857 F.M. Rodda, Angaston Police Station: Refusal of Trooper Dundas to certify satisfactory completion of well digging.
9 Item - File 33/1857
10 Item - File 481/1857 Police Trooper F. Wurn: Resignation from Angaston Police Station.
10 Item - File 748/1857
10 Item 12 Nov 1857 - 12 Nov 1857 File 716/1857 A.H. Freeling Surveyor General Forwarding list of sections set aside for Police purposes
10 Item 15 Dec 1857 - 15 Dec 1857 File 842/1857 Oliver K. Richardson, Under Secretary Approval for repairs to Port Elliot Police Station
10 Item 16 Nov 1857 - 16 Nov 1857 File 728/1857 Chief Secretary's Office: Memorandum re reimbusement of Police expenses for the conveyance and maintenance of native witnesses in Supreme Court cases.
10 Item - File 389/1857
10 Item - File 511/1857
10 Item - File 701/1857 Inspector Reid: Union Bank at Port Adelaide destoyed by fire. Damage to Port Adelaide Police Station from same.
10 Item - File 450/1857
10 Item - File 439/1857
10 Item 22 Jun 1857 - 23 Jun 1857 File 397/1857 James Perry, Corporal, Port Elliot Police Station Urging necessity for building a stable and store at the station
10 Item 18 Nov 1857 - 25 Nov 1857 File 779/1857 Major Warburton, Commissioner of Police Soliciting sanction for the supply of newspapers for the use of the Police Department
10 Item 07 Nov 1857 - 26 Nov 1857 File 708/1857 Richard Saunders PT, Mt Remarkable Police Station: Conveyance of prisoners.
10 Item 25 Nov 1857 - 04 Dec 1857 File 817/1857 Alboyd (Holboyd?) Davies, Police Trooper, Port Wakefield Application to resign
10 Item 30 Sep 1857 - 16 Nov 1857 File 593/1857 Leopold Gurrich alias John Phillips Apprehension of for theft of gold from Ballarat
10 Item 30 Jun 1857 - 01 Aug 1857 File 499/1857 Seargent Eyre, Police Barracks, Port Lincoln: Quarterly Report re natives in Western Division. Also includes reports from Salt Creek and Venus Bay.
10 Item - File 418/1857
10 01 Jan 1857 - 01 Jan 1857 Files 370/1857 to 8/1857 NE GRG/MRG Unit
10 Item 31 Aug 1857 - 07 Sep 1857 File 546/1857 James Perry, Corporal, Port Elliot Police Station Forage matters
10 Item 31 Oct 1857 - 30 Nov 1857 PCO 776/1857 Cattle spearing by natives. One native shot by Police Trooper Coward From: A. Burtt, Corporal, Mount Serle Police Station
10 Item - File 755/1857
10 Item - File 741/1857
10 Item - File 674/1857 Chief Sectretary: P.J. Bentley, distress warrant.
10 Item 25 Nov 1857 - 02 Dec 1857 File 816/1857 A. Davies, Police Trooper, Port Wakefield Police Station Memorial to be allowed to resign
10 Item 01 Aug 1857 - 14 Aug 1857 File 484/1857 Corporal A. Burt, Mt Serle Police Station: Report of northern patrol and observations about natives and settlers.
11 Item 18 May 1858 - 22 May 1858 File 484/1858 John Field, P.T., Police Barracks: Expenses incurred in the apprehension of William Bell for the theft a horse the property of David Hardcastle, Lake Wallace, Victoria.
11 Item 29 Mar 1858 - 31 Mar 1858 File 309/1858 T.M. Rodda, Penrice: Request for payment of account for repairs to hay house and well at Angaston.
11 Item - File 108/1858
11 Item - File 161/1858
11 Item 11 Jan 1858 - 20 Jan 1858 File 34/1858 S.G.C., Gumeracha: Complaint re conduct and neglect of duties of PT Thomson, and insolence to PT Bentley.
11 Item - File 171/1858
11 01 Jan 1858 - 01 Jan 1858 Files 1/1858 to 498/1858 NE GRG/MRG Unit
11 Item 14 Apr 1858 - 26 Apr 1858 File 360/1858 W. Clark, Tarrawatta, Angaston: Condition of horse sold for Police work.
11 Item 15 May 1858 - 22 May 1858 File 490/1858 Henry Minchin, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mount Remarkable: Magisterial inquiry into the circumstances under which a native of the Far North came to be fired upon and wounded by P.T. Coward and a settler named Hack.
11 Item 01 Jan 1858 - 01 Jan 1858 File 54/1858 Approval for Police Paddock to be used for Agricultural and Horticultural Society's Show
11 Item 31 Mar 1858 - 31 Mar 1858 File 321/1858 Police Trooper Percival Warburton, Angaston Police Station: Non-execution of warrant on woman of about 60 years of age as she would be required to walk 50 miles to the endangerment of her life.
11 Item 01 Feb 1858 - 01 Feb 1858 File 130/1858 Corporal A. Burtt, Mt Serle: Report on conduct of natives in the area.
11 Item - File 128/1858
11 Item 11 Aug 1858 - 11 Aug 1858 File 151/1858 Commissioner of Police: Requesting Chief Secretary's approval of his orders re apprenhension of Aborigines.
12 Item 08 Jun 1858 - 24 Jun 1858 File 585/1858 Corporal Burtt, Mount Serle Police Station: Reporting attack at Mr Jacob's Station on the East Plain by natives. Hut burnt, and two men badly wounded by spears.
12 01 Jan 1858 - 01 Jan 1858 Files 502/1858 to 1057/1858 NE GRG/MRG Unit
12 Item 18 Sep 1858 - 26 Oct 1858 File 842/1858 Corporal Burtt, Mount Remarkable Police Station: Reporting escape of native Pompey concerned in the attack on Mr Jacobs' Station. Refusal of Mr Minchin to summons witnesses. Letter from Inspector George Hamilton to the Attorney General complaining of conduct of Mr Minchin. AGO 514/1858 relates.
12 Item 04 Jun 1858 - 16 Aug 1858 File 714/1858 P.T. Parry, Streaky Bay Police Station: Alleged attempted spearing of Native Guide Paddy and subsequent shooting of natives by Mr Knox and Mr Gibson. Report countermanded as it became apparent story was a joke by Mr Gibson.
12 Item - File 901/1858
12 Item 25 Jun 1858 - 25 Jun 1858 File 590/1858 Commissioner of Police: Instructions to Inspector Holroyd for the investigation of charges made against Sub-Protector Mason at Wellington. Enclosures no longer with file - possibly to be found in the correspondence of the Commissioner of Crown Lands/Chief Secretary.
12 Item 16 Aug 1858 - 14 Sep 1858 File 751/1858 Commisisoner of Police: Inappropriate issuing of warrants against natives under the Master and Servants Act, and occasional 'walkabout' by natives.
12 Item 03 Jul 1858 - 28 Jul 1858 File 662/1858 Corporal A. Burtt, Mount Serle Police Station: Fowarding particulars of outrage committed by natives at Mr Jacob's Station.
12 Item - FIle 900/1858
12 Item 30 Aug 1858 - 21 Sep 1858 File 783/1858 James Dundas, Angaston Police Station: Warrant issued for the arrest of Stephenson Henry Scaife for embezzlement.
12 Item 02 Jun 1858 - 09 Jul 1858 File 542/1858 Trooper P. Warburton, Angaston Police Station: Extensive enquiries to try and locate offender for stabbing girl Caroline Rettie (Rattay) at Lyndoch Valley. A man called Buckmann suspected.
12 Item 23 Aug 1858 - 23 Aug 1858 File 749/1858 Under Secretary: Modification of recent Commissioner's Instructions to Police re the use of firearms against Natives, and pointing out the Police Force is a civic body employed to preserve the peace, not an army to be used against enemies. Relates to events at Jacob's Station.
12 Item 01 Jan 1858 - 01 Jan 1858 File 686/1858 Henry Muirhead, Hindley St Complaint re unemployed and idlers congegating at corner of Hindley and King William Sts., causing obstruction
12 Item 27 Aug 1858 - 30 Aug 1858 File 763/1858 Perceval Warburton, Angaston: Tendering resignation as Police Trooper.
12 Item 30 Sep 1858 - 30 Sep 1858 File 893/1858 Corporal Burtt, Mount Serle Police Station: Reporting native prisoner Owieandana Billy has been remanded, other natives arrested and natives in the vicinity of Mr Jacobs' Station still very troublesome.
12 Item - File 849/1858
12 Item 01 Jan 1858 - 01 Jan 1858 File 687/1858 Mr John Bridgard, Bowden Enquiring if Police Act applies to certain land at Chain of Ponds
13 01 Jan 1859 - 01 Jan 1859 Files 6/1859 to 530/1859 NE GRG/MRG Unit
13 Item 30 Mar 1859 - 31 Mar 1859 File 387/1859 Police Trooper Stretton, Headquarters: Re complaint of Mary Matthews that Elijah Matthews, Government labourer, did not receive his full wages.
13 Item 01 Jan 1859 - 15 Feb 1859 File 199/1859 Police Trooper James Geharty, Venus Bay Police Station: Quarterly report on conduct of the natives. Comments extensively on a generational tribal vendetta between two members of the Parla tribe and the Streaky Bay tribe.
13 Item 22 Jan 1859 - 24 Mar 1859 File 115/1859 Corporal James Dundas, Angaston Police Station: Stating Police stable and hay house at Angaston requires repairs.
13 Item 06 Feb 1859 - 08 Feb 1859 File 172/1859 W. Stretton PT, Angaston Police Station: Reporting the sudden death of Lance Corporal Dundas and enclosing copy of inquest.
13 Item - File 170/1859 Reporting major bushfire, Mt. Jagged Tiers to within 2 miles of Port Elliot - Police Trooper O'Connor also attending From: Corporal John Ewens, Port Elliot
13 Item - File 13/1859
13 Item - File 288/1859
14 Item 01 Jul 1859 - 01 Jul 1859 File 877/1859 Police Trooper Geherty, Venus Bay Police Station: Report on natives during the last quarter. List of numbers employed by pastoralists.
14 01 Jan 1859 - 01 Jan 1859 Files 531/1859 to 1345/1859 NE GRG/MRG Unit
14 Item 14 Jul 1859 - 14 Jul 1859 File 763/1859 Edward Bentley, Corporal-in-Charge, Gawler Town Police Station: Requesting permission to get married (granted).
14 Item - File 1141/1859
14 Item - File 650/1859
14 Item 03 Dec 1859 - 07 Dec 1859 File 1241/1859 Patrick O'Reilly, Police Station, Angaston: Enclosing reward of one pound given to him by the Captain of the 'Orient' for apprehending a deserter.
14 Item 01 Jan 1859 - 01 Jan 1859 File 716/1859 Ferdinand Von Mueller, Goverment Botanist, Victoria: Request for Police at Fowler's Bay to collect flowers, seeds etc. and forward. Instructions to Police to comply.
14 Item 29 Jul 1859 - 02 Aug 1859 File 829/1859 James Heggie P.T., Adelaide: Enclosing 30 guineas presented to himself and P.T. Hart in appreciation of their conduct whilst stationed at Kapunda.
14 Item 29 Nov 1859 - 07 Feb 1860 PCO 1281/1859 Information received at Wilpena of supposed murder of white man by natives at Stuart's Creek area From: Corporal R. Saunders, Mount Serle Police Station
14 Item - File 756/1859
14 Item 22 Dec 1859 - 29 Dec 1859 File 1328/1859 Criminal Offence Report, Guichen Bay. Robbery from a hut by two Scottish men, one named Montgomery. Reward of 3 pounds for recovery of stolen sheep dogs.
14 Item 01 Apr 1859 - 01 Apr 1859 File 566/1859 Police Trooper Gerherty, Venus Bay Police Station: Quarterly report on the natives in the area and commenting on lack of water driving inland natives to the area and resulting in various thefts.
14 Item 04 Oct 1859 - 07 Dec 1859 File 1229/1859 Police Trooper John Mudge, Streaky Bay: Rations suplied to native prisoners from his own supplies as there are no Aboriginal stores at Streaky Bay Police Station. Supply of flour requested for sick natives who pass through to Cheriroo.
14 Item - File 8621859