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NTRS 2729 Prisoners' registers

Recording Agency:Palmerston Gaol (and Labour Prison)/ (from 1911) Darwin Gaol and Labour Prison (Fannie Bay Gaol)/ (from September 1979) Darwin Prison/Berrimah Prison/Darwin Correctional Centre (668)
Date Range:1928 - 1959
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:F517

Function / Content

This series consists of prisoners' registers. The registers were used to record the following information for each individual; name, alias (if applicable), number, when received (date), where from, class assigned to, date of conviction, offence, at what court, Judge or Magistrate, sentence, native place, date of arrival, name of ship, where from, previous convictions in the Territory, last employer, friends in the Territory, where residing, married or single, religious creed, education, occupation, personal description (age, height, weight, make, complexion, face, hair, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, chin, whiskers, expression, marks or other particulars), criminal history and remarks, discharged (date), and remarks. The registers were water damaged during Cyclone Tracy in December 1974. The first register consists of two folios, with information dated 1928 and an annotation from 1943. The only prisoner number legible in the first register is 1513. Volume 2 contains information relating to prisoner numbers 1, 18-493, and 510 (nos. 2-17, 494-509 are missing). The third register consists of 1 double-sided page with the names and details of two prisoners (nos.16-17). Volume 4 includes prisoner numbers 203 to 401 recorded during 1948-1951. Volume 5 contains information relating to prisoner numbers 1018-1119 during 1956-1957 (page nos. 1-105), and then numbers 1-25 in 1959 (page nos. 106-134). Page numbers 135-400 are blank. Volume 5 also includes a list of Aboriginal settlements and missions in the Northern Territory, pasted to the inside cover of the register.

Recordkeeping System

Numerical

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1928 - 1959Palmerston Gaol (and Labour Prison)/ (from 1911) Darwin Gaol and Labour Prison (Fannie Bay Gaol)/ (from September 1979) Darwin Prison/Berrimah Prison/Darwin Correctional Centre668

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1928 - 2022Palmerston Gaol (and Labour Prison)/ (from 1911) Darwin Gaol and Labour Prison (Fannie Bay Gaol)/ (from September 1979) Darwin Prison/Berrimah Prison/Darwin Correctional Centre668

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1936 - 1936Gaolers journal, estrayNTRS 3740
1934 - 1959Remission registersNTRS 2728

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000151928 - 1959Agreement Pending