Queensland Court and Criminal Records

Online Resources

 * Queensland Court Records - at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * Queensland Criminal Reports - at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * Australian court databases


 * 1851-1908 - Naturalisations 1851-1908, index.
 * 1857-1899 - Equity files 1857-1899, index.
 * 1857-1957 - Justices of the Peace 1857-1957, index.
 * 1857-1957 - Queensland, Justices Of The Peace 1857-1957 - at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * 1857-1940 - Wills 1857-1940, index.
 * 1857-1902 - Inquests 1859-1902, index.
 * 1859-1897 - Queensland, Inquests 1859-1897 - at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * 1861-1885 - Criminal depositions 1861-1885, index.
 * 1885-1908 - Register of court fees 1885-1908, index.
 * 1889-1929 - Trustee files 1889-1929, index.
 * 1915-1983 - Instruments of renunciation 1915-1983, index.

Police Gazettes

 * 1864-1900 - Queensland Police Gazettes - at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * 1881-1945 - Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945 index and images - at Ancestry ($)
 * 1903-1910 - Queensland, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1903-1910 - at Ancestry ($)

Prison Records

 * 1863-1936 - Queensland, St Helena Convict Index 1863-1936 at FindMyPast ($), index. This was the foremost men’s prison in colonial Queensland.
 * 1864-1906 - Queensland, Toowoomba Prison Records 1864-1906 at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * 1864-1906 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

New South Wales Records Including Queensland Until 1859

 * New South Wales Police Gazette at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1788-1822 - Minutes of proceedings, 1788-1822 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1788-1824 - Records, 1788-1824, New South Wales. Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1788-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1789-1826 - In-letters, 1789-1826 at FamilySearch, index and images. Includes among other records constables and their families, civil and military officers, jurors.
 * 1810-1820 - Musters of prisoners, 1810-1820 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1810-1825 - Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1825 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1810-1826 - Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1826 : Colonial Secretary's in-letters
 * 1818-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1821-1937 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1822-1857 - New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1824-1826 - Trial records, 1824-1826, New South Wales. Police Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1826-1827 - Trial records, 1826-1827, New South Wales. Benches of Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1826-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1826-1870 - Returns of prisoners tried, 1826-1870, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1827-1825 - Trial records, 1827-1835, New South Wales. Police Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1830-1945 - New South Wales, Australia, Criminal Court Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1832-1863 - New South Wales Government Gazette Indexes at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1832-1880 - New South Wales Government Gazettes at FindMyPast; PDF document
 * 1836-1922 - Register of cases, 1836-1922 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1840-1856 - Colonial secretary's correspondence regarding prisoners, 1840-1856 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1853-1899 - New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1854-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes at Ancestry; index & images ($). Also at FamilySearch, free.
 * 1856-1875 - Commutation of death sentences, 1856-1875 at FamilySearch, images.