Victoria Court and Criminal Records

Online Resources

 * Victoria Petty Sessions Registers at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * Victoria Prison Registers at Findmypast Index ($)
 * Capital case and capital sentence files PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1837-1993 Victoria, Australia, Selected Trial Brief and Correspondence Registers and Other Images, 1837-1993 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1840-1925 Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1840-1853 Register, Police Magistrate, Portland, 1840-1853 PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1844-1849 Notification of pardons of exiles, 1844-1849 PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1847-1853 Register of prisoners under sentence of hard labour, 1847-1853 PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1855-1947 Register of Male and Female Prisoners (1855-1947) PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1857-1948 Alphabetical index to central register of female prisoners, 1857-1948 PRO Victoria, index.
 * 1858-1985 Australia, Victoria Petty Sessions registers : COLLECTION RECORD, 1858-1985 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1860-1940 Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1861-1938 Victoria Divorce Cause Books 1861-1938 at Findmypast Index ($)
 * 1868-1947 Alphabetical index to central register of male prisoners, 1868-1947 PRO Victoria, index and images.

Prison Records

 * Victoria Prison Registers at Findmypast Index ($)
 * 1847-1853 Victoria Register Of Prisoners Under Sentence Of Hard Labour 1847-1853 at Findmypast Index ($)

Police and Government Gazettes

 * Victoria Government Gazettes at Findmypast ($), index.
 * Victoria Police Gazettes at Findmypast ($), index.
 * 1851 Victorian Government Gazette 1851 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1854-1930 Police gazette, 1854-1930 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1855, 1864-1924 Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924 at Ancestry ($), index.
 * 1858 Victorian Government Gazette 1858 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1859 Victorian Government Gazette 1859 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1863 Victorian Government Gazette 1863 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1864 Victorian Government Gazette 1864 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1865 Victorian Government Gazette 1865 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1878 Victorian Government Gazette 1878 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1887 Victorian Government Gazette 1887 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1888 Victorian Government Gazette 1891 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1889 Victorian Government Gazette 1889 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1890 Victorian Government Gazette 1890 at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1891 Victorian Government Gazette 1891 at MyHeritage ($), index.

All Australia

 * Australian court databases

Online New South Wales Records, Including Victoria Prior to 1851

 * 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.
 * 1840-1925 Australia, Victoria, inquest deposition files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1840-1925 at FamilySearch, index and 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.
 * 1867-1923 Calendar of persons tried on criminal charges in Sydney courts, 1867-1923, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1869-1873 Return of prisoners released under remission of sentence, 1869-1873, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1871-1969 New South Wales Gaol Photographic Description Books at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
 * 1878-1921 Register of criminal cases tried at Sydney Quarter Session (Sydney deposition books), 1878-1921, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1898-1909 Registers of fines and forfeitures imposed by Sydney and Country Quarter Sessions, 1898-1909, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1883-1948 Registers of Quarter Sessions criminal cases heard before Supreme Court on Circuit, 1883-1948, New South Wales. Supreme Court (Criminal Jurisdiction), at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1901 Returns of prisoners tried and convicted at Quarter Sessions, Sydney and country, 1901, New South Wales. Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1903-1922 Registers of appeals from Courts of Petty Sessions to Sydney and Country Quarter Sessions, 1903-1922, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1916-1921 Returns of criminal cases heard at Country Quarter Sessions, 1870-1920 and register of criminal depositions received, 1916-1921, New South Wales. Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1924-1939 Inquest records, register of deaths by poisoning, 1924-1939, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1942 Card index to inquests and magistrates' inquiries, Jul 1942 to Dec 1942, A - Maples only, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1957-1982 Australia, Victoria, Cause lists with jury, 1957-1982, at FamilySearch, index and images.

Content
Court records contain information about individuals who were involved in a number of matters. Details about Australian convicts are often found in court records. Most court records provide names of individuals who served as defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. They may also provide such information as the individual’s residence, occupation, physical description, and family.