• Archival Series

Prisoners Individual Files, Campbell Street Gaol

To access these records

Please contact Research Enquiries, Tasmanian Archives:

Postal address: 91 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000

Phone: (03) 6165 5538 or (03) 6165 5541

Website: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/get-help/help-with-research-and-finding-information/

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, GD61

Records Location

These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).

Details

The Prisoners Individual Files, dated from 1891 to 1960, come from Campbell Street Gaol.

Access Conditions

Open

Records

These files may include prisoner description sheets, photographs, movemements of the prisoner, psychological assessments, warrants, lists of offences and sentences, applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence and general correspondence relating to the prisoner. They are arranged alphabetically by name. Individuals may be named in more than one file in this series. Tasmanian Archives state that this series did at one stage contain more files, however some have since been destroyed. Those that were left have been retained for the purpose of illustraating the procedures and documentation practices of the prison system.

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