NRS-2529 | Photograph description sheets [Tamworth Gaol]

Full description

These sheets constitute a series of records created to facilitate gaol staff keeping track of a prisoner's criminal history. They are arranged numerically - in association with the Police criminal index system.

The sheets contain the following information: prisoner's name and reference number; physical description including photographs (full length, face and profile), height, weight, marks and scars and fingerprint classification; place and date of birth; details of arrival in New South Wales (where applicable); religion; degree of education; occupation; and a list of the prisoner's previous convictions. In some cases the Police antecedent sheet is attached.

(14/3147.1). 1 bundle.

Note:

This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.