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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: ccourt on Sunday 15 November 09 10:11 GMT (UK)
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Hello
I am wondering if Pentridge Prison records are available online for the period during the 1860s. In particular I am looking for any records regarding:
Mary Dark: who I believe would have been there for short periods in or around 1865. I know of one date that and that is 12/4/1865 possibly for 8 days.
Her husband, Stephen Dark: Again, around 1865, I know particulary sentenced to gaol for three months with hard labour on 13/7/1865, and also 3 months 12/4/1865.
I can see on the Prov website some series but when I look at them I just can't find the records - what am I doing wrong? The Melbourne papers show them being charged on these dates...
Thankyou!
Caroline
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This link (if it works!) should get you to the prison records page.
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide058/PROVguide058.jsp
Scroll down a bit and you will see the heading On Line Records. It seems that only men's records have been digitised. There were two entries with surname Dark - neither of them the names you mention. You can see the actual pages but they take a long time to download.
Judith
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It appears that for the male prisoners the online records only cover selected volumes so far, the earliest time mentioned being 1868. That would explain the absence of Stephen Dark.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/10867-P0.asp
As for the female prisoners: the only digitised records are indexes to prisoners so not the actual registers. The registers(VPRS 516/P1 Central Register of Female Prisoners) are available on microfiche at the PROV reading rooms according to this page (http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/10879-P0.asp).
The digitised indexes for females do cover 1865 so i had a look for you. I found one Mary Dark. Here are the entries for all of the Dark lastname that i could see.
register name Volume Page no.
number
31 dark, jane 1 31
31 dark, margaret 1 31
3093 dark, alice emily 6 224
3878 dark, mary ann 7 263
5247 dark?, caroline 9 284
Regards