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Offline ccourt

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Pentridge Prison records 1860s
« on: Sunday 15 November 09 10:11 GMT (UK) »
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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Re: Pentridge Prison records 1860s
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 15 November 09 11:43 GMT (UK) »
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.

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Re: Pentridge Prison records 1860s
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 15 November 09 12:29 GMT (UK) »
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.

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

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