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Crime

Published Resources

Books

  • Annear, Robyn, Nothing but gold: the diggers of 1852, The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1999. Details
  • Moore, Bruce, Gold! Gold! Gold!: a dictionary of the nineteenth-century Australian gold rushes, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2000. Details
  • Serle, Geoffrey, The golden age: a history of the colony of Victoria, 1851-1861, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1963. Details

Journal Articles

  • McMullin, Ross, 'The impact of gold on lawlessness and crime in Victoria 1851-1854', offprint of Victorian Historical Journal, n.d., p. 197ff.. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Argus, 9 June 1851, p. 2. Details
  • 'Mount Alexander', Argus, 24 April 1852, p. 4. Details
  • 'Gold swindlers', Argus, 22 April 1852, p. 4. Details

Online Resources

Title
Flash mobs
Type
Extract
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Court house, Omeo
Type
Image
Control
Accession Number: H18716, Image Number: b52120
Repository
State Library of Victoria
Details
Title
Court house, Bairnsdale
Type
Image
Control
Accession Number: H92.150/455 Image Number: b13002
Repository
State Library of Victoria
Details
Title
A serious outrage
Type
Extract
Date
5 December 1851
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Nights of Crime
Type
Extract
Date
18 February 1852
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
An attempted robbery
Type
Extract
Date
3 September 1852
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Crime on the Eureka Diggings
Type
Extract
Date
4 September 1852
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
A curious incident on the Eureka diggings
Type
Extract
Date
10 September 1852
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Crime at Forest Creek
Type
Extract
Date
24 January 1853
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
'Another case of bloodshed'
Type
Extract
Date
2 February 1853
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
The Gold Swindlers
Type
Extract
Date
20 April 1853
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
A case of sheep-stealing
Type
Extract
Date
29 April 1853
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Cases from the Circuit Court at Fryers Creek, 1854
Type
Extract
Date
9 August 1854
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Lawless hordes
Type
Extract
Date
21 August 1854
Publisher
Australian National University
Details
Title
Larceny at the Unicorn Hotel
Type
Extract
Date
24 June 1857
Details
Title
Stealing from a dwelling
Type
Extract
Date
8 December 1857
Details
Title
Beechworth Gaol
Type
Image
Date
c. 1940
Control
Accession Number: H20167, Image Number: b27196
Repository
State Library of Victoria
Details
Title
Old log lock-up, Bright
Type
Image
Date
23 January 1964
Creator
John T. Collins, 1907-2001 (photographer)
Control
Accession Number: H90.100/2331, Image Number: jc001712
Repository
State Library of Victoria
Details
Title
Former Castlemaine Court House
Type
Image
Date
12 September 1981
Creator
John T. Collins, 1907-2001 (photographer)
Control
Accession Number: H94.200/346, Image Number: jc004298
Repository
State Library of Victoria
Details