Registers of Male and Female Prisoners Admitted - HM Gaol, Charters Towers, later HM Prison, Charters Towers (S9125)

Queensland prisons kept records of prisoners' admissions, criminal history and physical descriptions, either separately or combined in the same register. This series consists of registers of male and female prisoners admitted to HM Gaol, Charters Towers and to HM Prison, Charters Towers. Information provided includes: date of admission; prisoner number and name; by whom, when and where committed; offence; sentence; and how and when disposed of. These registers are also known as 'Admission Books', 'Reception Books', 'Entrance Books', 'Male/Female Registers', 'Committed Books', etc., and differ from other series called "Register of prisoners admitted (with description)" in that the latter include physical descriptions of prisoners.