Gaol description for Maximilian Hodgkins


Name: Maximilian Hodgkins
Birth Place: Bath, England
Immigration Date: 1852
Vessel Arrived In: Northumberland
Date of Admission/Photo: 1859
Gaol: Darlinghurst
Gaol Location: Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Record Type: Description Book

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Source Citation: State Archives NSW:&nbspNRS 2523, 4/6307, Roll 859

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Original data:

  • Photographic Description Books [Albury Gaol]. Series 1966. State Records Reel 5082. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Armidale Gaol]. Series 1989. State Records Reel 5083. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Bathurst Gaol]. Series 1998. State Records Reels 5084-5092. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Berrima Gaol]. Series 2021. State Records Reel 5093. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Biloela Gaol]. Series 2027. State Records Reel 5094. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Broken Hill Gaol]. Series 2057. State Records Reel 5095. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Darlinghurst Gaol]. Series 2138. State Records Reels 5097-5106. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Deniliquin Gaol]. Series 2191. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Dubbo Gaol]. Series 2202. State Records Reel 5096. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Goulburn Gaol]. Series 2232. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Photographic Description Books [Trial Bay Gaol]. Series 2549. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Description books [Sydney Gaol and Darlinghurst Gaol]. Series 2523. State Records Reels 857-889. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Description books [Sydney Gaol]. Series 2517. State Records Reels 855-856. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney Gaol and Darlinghurst Gaol]. Series 2519. State Records Reel 854. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney Gaol]. Series 2514. State Records Reels 850-853. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney Gaol]. Series 2515. State Records Reel 1864. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney Gaol]. NRS 2514, Reels 850-853. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney Gaol]. NRS 2515, Reels 1864. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Entrance books [Sydney and Darlinghurst Gaol]. NRS 2519, Reels 854. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Description books [Sydney Gaol and Darlinghurst Gaol]. NRS 2523, Reels 857-889. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Description books [Sydney Gaol]. NRS 2517, Reels 855-856. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Gaol Photograph Description Books. NRS 1966, 1989, 1998, 2021, 2027, 2057, 2191, 2202, 2138, 2232, 2549. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

© The Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority. The State of New South Wales gives no warranty regarding the data’s accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose.

Description:
This is a collection of gaol description and entrance books from 12 prisons and gaols in New South Wales, Australia. The time periods for these records vary by gaol, but the set of records stretch from 1818-1930. These records were made when a new prisoner arrived at the gaol and may contain a photograph of each prisoner along with number, name, aliases, date of portrait, native place, birth year, details of arrival, trade or occupation, religion, education, height, entrance and exit weight, hair color, eye color, marks or special features, trial information and details of previous convictions.


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