Thanks, Lorrae, for the additional 'pointers' re QSA .... A couple of things re my original posting: Firstly, my apologies, I should have typed 'Gaol', not 'Goal'! Also, I should clarify that the admissions registers don't actually list what offence the prisoner was convicted of. I was able to pick up on some of those I was interested in by 'cross-checking' contemporary newspaper reports i.e. through 'Trove'. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Rgs Lisa Gladstone, Q.