Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870-1930 - Flipbook - Page 21
INTRODUCTION
industrialisation changed city landscapes and the dispersal
of populations across the state. The ‘Great’ War and its
aftermath wrought upheaval to communities in towns, suburbs
and cities across NSW, as did the Great Depression just over
a decade later.
Captured: Portraits of Crime can only present a small
selection of cases from the NSW Gaol Photographic Description
Books, but it hints at the wealth of material offered by the
State Archives Collection and the potential it has for
understanding, interpreting and contributing new perspectives
to NSW histories. With 46,000 prisoner records now digitised,
this significant collection of material is more accessible
than ever before to historians, researchers, family
historians and most importantly, to the people of NSW.
Penny Stannard
Curator
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