Cora,
Australia seems to have a great system for locating records. I was
very surprised to see how easy they make the information to access.
There are number of different ways you can get copies of this record.
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The National Library of Australia was a great place to start this search
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/leg.html#court
"The individual Australian Courts and Tribunals do not all have sites
of their own but many of their decisions can be found at the
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) which provides
excellent online access to a wide range of Australian legislative
information."
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It lead me to a number of sites that you can access court and police
records from such as:
http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/ (Queensland Courts)
Handles Supreme Courts, District Courts, Magistrates Courts,
Children's Courts, Planning & Environment Courts and Mental Health
Courts. It is Designed & Administered by the Supreme Court Library
QLD.
Being that you were a child, they may hold any court records that
pertained to your incident.
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http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/about/contacts.htm#Criminal%20Registry
Has the contact information. You may want to start with:
Civil Registry for both Supreme and District courts
Or
Specific Enquiries
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http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/
"The Queensland State Archives is custodian of the State's largest and
most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable
research facility for those researching their family tree, local
history or other area of special interest. Also, Queensland State
Archives is the lead agency for recordkeeping across Queensland's 600
public authorities. We manage a comprehensive recordkeeping policy
framework to ensure the consistent creation, management, disposal,
storage, preservation and retrieval of government information."
They have an archive search:
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/searchdatabase.asp
Or
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/search/default.asp
Moreover, if you're in the area, you can go to their physical location at
435 Compton Road
Runcorn
Brisbane, Queensland 4113
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The Queensland Police Museum holds records dating back to 1864.
Queensland Police Museum
200 Roma Street
GPO Box 1440
BRISBANE. Q. 4001
Phone (07) 33646425
Fax (07) 32360954
Jones.lisaa@police.qld.gov.au
Mon - Fri 9am to 4pm
(By appointment only)
If you're not in the area, just try e-mailing them. I'm sure they'll
be able to help you in some way.
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/publib/footprints/archives/index.htm
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/publib/footprints/workinglives/police.htm
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/publib/footprints/workinglives/stations.htm
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http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/lbry/fmly_hstry/fmly_hstry_courts.htm
Also a good resource to utilize. One of these places should have the
records you need. In addition, a co-worker of mine who lived in
Australia for a while told me that if you run into a dead end, ask.
She located all of her adoption records by word of mouth. She said the
court and police system there was above and beyond being helpful to
her.
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If this answer requires further explanation, please request
clarification before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this
further.
Nenna-GA
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