Department of Education - Archives Office of Tasmania

Brief Guide 27: records relating to coronial inquests

This brief guide describes the key records held in the Archives Office relating to inquests held in Tasmania.

SC197

Sheriffs register (as Coroner) of findings in inquests throughout the island

1828 - 1841

SC499

Index to findings, depositions and associated papers relating to Coroners inquests

1865 - 1961

SC195

Findings, depositions and associated papers relating to Coroners inquests

1828 - 1977

AGD58

Index to registered coronial inquests

1914 – 1982

AGD59

Register of coronial inquests

1944 – 1982

AGD20

Inquest files

1868 – 1990

AGD23

Preliminary coronial reports about deaths and fires which did not require inquests

1942 - 1984

AGD21

West Coast – Depositions and other papers relating to Coronial inquests on the West Coast

1892 - 1913

 

Local newspapers often have detailed reports of inquests and the findings can be found in the Police Gazettes