Trying to trace back a coroner report and police records 60 years ago.?

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Trying to trace back a coroner report and police records 60 years ago.?

I live in Australia and i am trying to gather information about my relatives. I need a coroners reports and police record of a person 60 years ago in 1943 for South Australia - How would I go about it, I am undertaking personal research - thanks

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If memory serves, the coroners in Australia hold inquests into deaths. Those are considered court procedings. So the question becomes who archives records for South Australia? I did some snooping and found that the records are microfilmed all the way back to 1834. You can find more on these two sites:
http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/nswguide.html...
http://www.archives.sa.gov.au

Inquests
Reports of inquests, 1796 - April 1824, June 1828
(AO Reels 2232 - 2233)
2 rolls of 35mm microfilm
refer to
Q929.39
Archives Authority of New South Wales.
How to use the genealogical research kit. 3rd ed. 1988.
Information leaflet No 37.
MICROFORM

Registers of Coroners inquests and Magisterial inquiries, 1834 - June 1942.
(AO Reels 2921 - 2927, 2224 - 2225 and 2763 - 2769)
16 rolls of 35mm microfilm
refer to
Q929.39
Archives Authority of New South Wales.
How to use the genealogical research kit. 3rd ed. 1988.
Information leaflet No 37.
MICROFORM

The only way to get police reports is to file a request for release of the information from the police department. If you're lucky the police report is part of the coroner's inquest, but I don't know how likely that is.

I hope this helps a little...