State Archives Collection

Browse the digitised alphabetical returns

Join Gail Davis as she speaks about the 1828 Census and why it was so significant. It has recently been added to the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register

This census covers some 36,500 inhabitants, both convict and free

Statistical returns of the Colony of New South Wales and of areas under its jurisdiction compiled annually from 1822 to 1857

Population muster and census records, 1788-1901

The 1841 Census lists all the surviving householders' returns (heads of households only) and abstracts of returns

This Guide lists the districts covered in the 1901 Census (NRS 685, Collectors' notebooks) which was taken on the 31 March 1901

This list contains 'Blue Books' 1822–1857, public service lists 1858–1870 and a note about civil officers

Covering 1811-1821