Governors
12 Dec 1885 - Lord Carrington appointed Governor of NSW
On 12 December 1885 Charles Robert Carrington, Lord Carington, began his tenure as Governor of New South Wales
Ambition and adventure: the early life of Arthur Phillip
We looked back at the early life of Phillip, who had enjoyed an extraordinary career before he even set foot on a boat bound for Botany Bay.
Carrington Albums – Illuminated Addresses
On 2nd January 2014 State Records NSW received 22 Presentation albums from the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Convict Sydney
For the civic good
With the Napoleonic Wars over in 1815 and Britain crowded with returned soldiers, poverty and crime, part two finds the colony swamped with incoming convicts.