Local history
Bankruptcy index 1888-1929
Bankruptcy is a state in which a person is unable to pay creditors and is required to undergo a legal process that usually results in liquidation the estate in order to meet expenses (at least in part).
Surveyor General's crown plans 1792-1886
A complete listing of the Surveyor General's Crown Plans from the Select List of Maps and Plans (and Supplement), 1792-1886
Surveyors' field books 1794-1860
The index records surveyor's name, date and locality covered and gives book and citation numbers
Land grants and leases (registers) 1792-1865
This is an index of the first six volumes of the Surveyor General's Registers of Land Grants and Leases [7/445, 7/447-451] and contains all grants to 1819, mainland grants to 1822 and Cumberland grants, 1823-65
Electricity Commission
These photos record the power generation and transmission assets of the organisation and document the working conditions and social events of its employees
![Government Printing Office 1 - 02086 - Oyster bed [From NSW Government Printer series: Ballina], 1926](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/daae115dafd84c36a71fbe135d080e53.jpg)
Oyster culture leases files
The government started to encourage oyster fisheries from 1868 and later introduced oyster leases. This webinar focuses on our series of NRS-1302 Oyster cultures leases files, which tell the stories of the people who held these leases between 1920 and 1978
Cast in cast out: recasting fragments of memory
An in-depth look at Dennis Golding's experiences and childhood memories of growing up in ‘The Block’
Public Works photographs: an unsung treasure
The amazing quality and variety of the photographs taken by the Public Works Department is a testament to the photographers. This webinar explores these images in depth
Plans of public buildings
A sample of digitised building plans showing gaols, hospitals, pilot stations, post and telegraph offices, schools and tramways