Local history

screenshot of a digitised bankruptcy file

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).

digitised page from a bankruptcy file

Bankruptcy: what the files can tell you

Bankruptcy files contain lists of creditors that the bankrupt person owed money to and debtors that owed money to the bankrupt person

Man standing on wagon of horse drawn cart turns onto the main street of Broken Hill 1903.

Broken Hill (Archives in your town)

Explore the NSW town of Broken Hill through records in the State Archives Collection

Digital scan of sculptural panel

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’

Plan of Cooma public school

Cooma school records

Explore the NSW town of Cooma through its school records

Coonabarabran school records

Explore the NSW town of Coonabarabran through its school records