Regional NSW

Sample from the Small Debts Register - Port Macquarie Courts of Petty Sessions, 4 May 1846

Small Debts Registers Index

Search 100,000+ digitised entries by name. Information includes names of plaintiff and defendant, cause of action, amount of claim, costs, judgment and amount of judgment

Collections on Tour 2025

Museums of History NSW has been on the road again, sharing our stories with the people of regional NSW

Making Home: Collections on Tour

MHNSW was proud to present Making Home: A Short History of Houses, Interiors and Gardens in NSW in 2025

Volunteer Symposium for NSW Regional and Community-Run Museums
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Wrap-up of the regional volunteer symposium

The inaugural Volunteer Symposium was held at The Mint in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW on 28–29 July 2025

The Spa subsidised school

A curious index card unlocks information about a unique subsidised school, whose history has been preserved within the State Archives Collection

Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform
Permanent display

Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker

The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum

Saturday 1 April
Land grant application, Dr Charles Lamonnerie Dictus Fattorini

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

Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives NRS-4481-4-161-[AF00198139] Agricultural College Boys [Department of Agriculture] [no date]

Raising the Farmer

Explore with us some of the 6,000 unique and beautiful glass negatives taken to illustrate articles in the Agricultural Gazette of NSW – now digitally available on our website, a unique slice of rural life

A large register sits open showing handwritten entries of wages paid to orphans
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Wages Paid to Orphans – a regional tour

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent Collections on Tour program on Wages paid to orphans, 1849-1851