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Government and General Order regarding the 'civilisation of the Aborigines', 10 December 1814
First Nations

Grief in the archives: a Blak reflection on Sorry Day

In this article, Dylan Hoskins, Project Assistant on the First Nations Community Access to Archives project, reflects on the significance of National Sorry Day through his lived experience as an Aboriginal person

Page from NRS-5541 Apprenticeship Registers [Industrial Relations], 1924-1970

Apprenticeship registers index

Search c.185,500 entries in these registers dating from 1924 to 1970, created by the Department of Industrial Relations and Technology

An immersive solution to preserving the past

An important part of Collections Care work at the Western Sydney Records Centre is to conserve records that have been requested by readers and assessed as requiring repair

Papers re persons proceeding to the colony under Remittance Regulations - Golconda 1857

Selected immigration records

This index and the associated digital images have been created as part of a partnership between MHNSW and Ancestry.com. Search 8,000+ entries from 1838 to 1887

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

Small Debts Registers Index

Search 46,000+ digitised entries by name. Information includes names of plaintiff and defendant, cause of action, amount of claim, costs, judgment and amount of judgment

Henry Lawson, 1900

Henry Lawson visits his old school

In April 1914, nearly 40 years after he was a young pupil, Henry Lawson made a return visit to Eurunderee Public School and wrote a poem in the visitors' book

Government Printing Office 1 - 07748 - Mental Hospital Parramatta: patients' bedrooms
Online talk

Mental Health Patient Records

This webinar will explore the surviving patient records created by government mental health facilities that are held within the State Archives Collection

Friday 27 June 10.30am–11.30am
Settlers' Muster Book, 1800

Settlers’ Muster Book, 1800

This webinar led by Dr Carol Liston AO, Adjunct Associate Professor in History at Western Sydney University, explores the contents of the Settlers’ Muster Book 1800

NRS 12061 [12/8749.1] 62/1515pt1, p334
First Nations

Advocacy, allyship and the rise and fall of the Aborigines Protection Board

In the lead-up to 26 January, the State Archives Collection provides opportunities to explore and reflect on past examples of advocacy and allyship in the fight for First Nations rights