State Archives Collection
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On the Bench: Records of the Lower Courts of NSW
This webinar explores the bench books held in the NSW State Archives Collection. These wonderful volumes record the minutes of proceedings of various Benches of Magistrates as well as later Courts of Petty Sessions.
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Vital Records: Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages in NSW
Join us for a full-day seminar on the vital records that are key to all forms of historical research – births, deaths and marriages
Friday 7 August 9am–4.30pm
Online talk
‘Most came because their fare was paid for them’: NSW assisted immigration
Join us for this webinar led by Dr Richard Reid, to get a glimpse of the treasures in the NSW State Archives Collection that illuminate the assisted emigrant journey
Friday 28 August 10.30am–11.30am
The Reinterment of Devonshire Street Cemetery
This webinar explores the records from the NSW State Archives Collection that reveal the history of one of Sydney’s oldest burial grounds and the mammoth job of reinterring those buried there to allow for the construction of Central Railway Station
Mining petitions index
This index lists 7,500+ names of signatories to petitions relating to mining in the 1860s. Included are several petitions relating to the Lambing Flat riots at Burrangong NSW between 1860 and 1861
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State Dockyard, Newcastle
This series documents the activities of the State Dockyard Newcastle between 1953 and 1983 through photographs, negatives, slides and microfilm. There are 8,500+ photos in this series
The 'Old Register' Index, 1794-1824
The Registers of Assignments and Other Legal Instruments (or the 'Old Register') is an invaluable record for researching early colonial NSW and has been inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register
Latest News
Iconic treasure published online
We are thrilled to announce the online publication of the ‘Old Register’ from the State Archives Collection
Shipshape: conserving a model of the Princess of Tasmania
Learn how our conservators addressed metal corrosion on a striking 1950s ship model in the State Archives Collection