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The ‘Old Register’: Illuminating Early Colonial NSW

Join us for this webinar which will explore the ‘Old Register’ and what it can tell us about early colonial NSW

Friday 27 March 10.30am–11.30am
Hotel Victoria, William and Victoria Streets, Darlinghurst, Plans for re-erection, corner elevation, elevations to William and Victoria Streets, Architect E Lindsay - Thompson, King Street, Sydney, Lodged 23 January 1914, signed 30 November 1914
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Designing Your Local: Hotel Plans in the NSW State Archives Collection

Join us for this webinar which will explore the beautiful plans of historic NSW pubs held in the State Archives Collection

Friday 26 June 10.30am–11.30am
Proceedings [Judge Advocate's Bench]
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On the Bench: Records of the Lower Courts of NSW

Join us for this webinar that will explore the bench books held in the NSW State Archives Collection

Friday 29 May 10.30am–11.30am
DEVONSHIRE STREET CEMETERY, SYDNEY TERMINAL, SYDNEY TERMINAL NSW
Online talk

The Reinterment of Devonshire Street Cemetery

Join us for this webinar exploring records from the NSW State Archives Collection that reveal the history of one of Sydney’s oldest burial grounds

Friday 24 April 10.30am–11.30am
Record for Stephen Carroll in the Vernon Industrial School Entrance Book, 1897
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Vernon and Sobraon: Nautical Training Ships for Boys

Join us for a webinar exploring the stories of the inmates of the nautical training ships the Vernon and the Sobraon

Friday 27 February 10.30am–11.30am
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

Edward Herbert Farmer (Government Architect), ‘Aerial perspective view, NSW State Archives Repository, Kingswood’, c.1972

Western Sydney Records Centre – 50th anniversary

Friday 28 November 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the first stage of facilities at the Western Sydney Records Centre in Kingswood. Five stages later, the centre is still being used to store NSW State archives and semi-current NSW Government records, and also holds the State Archives Reading Room.

A sketch book by a surveyor sits on top of the box it is stored in

Surveyors' field books 1794-1860

The index records surveyor's name, date and locality covered and gives book and citation numbers

Certificate of naturalisation for Hans Olsen per "Cutty Sark", 09/04/1902

More Than a Name: NSW Naturalisation Records

This webinar showcases the various naturalisation records held, including original applications for naturalisation, and advises what you may be able to discover about your immigrant ancestors in the collection