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Distribution of 50 free girls (from the Foundling Hospital, Cork) who arrived July 1831 by the Palambam
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
DEVONSHIRE STREET CEMETERY, SYDNEY TERMINAL, SYDNEY TERMINAL NSW

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

Online talk

Catalogues of Lost Dreams

House contents have been sold by auction in Sydney for over 200 years. Discover the gossip behind these sales and view auction catalogues

Friday 31 July 10.30am–11.30am
Record for Stephen Carroll in the Vernon Industrial School Entrance Book, 1897

Vernon and Sobraon: Nautical Training Ships for Boys

This webinar explores the stories of the inmates of the nautical training ships the Vernon and the Sobraon

The ‘Old Register’: Illuminating Early Colonial NSW

This webinar led by Dr Carol Liston AO, Adjunct Associate Professor in History at Western Sydney University explores the ‘Old Register’ and what it can tell us about early colonial NSW.

Blackfriars Infants School: teacher telling story to children, 1923

Faculty files

This webinar explores 19th-century teacher records held in the NSW State Archives Collection, making it possible to trace teachers’ careers from young trainees through to the established teachers they became

Online talk

‘Confused heaps’ and ‘systemic order’: Keeping records in 19th-century NSW

Join us for a fascinating talk that uncovers how official records were created, kept and carefully (and sometimes not so carefully) stored in 19th–century NSW

Tuesday 9 June 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
Online talk

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
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