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Contents
- Directories
- Electoral Rolls
- Land Records
- General and Miscellaneous Records
- Mining Records
- Pastoral and Agricultural Records
- Other Occupations
Sample Document Images
Armidale Pastures Protection Board ratepayers 1895
Title Deeds ready for delivery 1859
Mining Company Registration list of shareholders 1873
Extract from 1859 counter-petition against Randwick Municipality citing unqualified petitioners in original petition
Register of Quartz Vein Applications 1852
Stock Returns 1885
List of Public Schools and Teachers 1891
1870-71 Electoral Roll, Balranald Electoral District
Directories
The following New South Wales Directories are available on-line
- Sands Sydney Commercial Directory 1858-59 (97 pages)
- Sands Sydney Commercial Directory 1861 (103 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1863 (128 pages)
- Sands Sydney Trade & Professional Directory 1863 (43 pages)
- Sands Sydney Suburban Directory 1864 (36 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1867 (181 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1869 (166 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1871 (174 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1873 (209 pages)
- Sands Alphabetical Directory (City and Suburban) 1877 (263 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1885 (350 pages)
- Sands Alphabetical Directory 1890 (501 pages)
- Sands Sydney Trades Directory 1891 (196 pages)
- Sands Sydney Suburban Directory 1892 (349 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1895 (311 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1897 (45 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1900 (445 pages)
- Sands Sydney and Suburban Directory 1900 (630 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1900 (46 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1903 (91 pages)
- Sands Country Alphabetical Directory 1903 (124 pages)
- Sands Country Alphabetical Directory 1905 (144 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1905 (576 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1905 (128 pages)
- Sands Sydney Suburban Directory 1909 (581 pages)
- Sands Country Alphabetical Directory 1909 (176 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1909 (194 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1910 (705 pages)
- Sands Sydney Trades and Professions Directory 1911 (268 pages)
- Sands Country Alphabetical Directory 1914 (171 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1914 (211 pages)
- Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1915 (878 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1915 (196 pages)
- Sands Country Alphabetical Directory 1917 (162 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1918 (168 pages)
- Sands Country Commercial Directory 1919 (423 pages)
- Sands Pastoral Directory 1919 (173 pages)
- Sands Alphabetical Directory 1920 (1123 pages)
- Sands NSW Pastoral Directory 1920 (179 pages)
- Sands NSW Alphabetical Directory 1925 (1106 pages)
- Sands NSW Alphabetical Directory 1930(1187 pages)
- Sands NSW Pastoral Directory 1930 (247 pages)
- Walter Samson & Co. NSW National Directory 1867 - 1868 (639 pages )
- Greville's Official Post Office Directory 1875-76 (837 pages)
- Skinner's NSW Gazetteer January 1883 (110 pages)
- Wilson's Authentic Director, Sydney and Suburbs 1905 - 1906: Maps of Sydney Suburbs (38 maps)
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Electoral Rolls
The following New South Wales Electoral Rolls for 1870-71 and 1878-79 are available on-line
The following 1903 Commonwealth Electoral Rolls for New South Wales are available on-line
- Argyle, Balranald, Bathurst,The Bogan, Braidwood, Camden, Canterbury, Carcoar, The Clarence, Central Cumberland, Eden, The Glebe, Goulburn, The Gwydir, Hartley, The Hastings, The Hawkesbury, The Hume, The Hunter, The Lower Hunter, The Upper Hunter, Illawarra, Kiama, The Lachlan, Liverpool Plains, East Macquarie, West Macquarie, East Maitland, West Maitland, Monaro, Morpeth, Mudgee, The Murray, The Murrumbidgee, Narellan, The Nepean, Newcastle, New England, Newtown, Northumberland, Orange, Paddington, Parramatta, The Paterson, Patrick's Plains, Queanbeyan, Shoalhaven, St. Leonards, East Sydney, West Sydney, Tenterfield, The Tumut, Wellington, The Williams, Windsor, Wollombi, Yass Plains.
1870-71 (1818 pages)
1878-79 (2392 pages)
- Barrier (258 pages)
- Bland (329 pages)
- Canobolas (334 pages)
- Cowper (434 pages)
- Dalley (465 pages)
- Darling (269 pages)
- Eden-Monaro (373 pages)
- East Sydney (467 pages)
- Gwydir (374 pages)
- Hume (352 pages)
- Hunter (425 pages)
- Illawarra (435 pages)
- Lang (529 pages)
- Macquarie (329 pages)
- Newcastle (504 pages)
- New England (432 pages)
- North Sydney (548 pages)
- Parkes (509 pages)
- Parramatta (428 pages)
- Richmond (311 pages)
- Riverina (319 pages)
- Robertson (367 pages)
- South Sydney (430 pages)
- Wentworth (424 pages)
- Werriwa (345 pages)
- West Sydney (346 pages)
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Land Records
The Following Land Records are covered
Conditional Purchases from 1st January 1862 to 30th September 1864 under the Crown Lands Alienation Act.
- Pastoral runs under licence 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 31 pages)
- Pastoral Runs under Lease or Licence 1876(Votes & Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 84 pages)
- Runs of Crown Land 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 4 pages)
These alphabetical indexes contain the names of approximately 9000 selectors.
- Conditional Purchases 1st January - 31st March 1862 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 21 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st April - 30th June 1862 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 13 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st July - 30th September 1862(Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 10 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st October - 31st December 1862 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 8 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st January - 31st March 1862 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 11 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st April - 30th June 1863 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 12 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st July - 31st October 1863 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1863 - 15 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st November - 31st December 1863 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1865 - 6 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st January - 31st March 1864 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1865 - 8 pages)
- Conditional Purchases 1st April - 30th September 1864 (Votes and Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1865 - 16 pages)
- Arrears of Interest on Conditional Purchases 1862 - 1875 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly 1875-76 - 14 pages)
- Deeds granted 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- Deeds granted 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 4 pages)
- Pre-emptive right 1860 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 7 pages)
- Pre-emptive leases 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 7 pages)
- Renewal of Occupation Licenses and Preferential Occupation Licenses 1914 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 22 pages)
- Transfer of runs 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 10 pages)
- Title deeds executed 1850(NSW Government Gazette 1850 - 25 pages).
Full alphabetical surname index of approximately 660 names.
- Title deeds executed 1851 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 31 pages)
(Includes a full alphabetical surname index of approximately 950 names)
- Title deeds executed 1852 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 35 pages)
(Includes a full alphabetical surname index of 1200 names)
- Title deeds executed 1853 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 44 pages)
(Includes a full alphabetical surname index of approximately 1400 names)
- Title deeds executed 1854 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 79 pages)
(Includes a full alphabetical surname index of approximately 1750 names)
- Title deeds executed 1855 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 77 pages)
(Includes a full alphabetical surname index of approximately 1720 names)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1853 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 12 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1856(N.S.W. Government Gazette - 73 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1857 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 117 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1858 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 16 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 40 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1860 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 22 pages)
- Title deeds ready for delivery 1861 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 13 pages)
- Deeds of grant 1856 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 6 pages)
- Deeds of grant ready for delivery 1863 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 29 pages)
- Deeds of grant ready for delivery 1864 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 26 pages - some containing volume and folio numbers)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1865 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 29 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1866 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 32 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1867 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 39 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1868 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 19 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1869 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 20 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 5 pages)
- Deeds of grant (under the Real Property Act) ready for delivery 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 20 pages)
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General and Miscellaneous Records
- Unclaimed letters returned to the General Post Office 1850 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 67 pages - includes letters addressed to parties gone to California)
- Unclaimed letters returned to the General Post Office 1851 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 81 pages)
- Unclaimed letters returned to the General Post Office 1852 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 61 pages - selected extracts, mainly letters returned from Turon and Sofala gold fields)
- Unclaimed letters returned to the General Post Office 1853 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 52 pages - selected extracts; includes registered letters returned from Melbourne)
- Unclaimed letters returned to the General Post Office 1854 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 53 pages - selected extracts; includes registered letters returned from Melbourne)
- Unclaimed letters returned from the country to the General Post Office 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 64 pages - selected extracts)
- Unclaimed letters returned from the country to the General Post Office 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 13 pages - selected extracts)
- Unclaimed letters returned from the country to the General Post Office 1873 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 48 pages - selected extracts)
- Inquests & Magisterial Inquiries 1869/70,1881,1882,1887,1889,1890,1891,1893 - 1895 (N.S.W Government Gazette and V & P of the Legislative Council - 266 pages)
- Insolvent Estates 1881 (NSW Government Gazette - 3 pages)
- State pensions 1859 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- State Pensions 1906, 1907 (NSW Parliamentary Papers - 28 pages)
- Saturday Half Holiday Royal Commission 1909: Index to Witnesses (NSW Parliamentary Papers - 6 pages)
- Lady visitors for the State Childrens Relief 1892 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- Contracts for the Public Service - Forage for the Police &c. 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 2 pages)
- Subscribers to the Tenterfield - Grafton Road Fund 1860 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 1 page)
- Naturalised aliens 1849 - 1858 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 8 pages)
- Electoral Roll for the Electoral District of Gwydir, Police District of Warialda 1861-62 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 4 pages)
- Uralla Shire Council - Donations to the War Service Memorial 1918 (10 pages)
- Tenterfield Oddfellows Minute Books - Members 1873 - 86 (2 pages)
- Nundle Oddfellows Subscription book 1868 - 83 (8 pages)
- Examination results - University of Sydney 1878 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- Coroners' Inquests 1851 - 54 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- Intestate Estates 1850, 1851, 1853 - 1868, 1871: Monies entrusted to the Curator of Intestate Estates (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 78 pages)
- Civil causes tried in the Circuit Court, Brisbane, Moreton Bay 1850-55 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- Cases heard in the Courts of Petty Sessions, Brisbane 1852-55 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 8 pages)
- Cases heard in the Ipswich Magistrates Court 1852-55 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 11 pages)
- Petitions 1858 - 1899 (186 pages) including:
- Letter from the inhabitants of Bombala to the Postmaster General requesting an increase in postal communication with Sydney(Votes & Proceedings of the Legislative Council 1855)
- Petition from Kempsey in support of the Postmaster (Votes & Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 1858 - 59)
- Clerk of petty sessions Armidale for appointment of a police magistrate (Votes & Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 1858 - 59)
- Petition from Carcoar for removal of E.J.C. North Esq. from the commission of the peace (V&P of the Legislative Assembly 1858 - 59)
- Petition against the return of James Hart as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Electoral District of New England (NSW Government Gazette 1859 )
- Petition from residents of Mudgee against removal of Magistrates 1860 (Journal of the Legislative Council NSW 1860)
- Petitions for and against establishment of municipalities:
- Albury 1859 petition
- Balmain 1859 petition
- Balmain 1859 counter petition
- Balranald 1882 petition
- Bathurst 1859 petition
- Bathurst 1859 counter petition
- Bathurst 1859 2nd petition
- Bathurst 1859 2nd counter petition
- Bathurst 1859 3rd counter petition
- Bathurst 1862 petition
- Bombala 1870 petition
- Brisbane 1859 petition
- Canterbury 1861 petition
- Concord 1859 petition
- Concord 1859 counter petition
- Darling Point, Upper Paddington and Watsons Bay 1859 petition
- Glebe 1859 petition
- Glebe 1859 2nd petition
- Glebe 1859 counter petition
- Goulburn 1859 petition
- Grafton 1859 petition
- Grenfell 1882 counter petition
- Grenfell 1899 petition
- Grenfell 1899 counter petition
- Hill End 1873 petition
- Hillgrove 1899 petition
- Hillgrove 1899 counter petition
- Hunters Hill 1859 petition
- Hunters Hill 1859 counter petition
- Illawarra (Southern) 1859 petition
- Kiama 1859 petition
- Kogarah 1885 petition
- Moreton Bay 1859 counter petition
- Mudgee 1859 petition
- Newtown 1859 petition
- Nowra 1859 petition
- Nowra 1859 counter petition
- Nowra 1859 additional counter petition
- Orange 1859 petition
- Paddington 1859 petition
- Parramatta 1859 petition
- Parramatta 1859 counter petition
- Parramatta 1861 petition
- Port Macquarie 1859 petition
- Port Macquarie 1859 counter petition
- Randwick and Botany 1859 counter petition
- Randwick and Coogee 1859 counter petition
- Redfern, Chippendale, Waterloo Estate, Surry Hills & South Sydney 1859 petition
- Redfern, Chippendale, Waterloo Estate, Surry Hills & South Sydney 1859 counter petition
- Redfern, Chippendale, Waterloo Estate, Surry Hills & South Sydney 1859 2nd petition
- Ryde 1861 counter petition
- Ryde 1870 petition
- Shellharbour, Macquarie River and Stoney Creek 1859 petition
- St. Peters 1870 counter petition
- Sutton Forest, Bong Bong and Mittagong 1859 petition
- Sutton Forest, Bong Bong and Mittagong 1859 counter petition
- Tamworth 1870 petition
- Waterloo 1859 petition
- Waterloo 1861 petition
- West Maitland 1862 petition
- West Maitland 1862 counter petition
- Windsor 1870 counter petition
- Wollongong 1859 petition
- Wollongong 1859 counter petition
- Woollahra 1861 petition
- Wyalong 1899 petition
- Yass 1870 petition
- Young 1882 petition
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Mining Records
The Following Mining Documents are covered
- Auriferous Leases 1873(N.S.W. Government Gazette - 39 pages)
- Gold and Mineral leases in force 1885(N.S.W.Government Gazette - 38 pages)
- Gold and Mineral leases in force 1892(N.S.W. Government Gazette - 99 pages)
- Mineral Conditional Purchases 1870-83(Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 77 pages)
- Miners' rights, Business Licences, Mineral Licences - Armidale 1882 - 1889 (Armidale Mining Warden's cashbook - 196 pages with a full alphabetical index)
- Lists of shareholders in mining companies 1870,73(N.S.W. Government Gazettes 1870, 1873 - 38 pages)
- Lists of shareholders in mining companies 1882(N.S.W. Government Gazette 1882 - 6 pages)
- Register of Quartz Vein applications 1852 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 4 pages)
- Goldfields Commissioners, Clerks, Troopers 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 3 pages)
- Goldfields Commissioners, Clerks, Troopers 1856 - 57 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 2 pages)
- List of tent-holders on the Rocky River Goldfield 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 3 pages)
- Gold Leases forfeited 1866 - 1869 (N.S.W. Government Gazette 1870 - 1 page)
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Pastoral and Agricultural Records
- Return of livestock and stockowners in NSW 1884 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council 1885 - 482 pages)
- Armidale Pasture Protection Board Rates Books 1895 and 1905 ( 150 pages)
- Petition from Walcha landholders regarding wild dog control 1909 ( 12 pages)
- Armidale Pastures Protection Board Minutes books 1863, 1903-06, 1908 (20 pages)
- Shearing tallies 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, Inverinate Station; subscription list, specifications and tender documents for the Kilcoy Church (Duncan McRae diary - 11 pages)
- Shearing tallies - Berida Station, Gilgandra 1898 - 1908 (10 pages)
- Shearers, station hands - Berida Station, Gilgandra 1898 ( 24 pages)
- Photo and list of shearers and shed hands - Welltown Station, Goondiwindi 1893
- Ration book, Inverell Station 1884-86 (3 pages)
- Shearing tallies, Inverell Station 1884-90 (7 pages)
- Directors of Sheep Districts 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 2 pages)
- List of petitioners regarding the separation of Moreton Bay 1856 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 4 pages)
- The diary of T.W. Macansh on his cattle drive to Brunette Downs (51 pages)
Members access to the index: Pastoral and Agricultural Records
Other Occupations
Public Service
- Indexes of officers in the Civil Establishment 1860, 1864,1869, 1878, 1882, 1895 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 366 pages)
- Returning Officers 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 2 pages)
- Surveyors 1853 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 5 pages)
- Police 1860 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly - 2 pages)
- Postal - list of officers 1862 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 16 pages)
- Volunteer Corps/N.S.W. Rifles 1855 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 4 pages)
Legal
- Justices of the Peace 1856-57 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 1 page)
- Commission of the Peace 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 10 pages)
- Magistrates 1859, 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 3 pages)
- Barristers & Attorneys 1854 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 3 pages)
- District Registrars 1856-57 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 1 page)
- Justices of the Peace 1914 (N.S.W. Government Gazette 127 pages)
Medical
- Medical Practitioners 1861, 1870, 1882, 1899, 1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 89 pages)
Educational
- Staff of charitable and educational institutions 1860 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 9 pages)
- Teaching staff in Public Schools 1891 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 51 pages)
- Candidate teachers - Denominational Schools 1862 (Journal of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 1 page)
- Members of Local Denominational School Boards 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 3 pages)
- Appointment of Teachers 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette 1882 - 3 pages)
Miscellaneous
- Auctioneers 1859, 1862, 1870, 1882,1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 26 pages)
- Billiard and Bagatelle Licences 1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 5 pages)
- Chemists 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 4 pages)
- Dentists 1912, 1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 35 pages)
- Distillers of Brandy 1859 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 1 page)
- Licensing Inspectors 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 2 pages)
- Licensed Timber Getters 1862, 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 23 pages)
- Ministers of Religion 1859, 1912, 1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 52 pages)
- Pasture and Sheep Directors 1882 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 4 pages)
- Pawnbrokers 1854 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 1 page)
- Pharmacists 1912, 1919 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 29 pages)
- Poundkeepers 1855 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 3 pages)
- Poundkeepers 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 1 page)
- Publicans 1869, 1870, 1871, 1880-1 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 50 pages)
- Spirit Merchants 1852-54 (Votes and Proceedings of the N.S.W. Legislative Council - 13 pages)
- Spirit Merchants 1859, 1870 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 5 pages)
- Tobacco, Cigar, and Cigarette Licenses 1920 (N.S.W. Government Gazette - 3 pages)
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