This Archives in Brief (AIB) provides a brief listing of the records in the Archives Resources Kit. Researchers should consult the Guide to Using the Archives Resources Kit.
This AIB should be used in conjunction with Archives in Brief No. 40 Community access points and Archives in Brief No. 46. Holders of parts of the Archives Resources Kit.
Microform copies of State archives
| Title | Series | Fiche/Reel |
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Births, death and marriages | ||
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Abstracts of all licences for marriages granted to free persons, 1813-27 | NRS 1059 |
Fiche 836 |
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Registers, 1787-1856 |
Reels 5001-5048 | |
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Reports of inquests, 1796-1828 |
Reels 2232-2233 | |
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Indexes and registers of Coroners' inquests and magisterial inquiries, 1834-1942 |
Reels 2921-2927, 2224-2225, 2763-2769 | |
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Shipping | ||
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Indexes to ships arrived, 1837-1925 | NRS 13277 |
Reels 2502, 2503A |
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Assisted immigrants, 1828-42 | NRS 5310, NRS 5311, NRS 5314 |
Reels 1286-1349 |
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Assisted immigrants (Port Phillip), 1839-51 | NRS 5318 |
Reels 2143A-2145 |
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Assisted immigrants Sydney, 1838-96, and Moreton Bay, 1848-59 |
Reels 2134-2143 | |
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Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle and Moreton Bay, 1848-91 | NRS 5317 |
Reels 2458-2498 |
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Unassisted Passengers arriving in Sydney, 1826-53, 1854-1900 | NRS 13278, NRS 1291 |
Reels 399-560, 1263-1280, 2851 |
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Wage agreements & entitlement certificates (Sydney), 1844-45 | NRS 5315 |
Reels 2449-2456 |
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Germans on bounty ships (Sydney), 1849-52 | NRS 5320 |
Fiche 851 |
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Wives and families of convicts on bounty ships (Sydney), 1849-55 | NRS 5321 |
Fiche 837-838 |
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Immigration deposit journals, 1853-1900 | NRS 5264 |
Reels 2668A-2676 |
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Members of the Family Colonization Loan Society, 1854-57 | NRS 5322 |
Fiche 839 |
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Passenger lists of the Family Colonization Loan Society, 1854-55 | NRS 5323 |
Fiche 839 |
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Departures | ||
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Ships musters: passengers departing, 1816-25 | NRS 1289 |
Reels 561-562 |
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Convict records | ||
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Index to Convict Indents, 1837-42 | NRS 12191 |
Fiche 803-806 |
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Convict Indents, 1788-1842 | NRS 1150, NRS 1151, NRS 1152, NRS 1153, NRS 1154, NRS 12188, NRS 12189 |
Fiche 614-744 |
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Musters and other papers relating to convict ships, 1790-1849 | NRS 1155 |
Reels 2417-2428 |
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Registers of convicts' applications to marry, 1825-51 | NRS 12212 |
Fiche 780-802 |
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Assignment Registers, 1821-24 | NRS 12193 |
Fiche 745-748 |
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Register of Tickets of Leave, 1824-27 | NRS 12200 |
Fiche 752-754 |
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Ticket of Leave butts, 1827-67 | NRS 12202 |
Reels 909-965, 2688A |
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Registers of Conditional Pardons, 1791-1825 | NRS 1170 |
Fiche 820-823 |
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Registers of convicts recommended for Conditional Pardons, 1826-56 | NRS 1173 |
Fiche 824-835 |
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Registers of Absolute Pardons, 1791-1843 and Registers of recommendations for Absolute Pardons, 1826-46 | NRS 1179 |
Reel 800 |
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Convict Deaths, 1828-79 |
Fiche 749-751 | |
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Professions and occupations | ||
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Public Service Lists, 1858-70 | NRS 1286 |
Fiche 807-819 |
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Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1822-57 | NRS 1286 |
Fiche 438-613 |
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Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-25 |
Fiche 755-756 | |
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Register of Police, 1862-1904 | NRS 10945 |
Fiche 846-850 |
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Register of Chemists and Druggists, 1876-1920 |
Fiche 844-845 | |
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Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, etc, 1824-76 |
Fiche 852-853 | |
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Medical Board Minutes of proceedings and register, 1838-1901 |
Fiche 840-843 | |
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Certificates of publicans' licences, 1830-61 | NRS 14401, NRS 14402, NRS 14403 |
Reel 5049-5066, 1236-1242 |
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Land | ||
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Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51 | NRS 14404 |
Reels 5067-81 |
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Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers | NRS 1217, NRS 1219, NRS 13836, NRS 13837 |
Reels 2548-50, 2560-2 |
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Naturalization | ||
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Naturalization Index, 1834-1903 | NRS 1042 |
Fiche 757-767 |
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Registers of naturalization, 1834-1903 | NRS 1040, NRS 1041 |
Reels 128A-141A |
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Letters of denization, 1834-47 | NRS 1038 |
Reel 128A part |
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Colonial Secretary | ||
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Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 |
Reels 6001-6072, Fiche 3001-3312 | |
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Orphans | ||
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Orphan School Admission registers, 1817-33 | NRS 793, NRS 796 | |
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Applications for admission into and Applications for children out of the Orphan Schools, 1825-33 | NRS 782, NRS 783 |
Reel 2776-2777 |
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Other records | ||
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Electoral Rolls, 1842-64 | NRS 1199 |
Fiche 768-779 |
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1828 Census Householders' Returns | NRS 1273, NRS 1274 |
Reels 2551-2552, 2506-2507 |
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1901 Census collector books | NRS 685 |
Selected fiche |
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The Concise Guide to the NSW State Archives 3rd edition on CD-ROM | ||
Guides and other explanatory material
| Title | Fiche/Reel/Guide |
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Using the Archives Resources Kit (ARK) |
Guide |
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Births, deaths and marriages | |
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Birth death and marriage records |
Short Guide No. 2 |
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Attorney General and Justice: registry of births, deaths and marriages: microfilm copies of registers of baptisms, burials and marriages, 1787-1856 |
Short Guide No. 4 |
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Index to abstract of all licences for marriages granted to free persons, March 1813 - December 1827 |
Short Guide No. 5 |
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Shipping | |
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Shipping and free passenger records |
Guide No. 17 |
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Index to assisted (bounty) immigrants, 1828-42 |
Reels 30-37 |
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Index to assisted immigrants arriving Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59 |
Fiche 2481-2491 |
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Index to assisted immigrants arriving Sydney, 1860-79 |
Fiche 2492-2498 |
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Index to assisted immigrants, 1880-96 |
Fiche 2499-2504 |
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Index to assisted immigrants to Port Phillip, 1839-51 |
Fiche 2476-2478 |
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Index to assisted immigrants to Moreton Bay, 1848-59 |
Fiche 2479-2480 |
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Convicts | |
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Convict guide supplementary list: microfiche copies of indents |
Guide No. 14a |
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Professions and occupations | |
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Returns of the Colony, 1822-57 |
Short Guide No. 3 |
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Professions and Occupations: a select list of records |
Short Guide No. 10 |
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Land | |
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Land grants, 1788-1856 |
Short Guide No. 8 |
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Naturalisation | |
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Naturalization and denization records |
Short Guide No. 9 |
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Other | |
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1901 Census - collectors books |
Short Guide No. 7 |
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Electoral Rolls |
Short Guide No. 1 |
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Colonial Secretary | |
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Index to the papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825 |
Handbook |
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Index to the Colonial Secretary's papers, 1788-1825 |
Guide No. 30 |
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Other finding aids | |
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A guide to New South Wales State archives relating to the teaching of English to post WWII migrants |
Guide |
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A guide to New South Wales State archives relating to Aboriginal people |
Guide |
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Government (Colonial) Architect |
Guide No. 19 |
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Surveyor General: select list of maps and plans (and supplement), 1792-1886 |
Guides Nos. 23 and 26 |
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Surveyor General: Surveyors' Field Books, 1794-1831 |
Short Guide No. 13 |
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Department of Education: subject files, 1876-1948 |
Short Guide No. 6 |
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Muster and Census Records |
Short Guide No. 12 |
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Clerk of the Peace: quarter sessions records, 1824-1920 |
Guide No. 24 |
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Archives in Brief |
Helpful hints for researchers |
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Now&Then |
State Records' electronic newsletter for its public clients |
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Vital Signs |
State Records' magazine, launched in April 2002 |
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