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- This week in History 20-26 May
- 1867 applications for admission to the nautical school-ship, the Vernon, commenced (20th); 1851 the NSW Government made the official announcement of the discovery of gold in the state (22nd); 1838 David Jones opened a store on the corner of George St and Barrack Lane in Sydney (24th); 1870 Frederick Wordsworth Ward, aka Captain Thunderbolt, was shot dead (25th); 1853 last convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land (26th).
- Westward, Ho! Blue Mountains Gallery
- The latest installment of our digital Blue Mountains Gallery is now available: Towns Along the Highway. This section is split into three pages focussing on the Lower, Mid and Upper Mountains.
- How to obtain access to records of mental health facilites
- Records over 110 years of age are open to public access. You can access the records at our Western Sydney Reading Room. We ask that you contact us 5 working days before your visit so we can check if the records have survived.
- Large format digital copies unavailable 15 May-26th July
- Please be aware that digital copy orders for large format items will not be completed between 15th May and 26th July 2013. Large format items are bound volumes and original items larger than A2 size. Any large format copy orders placed during this period will be completed after the 29th July 2013. State Records NSW apologise for any inconvenience. Please note that standard size copy orders are not affected and will continue throughout this period.
- Westward, Ho! Blue Mountains Gallery
- The next installment of our digital Blue Mountains Gallery is now available: The Great Western Railway Arrives. Travel through the Blue Mountains was difficult for many years. It took at least two days by horse and carriage to reach Bathurst along Cox’s Road. By mid-1867 the railway had been extended from Penrith to Wentworth Falls and by 1876 it reached all the way to Bathurst.
- Royal Commission into Child Abuse
- Relating to records that are expected to be required in evidence for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry.
- New Digital Gallery: Canberra - The Contest to become our Federal Capital
- To celebrate the centenary of the naming of Canberra in March 2013, we are highlighting a record series that sheds light on the efforts of a number of towns, villages and other areas in NSW that proudly presented their submissions to become the capital of the new Commonwealth.
- Sentenced beyond the Seas: Australia's early convict records
- A project to digitise and index Australia's earliest convict records. Convict Indents list the convicts transported to New South Wales. Search over 12,000 names listed in these early records and view colour images of the indents online!
