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Find out where to start your online research using the NSW State archives and how to...

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Search for people and places across a variety of topics...

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Dr J.J.C. Bradfield, Mrs Bradfield and family, 12 Sep 1931. Digital ID 12685_a007_a00704_8723000147

It is always easier to work from the present to the past when tracing your family...

Family History

We've listed resources to help you access archives relating to Aboriginal people.

Aboriginal People

Records relating to orphans, foster care, adoption and other out-of-home care.

Care Leavers

Population muster and census records, 1788-1901.

Census and Musters

How do you know if there was a convict in your family? Find out where to start your...

Convicts

Find the key records and indexes for passengers 1788-1922.

Immigration and Shipping

Government Architect, Surveyors, Land Grants, Crown Land, Conditional Purchase.

Maps and Plans

Access railway records, including employment, locomotives, photos, plans.

Railways and Railway Workers

The correspondence of the Colonial Secretary is one of the most valuable sources of...

Colonial Secretary

Sources in our collection that relate to divorce and procedures for accessing Divorce...

Divorce

Inquests are conducted by coroners and are held to investigate the manner and cause of...

Inquests

Records in a Probate packet include the last will and testament.

Probates and Wills

Education in NSW 1788-c.1979 plus the main records, indexes, photos, teachers.

Schools

Exhibitions

Sydney Snapshots

1900s-1940s - A new exhibition showcases snapshots of a city – highlights from a treasure-trove of images taken by the NSW Government Printing Office Photographic Branch.

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