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Population muster and census records, 1788-1901.
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Find the key records and indexes for passengers 1788-1922.
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Government Architect, Surveyors, Land Grants, Crown Land, Conditional Purchase.
Records in a Probate packet include the last will and testament.
Access railway records, including employment, locomotives, photos, plans.
Education in NSW 1788-c.1979 plus the main records, indexes, photos, teachers.
Exhibitions
The Queen’s Album is an exhibition produced to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. It features images from the 1882 album reproduced from original glass plate negatives sourced from the State Archives Collection.
![Miniature painting of Mary Reibey. NRS 4481 [7/16034] #16919](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Galleries/Mary%20Reibey/Mary%20Reibey%20GPO%207_16034-glassneg16919%28small%29.jpg?itok=asMn-DRh "Miniature painting of Mary Reibey. NRS 4481 [7/16034] #16919")
![Worn by the train driver, Albert Arnold who drove the first train over the Harbour Bridge after opening, 19 March 1932, R479 [Item 14]](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Galleries/Threads/Red%20ribbon%20rosette%20from%20R476%20Item%2014.jpeg?itok=pf8BQaLW "Worn by the train driver, Albert Arnold who drove the first train over the Harbour Bridge after opening, 19 March 1932, R479 [Item 14]")
![Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Galleries/Razor%20Gang%20Wars/2496-3-6007-659d.jpg?itok=DrS3A4Zs "Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659")
