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Last flight of Charles Kingsford Smith

On 6 November 1935, Charles Kingsford Smith and his co-pilot, JT Pethybridge, departed Britain in the 'Lady Southern Cross' on a record-breaking flight to Australia. Tragically, they and the aircraft disappeared and were never seen again

  • On this day
  • Aviation & airports
  • State Archives Collection
  • Collections
  • Births, deaths & marriages
Page from the Probate file of George Barr

Probate packets & wills guide

These records include the last will & testament. A grant of probate is the authority given by the Supreme Court of NSW to the executor(s) to deal with a deceased person's estate

  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection
  • Collections
  • Family history
Screenshot of the front page of a deceased estate file

Deceased estate files

This webinar examines deceased estate files in the State Archives Collection and the techniques you can use to find them

  • Webinar
  • Video
  • State Archives Collection

NSW probate records

Sources and techniques for finding all the details of NSW probate records

A last will and testament from 1863

Probate packets

This webinar focuses on probate sources in the State Archives Collection and how to find them

  • Family history
  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection
  • Webinar

Probate records - supplementary index 1790-1875

This index is for supplementary (early) probate records that are not part of the main probate series and covers the period 1790 to 1875.

Directions for making a will, from a 1929 probate file

Probate packets: what the files can tell you

Probate packets hold the last will and testament, codicils, an inventory of assets of the estate, affidavits of death and other papers

  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • Family history
  • State Archives Collection
  • Regional NSW
  • First Nations
Screenshot from the Intestate file of Henry Lovett

Intestate estates guide

Intestate: A person who dies without leaving a will

  • Family history
  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection

A locket found in an intestate file

A rare find in the archives is this small locket, found among the intestate case papers of Charles Thompson Dunbar

  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection
  • Collections
Oval shaped painting of Mary Reibey in what looks like her later years

Mary Reibey - convict and businesswoman

Mary Reibey is one of the most famous early convict women in the colony of New South Wales

  • Convicts
  • Crime
  • Women's stories
  • State Archives Collection

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