Births, deaths & marriages
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On This Day
6 Nov 1935 - Charles Kingsford Smith flight
On 6 November 1935 Charles Kingsford Smith took off in his plane, the Lady Southern Cross, from Britain in a record breaking attempt to fly to Australia. Kingsford Smith, his co-pilot J.T. Pethybridge and the plane were never seen again
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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
![Divorce papers from Archives Behind the Scenes](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/5f3d5ce83fc5b0bbbfb3b2c8ee6ab2a418675247-2048x1536.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Archives behind the scenes - divorce case papers
In this episode Bonnie talks about divorce case papers in the State Archives Collection
![Screenshot from the probate file of Ewen John Powell](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/f487f38b07ebd49b3a4267929c747dd3bc8580ed-1419x875.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Archives behind the scenes - probate packets
These records contain the last will and testament of the deceased as well as administrative documents around the settling of the estate
![Handwritten list of baptisms and marriages in Newcastle in 1818](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/9f099f33c0be990d8e0cce0d43971a5a64987443-2728x2634.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Births, deaths & marriages guide
Historical information and sources for baptisms, deaths and marriages
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Births, deaths & marriages registers, 1787-1856
A list of the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1787-1856 which can be viewed on microfilm
![List of possessions from a deceased estate file From the deceased estate file of Ralph Greig. State Archives Collection AF00190047 INX-15-155710](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/7461e0b92eb1a48f88d567285315f55717b465c2-816x845.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Deceased estates guide
Deceased estate files are a financial record of the person's estate when they die and frequently have very detailed information about a person's possessions
![Deceased estate file listing contents in the house](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/1554f82914528f0fc87cfce2e13fca3588d6fdd1-618x717.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Deceased estates: what the files can tell you
We hold over 570,000 deceased estate files for the years 1880 to 1958. The Stamp Duties Office created a file for every person who died leaving property or other assets ('estates'), which were subject to death duties
![Page from the Divorce file of William George Dunbar and Marie Dunbar](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/501de7986fa69fd774c0f7cf881e60944269a7a6-907x1025.png?fit=max&auto=format)
Divorce records guide
Divorce files contain evidence for each divorce case including Judicial Separations. They can include petitions for the dissolution of marriage, affidavits, petitions for maintenance, marriage certificates, and sometimes the decree nisi and decree absolute.