Crime
Captain Moonlite, digitised letters from prison
Cultured, charming and dangerous, Andrew George Scott (c.1842–1880), known as ‘Captain Moonlite’, was an Irish-born bushranger. Awaiting execution at Darlinghurst Gaol in 1880, he wrote many letters which were never sent by authorities and are now preserved in the State Archives Collection
Sentenced to Parramatta Female Factory
This index covers 1819–1829 and lists all women sentenced by the Sydney Court to time in the Parramatta Female Factory. There are c.2500 entries
Gaol inmates & prisoners photos index 1870-1930
Search over 52,000 mugshots from NSW prisons. Alongside the photos are details such as name, aliases, native place, year of birth, details of arrival in the colony, occupation, physical description, marks or special features, where and when tried, offence, and sentence
Criminal court records index 1788–1833
A valuable resource relating to the NSW colonial justice system and for research into criminals, convicts and crimes during the early years of the Colony
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Tracing NSW gaol inmates
This webinar shows you how to use the State Archives collection to trace your ancestors through the NSW prison system, uncovering their crimes and incarcerations
Come in spinner!
Gambling in Australia is regulated by the state and some types of gambling are illegal. The game Two-up, with its catch cry of ‘Come in Spinner!’, is legal only on Anzac Day and only in some states
Museum stories
Gritty business
Immerse yourself in Sydney's chilling criminal past in this unique water-front museum of policing, law and disorder – with its grizzly collection of underworld weapons along with tales of mayhem and lawlessness, aptly described as an educational resource befitting a 'professor in crime'
Gaol photographs
We have indexed and digitised this collection of photographs of men, women and children who were incarcerated in the NSW prison system c1870–c1930
Margaret Greenwood: a life of crime
This 1875 record contains a rare and revealing photograph of a former Imperial convict, a prisoner again in her old age