Crime

Various dates
Tour
Lane Cove River Crime Walk with Mark Tedeschi AM KC
Join Mark Tedeschi AM KC, barrister, author, photographer and former prosecutor, for a leisurely bushwalk in the Lane Cove National Park to hear about two fascinating historical true crimes
Wednesday 10 September 10am–12pm

Various dates
Performance
The Shark Arm Case
Join us for an immersive theatre experience that takes a deep dive into Sydney’s criminal underworld
Thursday 14 August 6.30pm–7.30pm

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
![Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Parramatta [Gaol] [Department of Public Works] [no date]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/10/ff1b55b6ea2949599ca5f060fffaf43b.jpg)
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