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Papers re persons proceeding to the colony under Remittance Regulations - Golconda 1857

Selected immigration records

This index and the associated digital images have been created as part of a partnership between MHNSW and Ancestry.com

Panoramic views of Port Jackson
Opening April
Featured exhibition

Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country

This exhibition depicts the development of the NSW colony through a selection of historical maps, plans, sketches, artworks and objects

Thursday 17 April
Government Printing Office 1 - 30889 - Batlow Soldier Settlement - a married settlers home
Online talk

Soldier Settlement in NSW

This webinar will explore records in the NSW State Archives Collection that tell the stories of these soldier settlers

Thursday 24 April 10.30am–11.30am
Page from NRS-5541 Apprenticeship Registers [Industrial Relations], 1924-1970

Apprentice Registers Index

Search c.185,500 entries in these registers dating from 1924 to 1970, created by the Department of Industrial Relations and Technology

Sample from the Small Debts Register - Port Macquarie Courts of Petty Sessions, 4 May 1846

Small Debts Registers Index

Search 46,000+ digitised entries by name. Information includes names of plaintiff and defendant, cause of action, amount of claim, costs, judgment and amount of judgment

Settlers' Muster Book, 1800
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State Archives Collection: Customer Satisfaction Survey 2025

Every year we undertake a survey to gather customer feedback on the State Archives Collection services we provide in the Reading Room, on our website and through our inquiry and copying services

Henry Lawson, 1900

Henry Lawson visits his old school

In April 1914, nearly 40 years after he was a young pupil, Henry Lawson made a return visit to Eurunderee Public School and wrote a poem in the visitors' book

Translation of Luke
Online talk

First Nations Community Access to Archives: Bridging Now to Next

The First Nations Community Access to Archives team at Museums of History NSW will be discussing how improving access to archival material can support the revitalisation and reclamation of First Nations Languages and Cultures

Friday 30 May 10.30am–11.30am
Government Printing Office 1 - 07748 - Mental Hospital Parramatta: patients' bedrooms
Online talk

Mental Health Patient Records

This webinar will explore the surviving patient records created by government mental health facilities that are held within the State Archives Collection

Friday 27 June 10.30am–11.30am