UNESCO

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1828 Census

Browse the digitised alphabetical returns. This was the first official census undertaken by NSW and covers some 36,500 inhabitants, both convict and free

Front of colonial era two storey brick building with blue sky behind.

Ten years on

Australian Convict Sites UNESCO World Heritage listing

The Churchill Fellowship

What puts some heritage sites on visitors’ ‘bucket lists’ while others languish? Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon explored this question in an international tour of leading institutions

Stone remains of convict buildings. Coal Mines Historic Site

Hyde Park Barracks: Australian Convict Sites World Heritage listing

In 2010, the Hyde Park Barracks, along with ten fellow Australian convict places and institutions, was placed on UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage list