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Second page of the Registry of Flash Men c1841

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Second page of the Registry of Flash Men c1841

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

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The Registry of Flash Men

Dossier compiled by the superintendent (later commissioner) of police William Augustus Miles of his, and others', observations of Sydney’s underworld between about 1841 and 1846. It is held by State Records New South Wales.

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