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State Archives & Records New South Wales
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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.
67 George Street, The Rocks, showing Observer Tavern and John McDonald & Co shopfront 1901
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Bondi Australia the playground of the Pacific c1930
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Plan shewing a swamp in the Parish of Petersham applied for by two Veterens and encroached on by Doctor Wardell c1830
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Ultimo Power House chimney, August 1898
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'In case of consumption' - public health education poster about tuberculosis at the Bourke Street baby clinic 1914
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A bird's eye view - Sydney Harbour Bridge c1931
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Aerial view over Manly 1930s
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Alexandria Baby Clinic 1914
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Ambulance trams, Randwick Tramway Workshops 1915
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Apple Tree Bay, Bobbin Head
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Architectural plans for Toxteth Park Hotel, Westmoreland Street, Forest Lodge, 7 June 1906
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Australian Youth Hotel, Glebe, 1912
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Baby clinic Newtown 1914
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Blackfriars Public School, Chippendale 1907
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Block plan of Dind's Hotel, North Sydney 1907
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Boy pushing pram on Gloucester Street, The Rocks,c1900
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Bricks made by convicts c1789 and a keystone inscribed with Major Robert Ross's initials, photographed c1924
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Bristol Arms Hotel, Day Street June 1923
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Camperdown Public School 1st Class 1947
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Captain Moonlite, Darlinghurst Gaol, 26 November 1879
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Charles Montgomery (alias Thomas Millidge, Charles Buck and Charles Millige) Darlinghurst Gaol 9 March 1894
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Children and washing on Harrington Lane, the Rocks c1900
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Children in classroom at Blackfriars Public School c1913
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Children in classroom at Coogee Public School 1930
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Colonial pardon for James Freeman 'on condition of his becoming the public Executioner' 1 March 1788
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Construction of Central Railway Station, Sydney 1905
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Construction of the Central station tower 1922
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Construction work taking place for the building of Central Railway Station - Devonshire Street end c1902
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Cottage, Cook Avenue, Daceyville 1918
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Crowd at Queens Square to celebrate unveiling of statue of Queen Victoria 24 January 1888
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Cumberland Place, The Rocks 1901
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Customs House, Sydney
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Dacey Garden Suburb plan 1918
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Dagmar Berne c1890
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Darling Harbour coaling boats 1922
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Detail of ground plan to convert southern wall of Hyde Park Barracks into temporary Coroners Court and other offices June 1887
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Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney 1902
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Dr IF Coghlan 29 June 1925
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Dr Iza Coghlan April 1893
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Druitt Town Public School Plan, 1879
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Entry for Kate Barry (Kate Leigh) in State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay Photographic Description Book No 839, 26 May 1932
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Entry for Kate Leigh in State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay Photographic Description Book, 1915
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Escalators at Wynyard Railway Station, 25 February 1948
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Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, c1890
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Existing and projected Sydney railways 1926
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First Sydney Railway Station 1871
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Foot drill, HMNS Vernon 1870s
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Frank Butler, alias Frank Harwood, alias Frank Ash, Darlinghurst Gaol Photographic Description Book 4 May 1897
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Frank Green prison record 1933
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George Melrose and team surveying of Devonshire St Cemetery in preparation for the building of Central Railway Station 1900
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George Worrell's premises, Campbelltown; with the adjoining Lands...connected with the Death of Frederick Fisher 1826
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Germination in the Botanic Gardens laboratory c1915
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Greenwich Road, Greenwich c1908
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Ground plan of Old Government House, enclosed in Report of a Board of Survey 15 September 1845
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Guido Calletti prison record c1930
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Harriett Eliza Biffin 9 February 1888
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Harrington Street, The Rocks 1901
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Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Windmill Street, The Rocks c1901
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Horse buses outside the old Sydney Railway Station, corner of Devonshire and George streets 1895
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Horse-drawn tram at Newtown Station 1894
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In the library on the NSS Sobraon, 1893
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Iris Eileen Mary Webber 20 November 1941
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Iris Webber 20 November 1941
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James Edward Devine jail photograph 25 August 1939
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James Edward Devine jail photograph 6 March 1923
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John Frazer Fountain, Hyde Park c1895
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Little Bay Sanatorium Coast Hospital 1884
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Long Bay Description Card for Eugenia Falleni 1920-40
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Long Bay Gaol photograph of Eugenia Falleni, 1920
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Machining tank annex, Chullora Elcar c1945
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Map of Suburban Rail Lines c1932
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Melocco Bros working on the Tasman Map mosaic, 1940
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NSS Sobraon, on the deck c1890s
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Nautical School Ship Sobraon c1893
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Nautical School Ship Sobraon: Plan of superintendent's office, reception room and library, 1 March 1892
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Neilson Slipper Factory, Broadway 1945
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New South Wales Police Photo Book. Iris Eileen Mary Webber. 20 November 1941. No 163/139
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Newtown Railway Station c1895
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Nurses leaving Blackfriars Depot, Chippendale 1919
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Officials on gallery of new Macquarie Lighthouse c1883
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Opera House Hotel, Castlereagh Street c1888
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Parramatta Hospital c1900
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Petition from Maria Lock re: land grant 1831, page 1
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Petition from Maria Lock re: land grant 1831, page 2
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Petition from Maria Lock re: land grant 1831, page 3
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Phillip's Map of Sydney Cove 1792
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Photo of Kate Barry, fron the State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay Photographic Description Book, 26 May 1932
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Plague Proclamation poster, 1 February 1905
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Plan of HM Gaol Darlinghurst March 1885
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Plan of the streets of the town of Sydney, 13 April 1832
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Police report on John Knatchbull January 1844
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Prisoners in uniform at Darlinghurst Gaol c1885
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Prisoners in uniform at Darlinghurst Gaol c1885
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RRR milk bar at Central Railway Station 9 April 1946
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Randwick Post Office c1910
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Randwick tram workshop 26 August 1930
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Recreation hall on the NSS Sobraon 11 August 1893
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Science Class at Blackfriars Training College 1911
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Scottish Rifles, Garden Palace grounds c1895
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Second page of the Registry of Flash Men c1841
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Site for new public buildings, corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney 31 January 1899
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Sketch shewing the neccessity for connecting the East and West sides of Pitt Street by a temporary bridge March-April 1853
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Sketch shewing the situation of Huts in the Parish of Botany belonging to Boatswain Maroot 1830
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Sleeping in hammocks on the NSS Sobraon c1893
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Staff from the Eveleigh workshops 1949
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Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo Island
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Swing span building out, Pyrmont Bridge c1900
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Sydney Bridge Celebrations, 1932
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Sydney Sanitarium, Wahroonga, 1943
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Sydney Town Hall, George Street c1912
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The NSS Sobraon swimming club c1893
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The Spit Bridge 25 November 1932
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The Spit Bridge under construction 4 September 1924
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The Spit c1915
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The Spit c1915
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The ferry Phoenix built in 1899 for the New South Wales Public Works Department and used as a tug and as a staff ferry
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The former Maritime Services Board building on the corner of George Street, and what was Barton Street, Circular Quay c1950
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The school room on the NSS Sobraon c1895
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Thomas Williams (alias Thomas Carroll, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Cawl and Thomas Curley) Darlinghurst Gaol 9 March 1894
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Toll barriers on Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932
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Toongabbie railway station c1885
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Town Hall Station - low level tracks 19 May 1930
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Traffic in George Street after buses replaced trams 1962
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Tram drivers instruction school at Randwick 1940s
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Travel for 6d on the city circle c1960
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University Hotel, Glebe, 1889-90
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View from front gates of the Convalescent Hospital for Men in Denistone House, Eastwood, August 1914
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View of Berowra Waters c1930
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Weighing babies Bourke Street Baby Clinic 1914
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Wesleyan Centenary Hall, York Street, c1892
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