| Government Gazettes are a much underused source, partly because of their availability (you would usually only find them in select archives offices or libraries), and partly because people don't know about them. Now that Archive Digital Books Australasia has releasing them on CD-ROM, everyone has access to this amazing resource.
The Government Gazettes were weekly newspapers (although there were extra issues produced as well from time to time), and this CD set contains all issues that were released for the years 1841-1850 in New South Wales.
Full of fascinating information, both historical and genealogical, you will find information such as land transactions, legal notices, horse and cattle impoundments, partnerships, licences, government contracts and an enormous amount of information relating to convicts, such as Certificates of Freedom, Tickets-of-Leave Granted, Tickets-of-Leave Cancelled, Absconders from Employment, Lists of Runaways Apprehended ... and so much more. So if you've got an interest in New South Wales during this period - you're bound to find something of interest.
High quality scanned images of the whole year's worth of issues, this CD set has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Each year is also available individually:
New South Wales Government Gazette 1841
New South Wales Government Gazette 1842
New South Wales Government Gazette 1843
New South Wales Government Gazette 1844
New South Wales Government Gazette 1845
New South Wales Government Gazette 1846
New South Wales Government Gazette 1847
New South Wales Government Gazette 1848
New South Wales Government Gazette 1849
New South Wales Government Gazette 1850 |
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