Government Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout Australia. They were published by the government as a means of communication to officials and the general public and therefore contain information that is of great use in establishing an image of the colony of New South Wales and its people in the past.
Included is a range of information such as land transactions, legal notices, notice of acts, insolvency and bankrupt notices, impoundments, patent applications, absconders, deserters and missing people, partnerships, licences, contracts, government institutions and positions, statistics and much more.
They have information covering a broad spectrum of the community with important details and facts on thousands of people.
Example taken from the 11 January 1842 issue:
Police Office, Bathurst
16th December, 1841
The undermentioned Property, which belonged to John Webb, per Isabella, who held
a Ticket of Leave for the District of Bathurst and who died in the General
Hospital there on the 30th of October last, will be sold by Public Auction, at
the Police Office, on Monday, the 17th day of January next:-
Eight shirts, One clasp knife, Two pairs scissors, One comb, One housewife, One
pocket comb, Curry-comb and horse brush, Shoe binding, Forceps and awl, One hat,
Seven silk handkerchiefs, Two cotton ditto, Three razors, One bone and soap-box,
Four pairs socks, Fourteen pairs stockings, One pair shoes, Three pairs
trousers, Three waistcoats, Two coats, Three jackets, One bed-tick, One pine
chest, Two pairs drawers, One bed, One blanket.
All persons having claims against the deceased are required to send the same to
the Police magistrate for investigation, within ten days after the date of Sale.
C.S. Macdonough,
Clerk of the Bensh
Example taken from the 11 January 1842 issue:
Report of a deserter from the 28th Regiment of Foot, dated at Sydney, New
South Wales, this 27th day of December, 1841.
Name, Thomas Newcombe, No. 1054, Private; Age, 25 years and 7 months; height, 5
feet 9 inches; Complexion, Fresh; Hair, Dark Brown; Eyes, Hazel; Date of
Desertion, 21st December 1841; From whence Deserted, Sydney, New South Wales;
Date of Enlistment, 11th November 1834; Place of Enlistment, Gloucester; Parish
where Born, Cirencester; County, Gloucester; former Trade or Occupation,
Labourer; Dress at the time of Desertion, Red Shell Jacket, (Regimental) White
Duck Trousers, (Regimental); Remarks, took the whole of his Regimental
necessaries with him.
C. French, Lieut.-Col.
Commanding 28th Regiment
This product provides a great tool for researching New South Wales history, making information that is difficult to find easily accessible on one CD.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2006, this title has now been remastered and
re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of
the whole year's worth of issues, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
