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This was an official publication of all Government notices, including the
operation dates of Acts of Parliament. Once the notice in the Gazette is
published, the public is deemed to have notice of it. Generally produced once a
week, with occasional 'Extraordinary' released, the 1848 issues were approx. 14
pages in length.
What will I find in a New South Wales Government Gazette?
Tens of thousands of ordinary people and localities, small and large, are
mentioned every year in Government Gazettes. You will find details on land
transactions, court notices, notice of acts, tenders and contracts, police
auctions of stolen property, statistics, unclaimed letters, impoundments of
cattle and horses, insolvent and bankruptcy cases, reward notices, much more ...
There is a large amount of information (which include physical descriptions)
relating to convicts - absconders, those who were granted ticket-of-leave,
certificates-of-freedom, deserters, apprehensions and more. For those with
convict ancestors, if you had convicts in New South Wales during 1848, this
really is a must!!
Features of this years worth of issues are:
- auctioneer licences
- merchant seaman licences
- list of licensed surveyors
- distillers licences
- list of persons who took out a licence to depasture stock on crown lands
How can this information help me?
Government Gazettes contain a vast amount of historical and genealogical
information. Now that they are on CD you can search for any number of names or
places easily. But they offer researchers much more than simply names and
places. They will help you reconstruct events and circumstances in the life of
individuals and communities.
Example entry taken from the 4 January 1848 issue:
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 28th December, 1847.
THOMAS MATTHEWS AND RICHARD WIGZELL
Enquiry having been made from England, respecting Thomas Matthews and
Richard Wigzell, both of the Parish of Ightham, in the County of Kent, who
are understood to have emigrated to this Colony in the ship "Amelia
Thompson", in 1838, any person who can furnish information respecting them,
is requested to have the goodness to communicate the same to this office.
By His Excellency's Command,
E. Deas Thomson
Example entry taken from the 18 January 1848 issue:
Notice is hereby given, that Robert Burrowes of Balmain, near Sydney,
gentleman, intends to apply, after the expiration of fourteen days after the
publication hereof, to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that letters of administration of all and
singular the goods, chattles, credits and effects, which were of Thomas
Burrowes, late of Balmain aforesaid, who died intestate, be granted to
him.-Dated this eighteenth day of January, 1848.
George Rowley,
Proctor for the said Robert Burrowes, 224, Elizabeth-street, Sydney
This product provides a great tool for researching New South Wales history,
making information that is difficult to find easily accessible on one CD.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original years worth of
issues. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be
searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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System Requirements
- Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
- Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text
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