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 is 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 1851-1860 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.
CONDITIONAL PARDONS.
PARDONS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE SAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Dated 13th June, 1855.
Aspin William, “James Pattison” (2).
Beney James, “Hooghly.”
Broderick, alias Broderip, Bridget, “Buffalo.”
Clarke John, “Lady Harewood” (2).
This CD set contains high quality scanned images of each of the original gazettes. These have been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Each year is also available individually:
New South Wales Government Gazette 1851
New South Wales Government Gazette 1852
New South Wales Government Gazette 1853
New South Wales Government Gazette 1854
New South Wales Government Gazette 1855
New South Wales Government Gazette 1856
New South Wales Government Gazette 1857
New South Wales Government Gazette 1858
New South Wales Government Gazette 1859
New South Wales Government Gazette 1860
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
