Government Gazettes are a much under-used 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 released 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 1861-1870 in New South Wales.
Full of fascinating information, both historical and genealogical, you will find information such as land transactions, insolvency and probate notices, horse and cattle impoundments, partnerships, licences, government contracts, government appointments, an enormous amount of information relating to convicts ... 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.
This CD set contains high quality scanned images of whole of each years issues, and has 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 1861
New South Wales Government Gazette 1862
New South Wales Government Gazette 1863
New South Wales Government Gazette 1864
New South Wales Government Gazette 1865
New South Wales Government Gazette 1866
New South Wales Government Gazette 1867
New South Wales Government Gazette 1868
New South Wales Government Gazette 1869
New South Wales Government Gazette 1870
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.
