This index was compiled by Joan Reese, Linda Bowman and Aileen Trinder. It was first published as the NSW Colonial Secretary's In Letters Index, 1826-1896, based on Joan Reese's Convicts and Others Index, 1826-1894.
More about the Index »This index covers requests from individuals for land - leases and purchases - received by the Colonial Secretary's office between 1826 and 1856.
More about the Index »This is not a name index to letters but a subject listing of bundles. The letters in this series are numerically arranged by number in the years 1826-1832 and 1850-1982. Between 1833 and 1849 the letters are arranged in writer/subject bundles.
More about the Index »Arranged by name and subject this is the most comprehensive index of early NSW settlement. The Papers include petitions by convicts; requests for permission to marry; memorials re potential settlers; land grants/leases applications; information re court cases and lists of...
More about the Index »This Colonial Secretary's Special Bundle includes a variety of letters, papers and returns dating from 1794 to 1813. For example, it includes victualling and 'slop' clothing books, lists of persons on and off the stores and an annual return of settlers and convicts.
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This index will be of interest to those whose ancestors may have been unemployed in 1866 and wish to learn of their situation and possibly their approximate arrival in the colony. It also provides a snapshot of economic conditions in Sydney in 1866.
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