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This day in Australian History
21 JanOn this day in 1820 the Sydney Gazette published a notice about the creation of a new cemetery on Devonshire Street, Sydney. The cemetery was described as a “spacious burial ground” in the sandhills south of the brickfields, which is the site of the present-day Central Railway Station. The cemetery was consecrated in 1820 (the first interment actually took place in 1819) and operated until 1867. The site was then resumed in 1901 to allow for the development of the Central Railway Station and approximately one-third of the monuments and remains were relocated to other cemeteries. NSW Archives
Convict records
16 DecSentenced beyond the Seas: Australia’s early convict records
A project to digitise and index Australia’s earliest convict records. Convict Indents list the convicts transported to New South Wales. Search over 12,000 names listed in these early records and view colour images of the indents online!
Sentenced beyond the Seas features the Indents of the First Fleet, Second Fleet and ships to 1801 and contemporary indexes known as the Alphabetical Indents, 1788-1800.
Early indents provide name, date and place of trial and sentence while the later indents usually include physical description, native place, age and crime.
This digitisation project marks the 225th anniversary in 2013 of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
See more information and search the index »
The comprehensive Early Convict Index includes over 12,000 names which appear in the records, including not just those who arrived but those on the lists who were embarked, those who died on route and even those whose names were crossed off the lists. The index includes: surname, first name, alias, ship page and ship entry, age, tried at, county, tried when, sentence, occupation, ship and remarks. There are links from each entry to the digital images for the ship’s indents and/or the Alphabetical Indents.
Saving money for your genealogical research.
8 DecWe can organise transcripts for NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages via a NSW Transcription Agent. This is a much less expensive option for Genealogical research.
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