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Near Sydney, Georgiana Lowe c. 1842-1852; Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Appointment & Employment Lists

  1. Appointment of Officers on the Formation of the Australian Imperial Force - 16 August 1914
  2. NSW Date of Appointments as Justices of the Peace 1821-1832
  3. NSW Department of Public Instruction - Appointment of Teachers and Pupil Teachers on Probation - March 1900
  4. NSW Duties of Appointments as Civil Officers 1819-1830s
  5. NSW Government Appointments & Notices — January 1890
  6. Queensland - Public Works Tenders - 26 February 1881
  7. South Australia - Public Service Recruits - January to November 1893
  8. Victoria Wages Board Appointments - 1st January 1914
  9. Western Australia - Gazetted Appointments - September 1899

Deceased & Intestate Lists Including Pensions

  1. 1832 Widows Pensions in the Colonies of Great Britain
  2. List of Deceased Persons Who Died in Public Places in South Australia between July 1 and December 31, 1910 - And Whose Relations in the State Are Unknown
  3. List of Persons Who Died Intestate in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Letter's of Administration Granted Between 1825 and 1832
  4. NSW Intestate Estates Prior to 1st January 1842
  5. Northern Districts (now Queensland) - Intestate Estates 1848-1850
  6. Port Phillip (Victoria) - Intestate Estates 1848-1849

Directories & Almanacs

  1. 1885 Queensland Colonial Secretary's Department Directory
  2. 1885 Queensland Colonial Treasurer's Department Directory
  3. 1885 Queensland Department of Public Lands Directory
  4. Banking Institutions Directory - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  5. Civil Establishment List - Van Dieman's Land - 1831
  6. Darling Downs Directory 1871
  7. Directory for the Military Establishment - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  8. Directory of Clerical Establishment, Ecclesiastical & Benevolent Societies - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  9. Directory of Courts, Barristers, Attornies, Solicitors, and Proctors - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  10. Directory of Public Institutions - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  11. Directory to Schools and Seminaries - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  12. Moonta Directory 1873 (South Australia)
  13. Portland Trade Directory 1870 (Victoria)
  14. Sheriffs Office and Police Establishment, Coroners, JPs - Van Diemen's Land - 1831
  15. Strathalbyn Directory 1872 (South Australia)
  16. The Hobart Town Directory 1831
  17. The New South Wales Calendar and General Post Office Directory, 1832
  18. Wagga Wagga Directory - January 1914
  19. Yorke Peninsula Directory 1876

Electoral Lists

  1. 1848 Electoral List for the Town of Brisbane - District of Moreton Bay, County of Stanley, Queensland
  2. List of Citizens (Male) in the Bourke Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842 (pg 1)
  3. List of Citizens (Male) in the Brisbane Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842
  4. List of Citizens (Male) in the Cook's Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842
  5. List of Citizens (Male) in the Gipps Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842
  6. List of Citizens (Male) in the Macquarie Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842
  7. List of Citizens (Male) in the Phillip's Ward, City of Sydney - September 1842
  8. List of Electors for the Electoral District of the County of Grant - Police District of Geelong (Corio) - Victoria - April 1843

Examination and Prize Lists

  1. Meekatharra Convent School - Western Australia - Prize List - December 1913
  2. Sydney Police Life-Savers - Awards Secured by Constables - January 1914

Lands & License Lists

  1. 1844 District of Port Phillip - Licences to Depasture Stock, Strip Bark, and Cut Timber
  2. 1846 List of Persons Who Have Paid for Licences to Depasture Stock "Beyond the Limits"
  3. Approved Land Licences Victoria January 1890
  4. List Of Persons Who Have Claimed Town Allotments in Parramatta - 12th January 1832
  5. List of Persons Holding Licenses for Depasturing Stock on Crown Lands - August 1846 to August 1847 - Western Australia
  6. List of Valuations of Rateable Property Within the Shire of Portland (Victoria) 1890
  7. NSW - Bonds for Cattle and Sheep Lent from the Government Herds in 1811 and 1812
  8. NSW 1791 Return of Lands Granted in His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
  9. NSW Crown Land Permits to Depasture Stock in May 1829
  10. NSW List of Names for Deeds of Grants - Title Deeds for Town Allotments - 11th January 1832
  11. NSW List of Pasturage Licenses - February 1840 to June 1841
  12. NSW List of Persons Entitled to Title Deeds for Grants of Land and Town Grants - 11 January 1832
  13. NSW Sale of Land by Auction - Argyle, Murray, Cook, Camden & Cumberland - 31st December 1832
  14. NSW Sale of Town Allotments - Maitland and Berrima - 31 December 1832
  15. NSW Yearly Leases of Land - Hunter, Westmoreland, Brisbane County, Northumberland and Durham - 31st December 1832
  16. Pasturage Licences - Western Port and Portland Bay Districts 1841
  17. Queensland - Crown Lands Beyond the Settled Districts - Caveats Against Claims to Leases - 6 March 1849
  18. Queensland - Sale of Swamp Land in Drayton - 11th November 1853
  19. South Australia - Applications for Occupations Licences - 21 January 1846
  20. South Australia - Supplementary List of Persons Who Have Taken Out Pasturage Certificates 1850
  21. Title Deeds - Port Phillip Lands (Victoria) - Published 17th August, 1846
  22. Title Deeds - Port Phillip Lands (Victoria) - Published 28th July, 1846
  23. Title Deeds - Port Phillip Lands (Victoria) - Published 29th May 1847
  24. Victoria - Application for Occupation Licences - 11 February 1846
  25. Victoria / South Australia - Applications for Occupation Licences - 22 April 1846
  26. Western Australia Boundaries of Land Recording Land Holders 14 April 1845
  27. Western Australia Grants of Town Allotments 10 January 1833
  28. Western Australian Deeds of Country Grants and Town Allotments - 23 May 1844
  29. Western Australian Title Deeds of Grants - 28 January 1833

Miscellaneous Lists

  1. Captain Lonsdale's Census of Port Phillip 1836
  2. Committee and Subscription List for Setting up a Church, Clergy Residence and School in the New Settlement of Adelaide, South Australia 1836
  3. Index to Biographies of Bendigo’s Representative Pioneers, Public, Commercial, and Professional Men from 1895
  4. Kangaroo Island, South Australia - Visitor's List - 3 January 1914
  5. List of Duly Qualified Medical Practitioners - South Australian Medical Board - April 1850
  6. List of Newsagents Selling the "Tamworth Daily Observer" in NSW January 1914
  7. List of Persons Quarantined on Torrens Island, South Australia - 23 May 1901
  8. Makers of History in Penrith and District - New South Wales
  9. Petition for the Division of the Municipality of Penrith, NSW - November 1889

Publican & Suppliers Lists and Licenses

  1. Licensing Bench, Palmerston (Darwin), Northern Territory - 8 December 1873
  2. List of Applicants for Publican's General Licenses - City of Melbourne - April 1850
  3. List of Applicants for Publican's General Licenses - County of Bourke (includes Melbourne) - April 1850
  4. List of Applicants for Publican's General Licenses - Port Fairy (Victoria) - April 1850
  5. List of Persons Holding Licences for the Sale of Wines and Spirituous Liquors in Sydney 1813
  6. NSW List of Licensed Victuallers for Sydney - March 1828
  7. South Australia Publicans' Licences Transfers - December 1845
  8. Van Diemen's Land - List of Persons Licensed to Keep Common Inns, Ale-Houses, or Victualling Houses - Sept. 1828 to Sept. 1829

Settlers Lists (A lot of early Settler's names are also recorded in Convict Returns)

  1. List of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts 31st January to 10th February 1835
  2. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of April, 1833
  3. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of August, 1833
  4. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of July, 1833
  5. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of June, 1833
  6. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of May, 1833
  7. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of October, 1833
  8. NSW Return of Settlers Assigned Male Convicts During the Month of September, 1833
  9. NSW Settler List of Transfers of Male Convicts (by Occupation) To and From, Made in the Month of August, 1833
  10. NSW Settler List of Transfers of Male Convicts (by Occupation) To and From, Made in the Month of July, 1833
  11. Van Diemen's Land - Benefactors and Subscribers at Derwent - Gazetted 15th May 1819

Suppliers Lists and Licenses

  1. 1816 NSW List of Persons Who Have Tendered Supplies of Fresh Meats for His Majesty's Stores
  2. Licensing Bench, Palmerston (Darwin), Northern Territory - 8 December 1873
  3. List of Persons Approved to Supply Beef and Pork to the Civil Establishment NSW for the Quarter Commencing 25 December 1823
  4. NSW List of Suppliers to the Colonial Service During the Year 1833

Telephone Exchange Lists

  1. Burrowa (Boorowa) Telephone Exchange (NSW) - List of Subscribers - 2 January 1914
  2. Maryborough Telephone Exchange (Victoria) - List of Subscribers - 5 January 1914
  3. Port Fairy Telephone Exchange - List of Subscribers - 2 January 1914

Passenger and Immigration Lists

  1. List of Servants in the Immigration Quarters Hobart Town as of 21st December 1842
  2. Nominal List of Immigrants of the "Appolline" 1st October 1842
  3. Nominal List of Immigrants of the "Bolivar" 5th October 1842
  4. Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victoria - October 1838

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