Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB), formerly HERA, produced by the Australian Heritage Commission, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment.

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A digital photo bank of archival photographs and other images of the City of Sydney, mostly dating from 1900 to the present day. View record page

A database of more than 20 000 historic, natural and Indigenous places in the Register of the National Estate, the National Heritage List, the Commonwealth Heritage List, the World Heritage List, and places under consideration for any one of these lists. Information includes a place's values, its legal status, its significance, physical condition, history and photographs if available.

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The Australian Indigenous Index or INFOKOORI is a State Library of NSW index to the Koori Mail: the fortnightly national indigenous newspaper, published in Lismore, NSW, since May 1991, that focuses on the Indigenous people of Australia. INFOKOORI is also an index to biographical information from other periodicals held by the NSW State Library including: Our aim : a monthly record of the Aborigines' Inland Mission of Australia. (19071961), Dawn : a magazine for the Aboriginal people of N.S.W. (19521969), New Dawn (19701975) and Identity: Aboriginal Publications Foundation (19711982). Full-text versions of Dawn and New Dawn are available from AIATSIS. Published by the NSW Aborigines Welfare Board, they contain family history information such as births, deaths, and marriages, and hundreds of photographs. They also contain articles about conditions and activities on reserves, stations, homes and schools in NSW. Historical information about Aboriginal people and communities is also being added from other newspapers published in NSW that are held by the NSW State Library, such as the Armidale Express, the Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, the Australian Evangel, Today, the Daily Examiner (Grafton) and the North-western Watchman (Coonabarabran).

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The Dictionary of Sydney is an online encyclopaedia which aims to cover every aspect of the history of the Sydney region (including the Blue Mountains) - from the earliest human habitation to the present. It includes people, places, buildings, events, cultural groups, natural features, organisations, other structures, artefacts and thematic essays. It contains images, sound, film, documents and maps, as well as new scholarship, research and bibliographies. The Dictionary also aims to be accessible through other technologies including mobile delivery, print-on-demand and others yet to be developed. Essays are being commissioned on many themes regarding Sydney's history. From 2004 to 2006, the emphasis has been on selecting over 90 authors for entries on over 650 Sydney suburbs. A range of content commissioned for the Dictionary is also showcased in the online Sydney Journal. You can also subscribe to the Projects quarterly eNewsletter which will update you on all Project news items over the previous 3 months. This project was initiated by the City of Sydney's History Program and subsequent sponsors include the Australian Research Council, University of Sydney, University of Technology (Sydney), State Library of NSW, 39 Sydney council local studies departments, State Records NSW etc View record page

Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) is provided by the Land and Property Management Authority of New South Wales. In a joint initiative, the State Library of NSW and Land and Property Information are making these records publicly available online. They include Charting maps, Plan Lodgment Books 1863 to 1995, Torrens titles 1863-1961 and Historical Parish Maps.

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Resources relating to the history of the Hunter Valley, including information about cemeteries, churches, historic homes, collieries, and digitised publications such as early directories, newspapers and journals. View record page

This website is a City of Sydney Archives project which, with the help of volunteers, aims to bring together historical information about the Municipality of Newtown. Currently, the site holds the Minutes of the Borough Council of Newtown for the years 1863 to 1918 View record page

This State Library of NSW project for the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW (1856-2006) provides an online guide to the personal papers of NSW MPs that are held by the Mitchell Library - from the first NSW Parliament after Responsible Government (which first sat on 22 May 1856) through to the present.

Official MP records (as opposed to personal papers) are held by NSW State Archives & Records.

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The Local History Collection at Hornsby Shire Library provides information about the whole of Hornsby Shire. This includes material on the history of the Shire’s community, geography, and natural environment. View record page

NSW Archaeology Online is a sustainable digital archive of information about the archaeology and heritage of important cultural places in New South Wales. Contains full text archaeological reports on topics such as Aboriginal Australians, heritage buildings and convicts. View record page

This NSW Geographical Names Board provides a searchable register of over 80,000 place names in NSW, detailing location as well as origin, history and meaning if available. Discontinued names are retained in the register. If you don't know the parish name of an area, use the Geographical Names Register to search by locality or suburb. The result of the search will include the parish name.

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The State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (NSW State Archives and Records) is one of Australia’s pre-eminent Archives and Records Authorities with a vast collection of historical records and archives dating back to the European settlement of Australia in 1788. With responsibilities for the development, preservation and access for the State’s archives, NSW State Archives and Records is also responsible for managing and storing over 650 kilometres of semi-permanent Government records for NSW public sector offices.

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Explore the archaeological, built, Aboriginal and environmental heritage of NSW and learn how to protect and conserve it. View record page

NSW State Records: Land provides access to online indexes to land records as well as guides to the collection. Guides include historical land records, county and parish maps.

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The NSW War Memorials Register is a database of war memorials in New South Wales. It currently holds more than 3000 war memorial records, and more than 200,000 veteran records. The Register enables communities to record accurate information about war memorials, provides best practice information about war memorial conservation, and connects memorials and veterans to sustain NSW military and commemorative history.

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John Sands Ltd (Printers and Stationers) published their directory most years from 1858-59 to 1932-33. The household and business information it contains has become a fundamental source for research into Sydney history, especially family history. View record page

This site (formerly known as the Archives Authority of NSW) contains information on useful resources such as the Colonial Secretary's papers. Several searchable databases can be accessed on this site, including many indexes such as convicts and assisted immigrants, deceased estate files, 19th century child welfare records and naturalisation records. View record page