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Allows you to find full text geological reports, maps and mining claims  both current and historical. Produced by the NSW Department of Primary Industries. View record page

If you grew up in a state or church institution or were in foster care, you may have been a State Ward. DoCS explains how you can find out if you have a Ward File and How to Request your file. Also see brochure Are you a former ward? http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/319254/formerward_broch.pdf View record page

The Family Records Unit at Aboriginal Affairs was set up to help people from New South Wales to access government records about themselves and their family.

They also give researchers permission to access the Aborigines Protection Board and Aborigines Welfare Board records.

These records include details of children removed as well as detailed information on all aspects of life on stations and reserves, such as financial statements, salary and employment details, tenancy agreements and applications to leave the reserve.

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This site provides information on how to gain access to records created by the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1883-1940) and the Aborigines Welfare Board (1940-1969).

It also lists material created by other NSW government agencies that contain significant mention of Aboriginal people (eg. the Aboriginal Lands Trust, Department of Community Services and NSW Police).

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This site provides links to agricultural sites relating to Australia and New South Wales. It also contains a searchable index to other material published by NSW Agriculture.

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Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle 1844-59, Moreton Bay 1848-59 and Port Phillip 1839-51. The term 'assisted immigrant' refers to those people whose passage was subsidised or paid for through one of the several assisted immigration schemes which operated to New South Wales from the United Kingdom and other countries. View record page

The published decisions of New South Wales courts and tribunals. Year coverage varies; mostly from the late 1990s onwards.

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