Preserving History, Sharing Stories
Flashback to 1867 and read about the internal arrangements and discipline of the Pentridge Stockade, in which the convicts were subjected to punishment for offences of a serious nature.
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The first wings of Darlinghurst Prison were constructed in 1840. On 7th July 1841 the first prisoners were transferred from the old gaol to Darlinghurst Prison.
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Recording the names absconded prisoners (convicts) and those apprehended in NSW as of 31 December 1832.
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Gold was first discovered Nashville in October 1867, now known as Gympie.
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LIST of Persons who have paid for Licences to depasture Stock “beyond the limits” including: Moreton Bay, Clarence River, McLeay River, Darling Downs, New England, Liverpool Plains, Bligh, Wellington, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and Maneroo.
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An account of a trip taken to Launceston in 1869.
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A list of Persons who have tendered supplies of fresh meat, for the Use of His Majesty’s Stores, dated 20 December 1816.
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LIST of persons who have taken out Licences to Depasture Stock, to strip Bark, and to cut Timber, on Crown Lands in the District of Port Phillip, from the 1st to the 31st October, 1844.
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LIST of Persons who have obtained Licences to depasture Stock beyond the limits of location of the Western Port and Portland Bay Districts, for the year commencing 1st July, 1840, on payment of the established fee.
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The first 16 years of the running of the Asylum for Destitute Children in Randwick NSW, from its inception in 1852.
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It was in the year 1861 that the events known in the history of New South Wales as the Lambing Flat Riots happened. It was an occurrence which is interesting on account of its being the only time when a large body of men in this colony went into open rebellion against the Government.
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