New South Wales Court and Criminal Records

Online Resources

 * New South Wales Police Gazette at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1788-1822 - Minutes of proceedings, 1788-1822 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1788-1824 - Records, 1788-1824, New South Wales. Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1788-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1789-1826 - In-letters, 1789-1826 at FamilySearch, index and images. Includes among other records constables and their families, civil and military officers, jurors.
 * 1810-1820 - Musters of prisoners, 1810-1820 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1810-1825 - Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1825 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1810-1826 - Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1826 : Colonial Secretary's in-letters
 * 1818-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1821-1937 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1822-1857 - New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1824-1826 - Trial records, 1824-1826, New South Wales. Police Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1826-1827 - Trial records, 1826-1827, New South Wales. Benches of Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1826-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1826-1870 - Returns of prisoners tried, 1826-1870, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1827-1825 - Trial records, 1827-1835, New South Wales. Police Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1830-1945 - New South Wales, Australia, Criminal Court Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1832-1863 - New South Wales Government Gazette Indexes at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1832-1880 - New South Wales Government Gazettes at FindMyPast; PDF document
 * 1840-1856 - Colonial secretary's correspondence regarding prisoners, 1840-1856 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1853-1899 - New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1854-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes at Ancestry; index & images ($). Also at FamilySearch, free.
 * 1856-1875 - Commutation of death sentences, 1856-1875 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1867-1923 - Calendar of persons tried on criminal charges in Sydney courts, 1867-1923, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1869-1873 - Return of prisoners released under remission of sentence, 1869-1873, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1871-1969 - New South Wales Gaol Photographic Description Books at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1878-1921 - Register of criminal cases tried at Sydney Quarter Session (Sydney deposition books), 1878-1921, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1898-1909 - Registers of fines and forfeitures imposed by Sydney and Country Quarter Sessions, 1898-1909, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1883-1948 - Registers of Quarter Sessions criminal cases heard before Supreme Court on Circuit, 1883-1948, New South Wales. Supreme Court (Criminal Jurisdiction), at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1901 - Returns of prisoners tried and convicted at Quarter Sessions, Sydney and country, 1901, New South Wales. Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1903-1922 - Registers of appeals from Courts of Petty Sessions to Sydney and Country Quarter Sessions, 1903-1922, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1916-1921 - Returns of criminal cases heard at Country Quarter Sessions, 1870-1920 and register of criminal depositions received, 1916-1921, New South Wales. Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1924-1939 - Inquest records, register of deaths by poisoning, 1924-1939, at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1942 - Card index to inquests and magistrates' inquiries, Jul 1942 to Dec 1942, A - Maples only, at FamilySearch, images.

Australia

 * Australian court databases