New South Wales Business and Occupations

Guide to New South Wales, Australia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Online Records

 * 1787-1976 - New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 - contains agriculture,police, medical, pharmacy board, mine and examinations division records, images ($)
 * 1903-1922 - Business and Company Records, 1903 to 1922 at NSW Archives, index
 * 1913-1997 - Casino, New South Wales, Australia, Hospital Admissions and Burial Records, 1913-1997 at Ancestry - index ($)

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

 * 1842-1887 - Insolvency Index 1842-1887, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1888-1929 - Bankruptcy Index 1888-1929, at NSW Archives, index.

Occupations

 * 1830-1861 - Publicans’ Licenses Index 1830-1861, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1852-1913 - Police Service Registers 1852-1913, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1856-1917 - Railway Employment Records 1856-1917, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1869-1908 - School Teachers’ rolls 1869-1908, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1876-1920 - Chemists, Druggists and Pharmacists Index 1876-1920, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1879-1911 - Tramway Employees, 1879 to 1911, at NSW Archives, index.
 * 1926-1954 - Nurses index 1926-1954, at NSW Archives, index.

Police Gazettes (including news of business licenses)
Pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed. Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then published in the Government/Police Gazette.
 * 1853-1899 - New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1854-1939' - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 at Ancestry ($), index and images.

Archive Resources Kit

 * Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold the microform copies of the Archive Resources Kit records.
 * The Archive Resources Kit includes the following Professions and occupations records:
 * Public Service Lists, 1858-70
 * Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1822-57
 * Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-25
 * Register of Police, 1862-1904
 * Register of Chemists and Druggists, 1876-1920
 * Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, etc, 1824-76
 * Medical Board Minutes of proceedings and register, 1838-1901
 * Certificates of publicans' licences, 1830-61