50 Years at State Records – subject list

Browse the 50th Gallery by subject

Aboriginal affairs

09. The murder of an Aboriginal man by a runaway convict, 1820

19. Report of the Myall Creek Massacre, 1838

42. Aborigines Welfare Board – exemption from regulations

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Agriculture and primary produce

43. Life on the land – a WW1 Returned Soldier

48. ‘Meat with care’ – a film

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Birth, marriage, divorce, death

02. A birth on the First Fleet

39. Adultery and divorce

45. A missing aviator – Charles Kingsford Smith

Conservation

30. A Royal National Park, 1879

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Convicts

01. First Fleet Indent

02. A birth on the First Fleet

03. Freedom at a cost – the first pardon granted in 1788

04. Precautions against floods, 1817

07. Journey from Windsor to the north by a ‘gentleman’ convict

09. The murder of an Aboriginal man by a runaway convict, 1820

10. A female escape artist

11. An original Ticket of Leave, 18187

12. Corporal punishment, 1833

29. A life of crime

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Crime and Punishment

03. Freedom at a cost – the first pardon granted in 1788

09. The murder of an Aboriginal man by a runaway convict, 1820

10. A female escape artist

12. Corporal punishment, 1833

13. Bushrangers at large, 1825

19. Report of the Myall Creek Massacre, 1838

22. A rough life on the goldfields

29. A life of crime

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Defence

37. Anti-torpedo device, 1888

47. Are you prepared for the blackout?

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Disasters

04. Precautions against floods, 1817

35. Explosion at Bulli Colliery, 1887

36. Influenza pandemic, 1919

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Education

27. Punishment at School

40. Henry Lawson visits his old school, 1914

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Exploration and settlement

04. Precautions against floods, 1817

05. 1817 Chart – Explorer John Oxley following the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers

06. An Explorer’s Poem, 1817

07. Journey from Windsor to the north by a ‘gentleman’ convict

08. Request for a grant of land – from the castrator of government stock

15. Sir Thomas Mitchell encounters rural poverty, 1844-45

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Famous People

05. 1817 Chart – Explorer John Oxley following the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers

06. An Explorer’s Poem, 1817

15. Sir Thomas Mitchell encounters rural poverty, 1844-45

28. Nursing advice from Florence Nightingale

40. Henry Lawson visits his old school, 1914

45. A missing aviator – Charles Kingsford Smith

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Government and politics

41. Government leaks, 1916-1919

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Health

28. Nursing advice from Florence Nightingale

34. Care of the mentally ill

36. Influenza pandemic, 1919

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Immigration

20. A busybody passenger, 1842

21. Reuniting families in the Colony

26. Plans for Central Station, Sydney 1849

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Licensing

16. A Publican’s Licence

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Literature, Entertainment and the Arts

05. 1817 Chart – Explorer John Oxley following the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers

06. An Explorer’s Poem, 1817

17. Blind man busking, 1823

18. ‘Professor’ Thomas Rea, ventriloquist

38. A peanut and popcorn wagon, 1896

40. Henry Lawson visits his old school, 1914

46. Australian film censorship in the 1920s

50. Sydney Opera House

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Public buildings, infrastructure and communication

23. Designing the prison system

24. The Electric Telegraph

26. Plans for Central Station, Sydney 1849

31. Designing the Colony’s court houses

33. Refitting ships as reformatories

50. Sydney Opera House

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Social and child welfare, social conditions

15. Sir Thomas Mitchell encounters rural poverty, 1844-45

17. Blind man busking, 1823

32. Reformatories for wayward boys

43. Life on the land – a WW1 Returned Soldier

44. Civil unrest in the Great Depression

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Tourism

49. Tourism and sightseeing in the 1930s

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