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Search the Database to find your Newcastle/Hunter Valley ancestor. Over 96,000 references to convicts, settlers, bushrangers, innkeepers, soldiers and land owners in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. Search using the button or select from links below for more Hunter Valley, Convict, Colonial & Family history

Convicts - Parramatta Female Factory - Clothing - Conditions....

Bushrangers - Hunter Valley Bushrangers 1800 - 1850.........

Inns & Hotels - Newcastle - Maitland - Hunter Valley.........

Medical Practitioners -  Hunter Valley doctors prior to 1850......

Coal Mines - Convict coal miners - A. A. Co., employees......

Steamers - Rose - William IV - Phoenix - Shamrock - Sophie Jane.....

Colonial History - Medical terms - Military - Journals - Convicts.....

Convict Ships - A List of convicts ships to use when searching the database

Removal of the Signal Staff At Newcastle In 1858 - Legislative Assembly of NSW 1858

Newcastle Articles from the Sydney Gazette -   1820 - 1825

Newcastle - Adamstown - Sea Grave Yard - Map of Newcastle - Sandhills

Maitland - Hannan House - Maitland gaol - Maitland Hospital.......

Hunter Valley - Murrurundi - Singleton - Wollombi.......

Port Stephens - Surgery in Port Stephens 1847 - Robert Dawson's Travels - A.A. Co.........

Lake Macquarie - Eraring - United States Expedition - Ship wreck 1841.....

To find out more about Colonial History select -

Colonial Events Year By Year

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Search British Newspapers at Gale Digital Collections 

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Convict Database Qld State Library

Index to Tasmania Convicts - Tasmanian Archive Office

Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954

Select here to view more Australian Books at Free Settler or Felon Book Store