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Author Title Abbreviation  
  Historic Australian Newspapers (NLA Beta)    
Swancott, C Blue Gum Flat to Budgewoi, ( 1963)    
Swancott, C The Brisbane Water Story, Part 3, Enchanted Waters. 1961 Enchanted Waters  
  Burial Register , Newcastle

Burial Register, Glebe Cemetery, East Maitland (St. Peter's)

BR  
Backhouse, James
A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies
Backhouse  
  Butterworths Court Records    
  Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788 - 1825 CSI  
  Convict Indents CI  
  General Return of Convicts NSW 1837 GRC  
  Government Gazette GG  
  Hunter River Gazette HRG  
  Maitland Mercury MM  
Maitland Sesquicentenary Committee Maitland - A Town to be Laid Out, 1829 - 1979    
von Hugel, Baron Charles

Dymphna Clark (trans. and ed.), Baron Charles von Hugel, New Holland Journal November 1833-October 1834, Miegunyah Press, 1994

 

NHJ  
Simpson, I.M., Pioneers of a Great Valley, 1972    
  Raymond Terrace 150th anniversary celebrations September 1951 RT 150th Anniversary  
Raymond Terrace Historical Society 1992 Raymond Terrace Pioneer Cemetery RTC  
Clouten, Keith H., Reid's mistake; the story of Lake Macquarie from its discovery until 1890. Boolaroo NSW; Lake Macquarie Shire Council, 1967 RM  
  Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales 1788 - 1899 sc  
  Sydney Gazette SG  
  Sydney Morning Herald SMH  
  Census of New South Wales. 1828 1828 Census  
  1841 Census Index  
Milliss, Roger Waterloo Creek : the Australia Day massacre of 1838, McPhee Gribble, Melbourne. WC  
Silva, Lynette The battle of Vinegar Hill 1804 : Australia's Irish rebellion. Sydney, Doubleday, 1989 BVH  
  Returns of the Colony - Colonial Secretary    
  Principal Superintendent of Convicts Assignment Register AR  
  Magistrates Bench Books, 13 May 1833 - 13 May 1835 (AONSW Reel 2721, Volume SZ80),  9 Jun 1835-11 Mar 1836, AONSW Reel 2722

13 December 1836 - December 1838 AONSW Reel 2722
 

BB  
  Newcastle Gaol Description Books - 1832 - 1848
(AONSW Reels 758-9)
GDB  
  Early Days of Port Stephens - Extracts from Sir Edward Parry's Diary. Dungog Chronicle Early Days of Port Stephens  
Windross & Ralston Historical Records of Newcastle 1797 - 1897 HRN  
  Sydney Monitor SM  
  The Atlas    
Pemberton, P.A  Pure merinos and others: the "shipping lists" of the Australian Agricultural Company, Canberra: Australian National University, Archives of Business and Labour, 1986

 

Pure Merinos  
Macqueen, Andy Blue Mountains to Bridgetown, The Life and journeys of Barrallier 1773 - 1853 Barrallier  
Turner, J.W Manufacturing in Newcastle, 1801 - 1900. Newcastle History Monographs No 8. Newcastle Public Library 1980 Manufacturing in Newcastle  
  The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London    
  Commercial Journal and Advertiser CJ  
Parkes W.S Landholders of Greater Cessnock 1821 - 1856 Cessnock Landholders  
  'The Australian'    
Brabazon, H.L Brabazon's New South Wales Directory 1843, Sydney 1843 Brabazon  
  Parish Registers, Newcastle Diocese PR  
Dangar, Elisabeth Mary William Dangar of Turanville, Scone & Upper Hunter Historical Society 1968    

Roope, C., Gregson, P.,

 

An Organised Banditti, The Story behind the 'Jewboy' Bushranger Gang, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales , Australia, 2002.   An Organised Banditti  
Baker, D.W.A. The Civilised Surveyor, Thomas Mitchell and the Australian Aborigines The Civilised Surveyor  
Society of Australian Genealogists, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, Sydney 1992 ABGR  
Muswellbrook Shire Council The History of Muswellbrook    
  Colonial Secretary's Out Letters re Convicts 1832 -1833. A.O. 10   46   6/6007 CSOL  
Swancott, Charles Gosford and The Kendall Country Published 1953 Second Edition 1966
 
Gosford and The Kendall Country  
Flynn, Michael The Second Fleet: Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790. Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1993 The Second Fleet  
  The Weekly Register    
  True Sun and New South Wales Independent Press    
  The Dispatch    
  Free Press and Commercial Journal FP  
  The Examiner    
Robson, L.L The Convict Settlers of Australia. Melbourne University Press, Carlton vic., 1970 Convict Settlers  
Roderick, Colin John Knatchbull, From Quarterdeck to Gallows, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963 John Knatchbull  
  Glory Be; Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Opening of the First Wesleyan Chapel in Newcastle, 1945 Wesleyan Chapel  
  Government Gazette GG  
Turner, John Newcastle as a Convict Settlement: The Evidence before J. T. Bigge in 1819 - 1821 Convict Settlement  
Hall, Barbara Of Infamous Character, Barbara Hall, Sydney,2004 Boddington  
Smee, Dr. C.J Fourth Fleet Families of Australia Fourth Fleet  
Mackanass A New Song made in New South Wales for the Rebellion New Song  
Gunson, Niel Australian Reminiscences & Papers of L.E. Threlkeld, Missionary to the Aborigines, 1824 - 1859., vol 2, Threlkeld  
  Colonial Observer CO  
  Registers of convicts' applications to marry, 20 Dec 1825-26 Feb 1851. Microfiche copy SR Fiche 780-802 Application to Marry  
  National Archives of Ireland NAI  
Sharp, Ian The Wolston Story, National Trust of Queensland 1998 p22 Wolston  
  Historical Records of New South Wales HR NSW  
  Historical Records of Australia HRA  
  D. Collins, An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc of the Native Inhabitants of that Country, London, 1802, Vol. 1 Collins  
  History of the British Colonies By Robert Montgomery Martin Robert Martin  
  The Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux Vaux  
Gray, Nancy St. Lukes Church Scone. A Walk Round the Church Yard, Published by Scone & Upper Hunter Historical Society, Scone, 1985 A Walk Round the Church Yard  
Dawson, Robert The Present state of Australia: A Description of the Country, Its Advantages and Prospects with reference to Emigration; and a particular account of the manners, customs and condition of its aboriginal inhabitants The Present State of Australia  
  Archives Office of NSW, Convict Death Register Fiche No. 749 CDR  
  Archive Office of NSW, Reel 2722 1836- 1838. Newcastle Gaol Entrance Books NGE  
Google Books Gentlemen's Magazine 1839 GM  
  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine    
  Every Day Book of History    
  Register Book of Christ Church (Cathedral) Newcastle 1837 - 38 Baptism, Marriages Burials    
  Register Book of Christ Church [Cathedral] Newcastle Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1826 to May 1837    
  Marriages Register Book of Christchurch Cathedral, Newcastle 1858 - 1868    
  1820 to 1890 Family Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.    
  Australian Almanac 1863    
Robert Montgomery Martin History of the British Colonies    
  Australian Almanac & Directory 1835 (O'Shaunessy)    
Morpeth Progress Association 1971 The Morpeth Story    
  The Monthly Magazine    
  Colonial Secretary Electoral Rolls ER  
  Moreton Bay Courier    
  The Courier (Hobart)    
  Brisbane Courier    
Wood, W. Allan Dawn in the Valley, The Early History of the Hunter Valley Settlement    
Kent, David; Townsend, Norma The Convicts of the Eleanor; Protest in Rural England, New Lives in Australia, 2002 ISBN 1-86403-172-7 Convicts of the Eleanor  
Edited by Maitland Family History Circle 2001 Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register    
  The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Advertiser    
Fulton, Pamela Jeanne., Ed., The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price. A Voyage from Cork, Ireland to Sydney NSW 1798 - 1800 The Minerva Journal  
  Index to Colonial Secretary Letters to Sheriff 5 July 1828 - 31 December 1850    
William Brown, Adam Clarke The History of Missions    
James Carmichael Smyth A Description of Jail distemper as it appeared among Spanish prisoners    
  Memorials of the Rev. Edward Griffith by his daughter, Brisbane, 1892    
  United Services Magazine    
Wood, W. Allan The Contribution of the Hunter Valley to the Development of New England, Armidale and District Historical Society., Journal and Proceedings No. 18 January 1975 Development of New England  
  In the Service of the Company: letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural company: volume 1, December 1829 - June 1832    
  In the Service of the Company: letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural company: volume 2, June 1832 - March 1834    
Henry Buckler Central Criminal Court - Minutes of Evidence    
Church Missionary Society Missionary Register    
  The Law Journal for the year 1832 - 1949    
  Parliamentary Papers Great Britain. Extracts of a despatch from Major-General Burke addressed to Mr. Secretary Stanley 15 January 1834 Secondary Punishment  
  Parliamentary Papers Great Britain. Volume 26 Parliamentary papers by Great British Parliament  
  National Archives, Kew    
  The Nile Register    
  The Naval Chronicle. Portsmouth Report    
  Return of Corporal Punishment, Parramatta 1833 Parliamentary Papers  
  29th Report of British and Foreign Bible Society 1833    
Maitland City Council Maitland Burial Records    
  Dodsley's Annual Register    
State Library of Victoria Government Gazettes 1836 - 1839 GG  
  Maitland Quarter Sessions February 1830 - August 1832    
State Records of NSW Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists), 1838-96 ; Persons on bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-51  and Germans on bounty ships, 1849-52.    
  The Asiatic Journal and monthly Register    
AO NSW Colonial Secretary: Misc records re convicts, criminal & legal matters. List of assigned convicts who are not mechanics 1822 - 25 4/4570D pp1-88  List of assigned convicts who are not mechanics 1822 - 25 4/4570D pp1-88  
AO NSW Colonial Secretary: Special Bungle: Hunter River - Return of land cleared and other improvements made by emancipated and free settlers 1823 (4/77029E) AO NSW Fiche 3264  
  The Gentleman's Magazine Volume 96 part 2    
  Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the colony of New South Wales - Morisset    
  A List of Officers in the Army British War Office 1837    
  A List of Officers in the Army British War Office 1821    
  British and Foreign State Papers    
  Pastfinders    
  Picture Australia    
Cultural Collections University of Newcastle The Diary of Charles George Gray    
  Historical Notices of several rebellions and disturbances Historical Notices  
  Parliamentary Papers volume 266    
G. Paterson The History of New South Wales    
  National Gallery of Australia    
Cultural Collections University of Newcastle 1871 Parish of St. John's Newcastle Census    
  New South Wales Post Office Directory    
  Bedford Gaol Register    
  The Scottish Jurist    
  The proceedings of the court-martial of Captain Watkins    
  Royal Military Chronicle    
  United Service Magazine Volume 50    
Denis Darmanin Memorial  and Biography of Lieutenant Scheberras    
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