http://www.records.nsw.gov.au Stay up-to-date with all the latest news from State Records! hourly 1 2011-10-24T19:07:15Z StateRecordsNewshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~3/mHIf4DIqCpc/this-week-in-history-20-26-may 1867 applications for admission to the nautical school-ship, the Vernon, commenced (20th); 1851 the NSW Government made the official announcement of the discovery of gold in the state (22nd); 1838 David Jones opened a store on the corner of George St and Barrack Lane in Sydney (24th); 1870 Frederick Wordsworth Ward, aka Captain Thunderbolt, was shot dead (25th); 1853 last convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land (26th).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~4/mHIf4DIqCpc" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher antheab 2013-05-08T05:07:47Z News Item http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/today-in-history/may/this-week-in-history-20-26-may http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~3/QkcYessoOPU/westward-ho-blue-mountains-gallery-news The latest installment of our digital Blue Mountains Gallery is now available: Towns Along the Highway. This section is split into three pages focussing on the Lower, Mid and Upper Mountains.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~4/QkcYessoOPU" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher antheab 2013-05-07T23:27:27Z News Item http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/westward-ho-blue-mountains-gallery-news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~3/X-RKhaOSx_w/how-to-obtain-access-to-records-of-mental-health-facilites Records over 110 years of age are open to public access. You can access the records at our Western Sydney Reading Room. We ask that you contact us 5 working days before your visit so we can check if the records have survived.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~4/X-RKhaOSx_w" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher antheab 2013-05-10T04:58:18Z News Item http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/how-to-obtain-access-to-records-of-mental-health-facilites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~3/2LflbirTJRw/large-format-digital-copies-unavailable-15-may-26th-july Please be aware that digital copy orders for large format items will not be completed between 15th May and 26th July 2013. Large format items are bound volumes and original items larger than A2 size. Any large format copy orders placed during this period will be completed after the 29th July 2013. State Records NSW apologise for any inconvenience. Please note that standard size copy orders are not affected and will continue throughout this period.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~4/2LflbirTJRw" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher rachelh 2013-05-10T00:00:18Z News Item http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/large-format-digital-copies-unavailable-15-may-26th-july http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~3/HPIs_MQHubo/urgent-advice-to-all-agencies Relating to records that are expected to be required in evidence for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StateRecordsNews/~4/HPIs_MQHubo" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher antheab 2013-03-10T22:08:46Z News Item http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/urgent-advice-to-all-agencies