New South Wales—Annual
musters were held from 1788 to 1837 and the following
survive. |
1788: 26 Feb |
Convict return inc Norfolk Island |
Published: AJCP Reel 412 |
1788:
Jul to Sep |
Marine officers muster |
Historical Records of New South Wales (HRNSW) Vol
2, pp415-419 |
1789:
from 5 Jun |
Military muster |
Historical Records of New South Wales (HRNSW), Vol
2 pp432-435 |
1792 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW
Society of Aust Genealogists |
1796 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW
Society of Aust Genealogists |
1800 |
Muster |
Published: Musters and lists, New South Wales
and Norfolk Island, 1800-1802 / Carol J. Baxter
[ed] |
1801 |
Muster |
Published: Musters and lists, New South Wales
and Norfolk Island, 1800-1802 / Carol J. Baxter
[ed] |
1802 |
Muster |
Published: Musters and lists, New South Wales
and Norfolk Island, 1800-1802 / Carol J. Baxter
[ed] |
1805: Feb |
General Muster [Norfolk Island] |
Published: Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk
Island, 1805-1806 / Carol J Baxter [ed] |
1806: Aug |
General Muster plus Land & Stock Muster |
Published: Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk
Island, 1805-1806 / Carol J Baxter [ed]; The National
Archive [London] HO 10/37 |
1811: Feb |
Muster inc Norfolk Island [Aug] |
Published: General Musters Of New South Wales,
Norfolk Island And Van Diemen's Land 1811 / Carol
J Baxter [ed]; The National Archive [London] HO 10/5,
10/42; AO reels: 4/1224 4/1233 |
1812: Aug |
Return - Norfolk Island |
Published: Population Book and Stock Book
/ State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1170 |
1814:
Oct to Nov |
Census |
Published: General muster of New South Wales 1814
/ Carol J Baxter [ed] |
1816:
Sep to Oct |
General muster |
State Library of NSW |
1817 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW
National Library of Australia
Society of Aust Genealogists |
1818 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW |
1819:
Sep to Nov |
General Muster |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1227, 4/1228 |
1820: Sep |
General Muster |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1221.1, 4/1221.2, 4/1232.1,
4/1249.1 |
1821:
Sep to Oct |
General Muster |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1230, 4/1231 |
1822 |
Convict return |
Published: General muster and land and stock
muster of New South Wales 1822 / Carol J Baxter
[ed]; The National Archive [London] HO 10/36; State
Records NSW AO ref: 4/1231, 4/1232.3, 4/1221.3-1221.6,
4/1220.1, 4/1218, 4/1219 |
1823 |
General muster |
Published: General muster list of New South Wales
1823, 1824, 1825 / Carol J. Baxter [ed] |
1825 |
General muster |
Published: General muster list of New South Wales
1823, 1824, 1825 / Carol J. Baxter [ed]; The National
Archive [London] HO series |
1823 |
General muster [notebooks only survive] |
Published: General muster list of New South Wales
1823, 1824, 1825 / Carol J. Baxter [ed]; State
Records NSW AO ref: 4/1221.7, 4/1223.3, 4/1223.4, 4/1218,
4/1220.2 |
1824 |
General muster [notebooks only survive] |
Published: General muster list of New South Wales
1823, 1824, 1825 / Carol J. Baxter [ed]; State
Records NSW AO ref: 4/1222.1, 4/1222.2, 4/1222.5, 4/1222.6,
4.1222.7, 4/1223 |
1825 |
General Muster |
Published: General muster list of New South Wales
1823, 1824, 1825 / Carol J. Baxter [ed]; State
Records NSW AO ref: 4/1222.8 - 4/1222.10, 4/1249.2;
The National Archive [London] HO 10/19-20 |
1826 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW |
1837 |
Muster of convicts inc Norfolk Island |
Published: General Return of Convicts in New
South Wales, 1837 / ; The National Archive [London]
HO 10/32-35 |
1844: Aug |
Muster of convicts - Norfolk Island |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
Census returns on a colony-wide basis
commenced from 1828... |
1828: Nov |
Census inc Norfolk Island |
Published: 1828 census and householders returns
/ NSW genealogical research kit [AO reels; 2506-2507,
2551-2552]; State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1238.1, 1238.2,
1239.1, 1239.2, 1240, 1241; The National Archive [London]
HO 10/21-28
Available online at Ancestry.com. |
1841: 2 Mar |
Census |
Published: 1841 census, abstracts of householders
returns / LDS Church [Illawarra District: Film
917873, Port Phillip District: Film 917874]; Index
online at State
Records NSW AO ref: X946 - X951, 4/1243, 4/1244
Available online at Ancestry.com. |
1891: 5 Apr |
Census [collectors' books survive] |
National Library of Australia
State Records NSW |
1901: 31 Mar |
Census [destroyed: householders' schedules: collectors'
books survive] |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
Queensland—part
of NSW until 6 Jun 1859 extended to current boundaries
23 Jun 1862
No census material survives |
South Australia—part
of NSW until 28 Dec 1836 extended west to current boundary
22 Jul 1861. [NT annexed to SA 1863–1911] |
1841: 1 Jan |
Census |
State Records of SA
State Library of SA
SA Genealogy & Heraldry Soc
All
names are on-line on this site.
Published: South Australia 1841 census / Graham Jaunay |
Van Diemans
Land—part of NSW until 14 Jun 1825 renamed
Tasmania |
1803 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW |
1806: Aug |
Muster |
State Library of NSW
National Library of Australia
State Library of NSW
State Library of QLD
State Library of VIC
State Library of WA |
1808 |
Muster |
State Library of NSW |
1809: May |
General Muster - Derwent River |
Published: Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists:
Van Diemen's Land 1803-1822 / Irene Schaffer [ed];
The National Archives [London] CO 201/52 |
1811: Mar |
Muster Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple [Jun] |
Published: General Musters Of New South Wales,
Norfolk Island And Van Diemen's Land 1811 / Carol
J Baxter [ed]; The National Archive [London] HO 10/5,
10/42; State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1224 4/1233 |
1818: 7 Sep |
Muster of free persons - Hobart Town |
Published: The Forgotten Generation of Norfolk
Island & Van Diemen's Land / Reg Wright; State
Records NSW AO ref: 4/1235.2 |
1819: 11 Oct |
General Muster - Hobart Town
Muster of Free Persons - Port Dalrymple |
Published: Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists:
Van Diemen's Land 1803-1822 / Irene Schaffer [ed];
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1235.2, 4/1235.3, 4/1235.4,
4/1235.6, X740 |
1820: 9 Oct |
Muster of convicts Hobart Town |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1235.7 |
1820: Nov |
General Muster - Port Dalrymple |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1235.8, 4/1235.9 |
1821: Oct |
Convict Muster - Hobart Town
General Muster - Port Dalrymple |
State Records NSW AO ref: 4/1235.10 |
1822 |
Muster of free persons - Hobart Town |
The National Archive [London] HO 10/18 |
1823: Oct |
Convict return |
The National Archives [London] HO 10/45 |
1825 |
Convict return |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
1830 |
Muster of convicts |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
1832 |
Muster of convicts |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
1833 |
Muster of convicts |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
1835 |
Muster of convicts |
State Library of NSW
State Records NSW |
1837 |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online
State Library of NSW
National Library of Australia
State Library of NSW
State Library of QLD
State Library of VIC
State Library of WA |
1838 |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
1841: 31 Dec |
Muster: register of convicts |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
1842: 1 Jan |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
1843: 1 Jan |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
1846: Oct |
Muster: register of convicts |
State Library of NSW
Society of Aust Genealogists
The National Archive [London] |
1848: 1 Jan |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
1849: Dec |
Muster: register of convicts |
State Library of NSW
National Library of Australia
The National Archive [London]
State Library of NSW
State Library of QLD
State Library of VIC
State Library of WA |
1851: 1 Mar |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
1858 |
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania: index
online |
Victoria—part
of NSW until 1 Jul 1851 |
1826 |
Convict return |
AO Reel 903 |
1828: Jan |
Convict return |
AO Reel 903 |
1836: Nov |
Census free Persons & convicts |
Genealogical Society of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
Public Record Office of Victoria
State Library of VIC |
1838: Sep |
Census |
State Library of Victoria
State Library of NSW
Public Record Office of Victoria
State Library of VIC |
1841 |
Census Port Phillip |
State Records NSW
State Library of Victoria
Public Record Office of Victoria
LDS Church [Port Phillip District: Film 917874] |
1844 |
Census |
Public Record Office of Victoria |
Western Australia—Swan
River Colony proclaimed 18 Jun 1829 never part of NSW
except King George Sound ceded 1831 when boundaries
extended to present |
1829 |
Muster Swan River |
Battye Library |
1832: 1 Jul |
Census |
Battye Library
Society of Aust Genealogists
State Archives of WA |
1836: 1 Jan |
Census |
Battye Library
State Archives of WA |
1837 |
Census |
Battye Library |
1859: 31 Dec |
census |
Battye Library |
Northern Territory—annexed
to SA 1863-1911 since then a Commonwealth territory
|
1881 |
Census |
published fiche [GSNT]
National Archives of Australia |
1891 |
Census |
published fiche [GSNT]
National Archives of Australia |
1901: 31 Mar |
Census |
published fiche [GSNT]
National Archives of Australia |