Court Records

Index :

Coroners Inquests Index (NSW & VDL) 1796-1824

Index to cases in various Courts NSW 1840-1856

Coroners Inquests Index (NSW, VDL, QLD & VIC to separation) 1834-1859

Criminal Jurisdiction (various Courts) 1788-1833

Probate Index (NSW, VDL, QLD & VIC to separation) 1790-1870

The first criminal, civil and magistrates courts in Australia were established at Sydney in 1788. In the early colony magistrates acted as coroners at inquests. The records of these courts, including some minutes of proceedings, are valuable sources of genealogical and historical data. Data extracted from these records will be added to the Database over time.

This general information page has been compiled by Michael Flynn, May 2013.

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