| 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 |
Mitchell Library
Society of Aust Genealogists
|
| 1796 |
Muster |
Mitchell Library
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 |
Mitchell Library |
| 1817 |
Muster |
Mitchell Library
National Library of Australia
Society of Aust Genealogists
|
| 1818 |
Muster |
Mitchell Library |
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 |
Mitchell Library |
| 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
|
| 1841: 2 Mar |
Census |
Published: 1841 census, abstracts of householders
returns / LDS Church [reels 2222, 2223, 2508, 2509];
Index online at State
Records NSW AO ref: X946 - X951, 4/1243, 4/1244 |
| 1891: 5 Apr |
Census [collectors' books survive] |
National Library of Australia
State Records NSW
|
| 1901: 31 Mar |
Census [destroyed: householders' schedules: collectors'
books survive] |
Mitchell Library
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 at this site.
Published: South Australia
1841 census / Graham Jaunay |
| Van Diemans Land—part
of NSW until 14 Jun 1825 renamed Tasmania |
| 1803 |
Muster |
Mitchell Library |
| 1806: Aug |
Muster |
Mitchell Library
National Library of Australia
State Library of NSW
State Library of QLD
State Library of VIC
State Library of WA
|
| 1808 |
Muster |
Mitchell Library |
| 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 |
Mitchell Library
State Records NSW |
| 1830
|
Muster of convicts |
Mitchell Library
State Records NSW |
| 1832
|
Muster of convicts |
Mitchell Library
State Records NSW |
| 1833 |
Muster of convicts |
Mitchell Library
State Records NSW
|
| 1835
|
Muster of convicts |
Mitchell Library
State Records NSW |
| 1837
|
Muster |
Archives Office of Tasmania
Mitchell Library
National Library of Australia
State Library of NSW
State Library of QLD
State Library of VIC
State Library of WA |
| 1841: 27 Sep
|
Census |
Archives Office of Tasmania
Mitchell Library |
| 1842: 1 Jan
|
Muster |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
| 1843
|
Muster |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
| 1846: Oct
|
Muster |
Mitchell Library
Society of Aust Genealogists
The National Archive [London] |
| 1848
|
Muster |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
| 1849: Dec
|
Muster |
Mitchell Library
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
|
Muster |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
| 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
Latrobe Library
Public Record Office of Victoria
State Library of VIC |
| 1838: Sep
|
Census |
Latrobe Library
Mitchell Library
Public Record Office of Victoria
State Library of VIC |
| 1841
|
Census Port Phillip |
State Records NSW
Latrobe Library
Public Record Office of Victoria |
| 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 |
