In this seminar, guest speaker Wendy Gallagher (NSW State Archives) talks about the Captured: Portraits of Crime exhibition and how to research your own family history when a criminal is involved.
The State Archives and Records NSW has an extensive Archives Collection. In their collection is a volume which may shock present Sydneysiders as it records the presence of Bubonic Plague or the Black Death in Sydney of the early 20th century. It is a volume filled with disease and death.
Visit the State Records NSW Western Sydney Records Centre for a behind the scenes tour to see the State archives’ permanent home and how they are cared for.