🌿 Discover Your Family Story at Braidwood Museum
Welcome to our Historical Archives Library — a treasure trove of books, papers, newspapers, and rare manuscripts that bring Braidwood’s past to life. Whether you’re tracing your family tree, exploring local history, researching your home or property's history or simply curious about the stories of our district, our Research Room is the place to begin.
📖 Family History
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400+ Family History Bundles (digitisation in progress)
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100+ Family History Books (digitisation in progress)
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Electoral Rolls (1863–1864) – rare records not on Ancestry
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St Andrew's baptisms (many birth dates included) burials and marriages (1843-1920) (transcribed)
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Marriage Register (1860 onwards) – (indexed)
🚔 Police, Court & Gaol Records
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Bench Books (1838–1846) (digitised)
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Court of Petty Sessions Letters (1856–1861) (digitised)
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Gaol Journal of Visiting Surgeon (1866–1871) (digitised)
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Police Station Diary (1862–1867) (digitised)
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Police Black Book (1867) (transcribed)
Additional records are available via Museums of History NSW State Archives.
🗂️ Reference
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Brand Book (1878-1959, 1959-1970)
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Chemist Ledgers (indexing in progress)
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Colonial Secretary Letters (1838–1839) (digitised)
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Doctors of Braidwood (List in progress)
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Landholders Lists (1828–1841; 1885) (indexing in progress)
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Index of Minute Book of the Loyal Friendly Brothers Lodge No.1089 of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows (1856–1869) (indexed)
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Maps - Parish and topographical
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Newspapers not on Trove (Dispatch (1955-1957), Review (1907-1915, 1955-1957) (in the Archive)
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Rate Books Tallaganda Shire (1907–1950) & Rates Cards (1891–1907)
🖼️ Photographs & Publications
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900+ photographs of people, places, and buildings (digitised; copies available)
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60+ local knowledge books — browse publications
💡 How to Access
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Materials available for supervised reading in our Research Room
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Staff and volunteers ready to assist
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Copies of photographs and publications can be ordered — supporting our digitisation work
✨ Every donation helps us preserve and digitise these records, ensuring they remain accessible for generations to come.
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