useful links
Historical societies & local sites
Coal River blogsite 
Allyn & Paterson Valley Tourist group
Dungog Magistrates Letter Book 1834-1839
Maitland and District Genealogical Society
Paterson Historical Society & museum
Free settler or felon? (searchable Hunter Valley database)
History of the Williams River valley
Local history publications
Paterson Historical Society's range of publications
Tocal Homestead's range of history publications
Convicts
Ireland-Australia transportation database
Convict indexes, State Records NSW
Heritage
National heritage list (includes the Old Great North Road)
General (Australia)
Trove (National Library integrated search)
Web sites for genealogists (great site)
State Records NSW - online indexes
NSW Births, Deaths, Marriages (index)
NSW Col Sec correspondence to 1825
Australian Dictionary of Biography
NSW LPMA cultural heritage portal
Map of squatting runs, 1860s NSW and QLD
NSW Legislative Council - Proceedings 1824-1855
NSW land and property information
National Archives (war service records)
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
General (UK and Ireland)
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