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Museums of History NSW open data
Museums of History NSW lists 8 datasets on data.nsw.gov.au. 6 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.
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8 datasetsThese are the datasets Museums of History NSW lists on data.nsw.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
| Dataset | Formats | Licence | Updated | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Settlement IndexesThe passage of the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act 1916, (Act No 21 1916) allowed the settlement of returned soldiers on Crown and Closer Settlement lands. When applying for land, an ex-serviceman was required to complete a Qualification Certificate which was a declaration of… | WEBSITE LINK | CC-BY | 2019-10-31 | no download |
| Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923Researching deceased estates files before 1923 is a complex process, with researchers often having to check up to five different indexes to locate a file. This index simplifies the process by combining all indexes into one searchable database. There are currently c.130,000… | CSV | CC-BY | 2016-07-20 | |
| Nominal Roll of the First Railway Section (AIF), 1917-20Name search for railway employees who formed the 1st Railway Section of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, also known as the 6th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company. This index contains 435 entries and was compiled from one record series by the State… | CSV | CC-BY | 2016-07-20 | |
| NSW Government Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919Name search for railway employees who died in the First World War. This index contains 1214 entries and was compiled from one volume by the State Records NSW Volunteer program. Click here for more information about this index. | CSV | CC-BY | 2016-07-20 | |
| Railway Employment RecordsThis index contains 763 entries from two series of records: a register of salaried officers working for the NSW Government Railways and Tramways, 1856-1890; and a personnel register for Darling Harbour, 1909-32. Click here for more information about this index. | CSV | CC-BY | 2016-07-20 | |
| Convict IndexesBetween 1788 and 1842 about 80,000 convicts were transported to New South Wales. Of these, about 85% were men and 15% were women. Almost two thirds of convicts were English (along with a small number of Scottish and Welsh), with the Irish making up the remaining one third… | CSV | CC-BY | 2015-10-01 | |
| Flickr PhotostreamView, download and reuse photographs from the collections of the NSW State Records Authority. | WEBSITE LINK | CC-BY | 2015-10-01 | no download |
| OpenGov NSW APIA repository of information published by NSW Government agencies, including Annual Reports and open access information released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act). | API | CC-BY | 2015-02-03 |
Listed from the portals' own catalogues, read 28 September 2026. Museums of History NSW has not endorsed this site. Every dataset here keeps its publisher's licence and attribution. catalogue.json has this list as data.