The Cumberland Mercury and Rural Gazette newspaper, based in Parramatta, N.S.W., serviced all of Sydney and surrounding districts from Campbelltown to Hornsby and west to Penrith and Windsor-Richmond districts, featuring reports from these centres and also from further afield.

This index, contains over 8,200 entries extracted from the Cumberland Mercury and Rural Gazette newspaper, encompassing the years period of 1875, 1876 and 1878, (sadly there are no surviving newspapers for the year of 1877), detailing references to Abduction, Accident, Anniversary, Apology, Appeal, Appointment, Arrival, Article, Assault victim, Auction license, Bagatelle license, Baptism, Billiard license, Birth, Birthday, Body recovered, Butcher’s license, Caution notice, Council rate levy, Dance license, Death, Desertion, Discovery, Divorce, Escapee, Estate, Execution, Farewell, Fire, Funeral, Grave, Hawker’s license, In Memoriam, Inquest, Insolvent, Leaving colony, Leaving district, Legal, Legal notice, Lightning strike, Marriage, Medical, Memorial, Memorial poem, Memorial service, Missing, Monument, Murder victim, Music license, Name change, Naturalisation, Obituary, Ordination, Partnership, Political inquiry, Presentation, Prize winner, Promotion, Publican’s license, Railway accident, Rates appeal, Rescue, Resignation, Retirement, Return thanks, Reward, Robbery victim, Shipwreck, Slaughter license, Snake bite victim, Transfer, Wine license.

To facilitate ease of research, the format states the DATE of the edition of the particular newspaper and the P&C (page and column) number within that edition.

The newspaper, in micro film form, is available for viewing at some historical and family history societies and is also available at your local municipal library through Inter Library Resource Sharing from the National Library in Canberra. Armed with this index, it is a very simple task to locate the particular newspaper article which may enhance your family’s history.

Copies of newspaper extracts are also available at a nominal fee of $5 per article from Rod & Wendy Gow.

Contact us by e-mail for further details

e-mail : rgow@ceinternet.com.au

The following 9 entries are an example of the format in this index.

The index shows the DATE of the edition of the particular newspaper and the P&C (page and column) number within that edition to facilitate ease of research.....
 

NAME	EVENT	AGE	DISTRICT	DATE	P&C
Abbott John	Legal		Windsor Police Office - of Homebush	9 Nov 1878	4.6
Creasey (daughter to Mrs John Creasey)	Birth		Tattersall’s Hotel Parramatta	24 Apr 1875	3.1
Dengate George (son of E Dengate)	Marriage		Liverpool	27 Jul 1878	3.6
Forshaw Margaret	Inquest	47	Parramatta Hospital	13 Jul 1878	5.2
Harrington William	Funeral (1837)		Richmond R C Cemetery	28 Sep 1878	5.3
James John Jnr	Divorce		Mudgee - ex Castle Hill	21 Dec 1878	5.1
McMonigal David (Marsden ward)	Council rate levy		Parramatta Council rates - detailed	8 Jun 1878	5.5
Sheather (daughter of Samuel Sheather)	Accident	14 - 15	Camden	23 Feb 1878	5.2
Webb Jane Miss (postmistress)	Legal		South Creek St Mary’s	25 Dec 1875	5.1