This index, contains over 7,500 entries extracted from the Maitland Mercury newspaper, for the year period 1849, detailing references to the following events  ...

Absconded, Accident, Admission to bar, Apology, Assault victim, Auction license, Award, Bigamy, Birth, Burglary victim, Burial, Burns victim, Capture, Carriage license, Collection, Conditional pardon, Confection license, Court martial, Critically ill, Death, Dismissed, Escapee, Estate, Exhumation, Funeral, Grave, Hawker’s license, Injured, Inquest, Insolvent, Interpreter, Leave of absence, Leaving colony, Leaving district, Legal, Legal appointment, Legal notice, License revoked, Marriage, Medical, Memorial poem, Missing, Mortgage sale, Murder victim, Omnibus license, Ordination, Pardon, Partnership, Poundkeeper, Publican’s license, Re-appointment, Recapture, Rescue, Resignation, Retirement, Reward, Robbery victim, Runaway, Sentence, Serious injury, Sheriff sale, Shipwreck, Shipwreck survivor, Shooting victim, Testimonial, Wine license, Wounded.
 

The Maitland Mercury should not be dismissed by researchers as a local paper catering solely to the Hunter River district. From it’s inception, this was the main provincial NSW newspaper of it’s day and devoted much of its columns to reports from right across Australia, with correspondence from all the main cities and country districts. Anything that was newsworthy, thankfully for today’s researchers, got a start in its columns. Whether you are researching ancestors in Adelaide or Aberdeen, Goulburn or Gunning, Mudgee or Moreton Bay, Port Phillip or Parramatta, Sydney or Seymour, the Maitland Mercury featured reports from these and many more localities.

Micro film of this newspaper are available for viewing at many libraries, societies and universities.
 

Newspaper available on the internet . . . . .

The Australian  Cooperative Digitisation Project 1840-55, undertaken by the University of Sydney Library, the State Library of NSW, Monash University Library and the National Library, have digitised many mid 19th. century newspapers, one of which is the  “Maitland Mercury”. The web address on the internet   is ....

http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403676.html

Armed with this index, it is a very simple task to download the particular page of the newspaper that you require and read it at your leisure either on or off line as you require. The downloads are read via Acrobat Reader, which is also available free for download on the internet.

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

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.
 
 

NAME	EVENT	AGE	DISTRICT	DATE	P&C
Allman (son to Mrs J J Allman)	Birth		Fort Street Sydney	14 Apr 1849	3.5
Crummer J H Major (28th Regiment)	Award		Newcastle (military medal)	18 Aug 1849	2.5
Dalton Mary	Marriage		West Maitland - of Maitland	21 Feb 1849	3.4
Roberts Henry (butcher)	Bigamy	78	South Head Road Sydney	15 Aug 1849	3.1
Almond William (cooper)	Insolvent		Prince Street Sydney	29 Dec 1849	2.1
Arnell Richard Master (apprentice)	Death	15	Vacy Upper Paterson	10 Feb 1849	2.2
Ashwell Mr (expiree of Van Diemen’s Land)	Legal		Plenty Ranges Port Phillip	6 Jun 1849	3.3
Spice Jonathan Master	Inquest	abt 12	Camden	2 May 1849	4.5
Hickey Allen	Leaving colony		“Wallangra” Gwyder District	21 Jul 1849	3.6