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Lionel Bowen Library has a dedicated collection of resources to assist you to undertake your family history research. The collection includes books, serials, the NSW State Archives Genealogy Kit, telephone directories, maps, photographs and microfilmed resources.
Additionally, we have a collection of newspapers, gazettes and cemetery records.
InformationNewspapers
Newspaper Title |
Dates Held |
| Council Press Cuttings Scrapbook | May 1910 - August 1982 |
| Daily Mirror | 8 & 9 May 1945 |
| The District Recorder | 12 November 1910, 7 January 1911, 26 June 1915 |
| The East Sydney Argus |
2 December 1911, 28 March 1914, 10 June 1903 - 25 December 1907 (microfilm) |
| Eastern Express | 1990 - 1991 & select 1992 |
| Eastern Herald | 1985 - 1989, 1990 - September 1992 |
| The Eastern Suburbs Advocate | 28 March 1914 |
| The Kensington Free Press | 17 June 1922 |
| Maroubra Magazine | 1984 - 1987 |
| The Messenger | 9 & 30 September 1937, 2 & 9 November 1939, January - March 1940, 25 April 1940, 16, 23, 30 May 1940, 13 June 1940, August 1940, 10 & 24 October 1940, 20 February 1941, 7 & 21 August 1941, 30 October 1941, 13 November 1941, 4 December 1941, 1960 - 1965, October - December 1966, 1967 - 1968, 1970 - 1989, 3 January 1990 - 12 October 2000 (Microfilm) |
| The New Waverley Woollahra Standard | 30 September 1943 |
| The Peninsular Voice | October 1980 - June 1984 |
| Printscan | August 1992 - August 1995 |
| The Randwick Coogee News | 24 December 1927, 27 July 1933, 19 February 1959 |
| Randwick Coogee Weekly | 18 December 1930 - 30 December 1931 (Microfilm) |
| Randwick District News | 29 April 1930, 7 September 1939, 14 December 1939, 11 & 18 January 1940, 8 & 15 February 1940, 16 May 1940, 11 July 1940, 23 October 1941, 27 November 1941, 4 December 1941 |
| Randwick Rag | 1980-1987 |
| The South Sydney News | 5 November, 15 & 22 December 1939, 26 January - 20 December 1940, 10 January - 19 December 1941, 16 January - 10 July 1942 |
| Southern Courier | 1982 - 1989, 2 April 1996 - c. 2020 (2 April 1996 - 30 June 1998 on microfilm) |
| The Southern News | 1968 - 1971, 1974 – 1989 |
| The Spectator | 1989 – 1999 |
| The Sun | 8 and 9 May 1945 |
| Sydney Mail - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages | 1864 |
| Sydney Morning Herald | 18 April 1831 - 12 March 1881, a Selection on Microfilm |
| Sydney Morning Herald - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages | 1853 – 1859 |
| Vertical File Local Studies Index | 1982 – c. 2018 |
| The Weekly Courier (Bondi) | 5 July 1983 - 8 November 1989 (on microfilm) |
| Weekly Southern Courier | 1990 - 26 March 1996 (6 August 1991 - 26 March 1996 on microfilm) |
| Wentworth Courier | 1990 – 1996 |
Gazettes
- Police Gazette - NSW 19th Century Set 1862-1900
- NSW Government Gazette 1875
- NSW Educational Gazette Jun 1893-May 1895
- NSW Government Gazette 2001 to the present
Cemetery Records
Randwick General Cemetery
- Adams, Warwick: Randwick General Cemetery: burials from 10 September 1874 to 22 November 1983
- Adams, Warwick: Randwick General Cemetery: transcripts of monumental inscriptions
- Cripps, Ian Thomas: A guide to the historical significance of Randwick General Cemetery
- Randwick Cemetery registers on microfiche 1874-1983
- History of Randwick Cemetery
St Jude's Cemetery
- Randwick and District Historical Society, St Jude's Cemetery Randwick
- Waugh, Joseph: The living among the dead: tales from St Jude's Cemetery
- Coast Hospital Cemetery
- Cape Banks Family History Society: Monumental transcription of headstones at the Prince Henry (Coast) Hospital Cemetery, Little Bay
- Waugh, Joseph: Deaths at the Coast Hospital and Burials at Little Bay: 1881 - 1952
Botany Cemetery
- Cape Banks Family History Society, Botany Cemetery: transcripts of Catholic inscriptions
- Cape Banks Family History Society, Botany Cemetery: transcripts of Congregational, Presbyterian, children, Jewish transcriptions
- Cape Banks Family History Society, Botany Cemetery: transcripts of Church of England section
- Cape Banks Family History Society: Pioneer Memorial Park at Botany Cemetery
- Zelinka, Sue: Tender Sympathies: a social history of Botany Cemetery and the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium
INFORMATION
Related research guideFamily history resources
In-library resources. Randwick City Council, accessed 22/01/2026, https://ourstory.randwick.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/7750