useful links
Photo collections
Picture Maitland by Maitland City Library.
Hunter Living Histories by Univ Newcastle.
Athel D'Ombrain Collection by Newcastle University.
Hunter Photo Bank by Newcastle Region Library.
Historical societies & local sites
Dungog Magistrates Letter Book 1834-1839
Maitland and District Genealogical Society
Paterson Historical Society & museum
Free settler or felon? (searchable Hunter Valley database)
Local history publications
Paterson Historical Society's range of publications
Tocal Homestead's range of history publications
Convicts
Ireland-Australia transportation database
Convicts assigned to John Eales
Convict indexes (NSW Archives and Records)
NSW Col Sec correspondence to 1825 (index only)
NSW Colonial Secretary correspondence to 1825 (subscription required)
NSW Col Sec letters 1826-1856 (subscription required)
Convict Indents (subscription required)
Tickets of Leave (subscription required)
Gaols (subscription required)
Heritage
National heritage list (includes the Old Great North Road)
General (Australia)
Trove (National Library integrated search)
NSW births, deaths, marriages - index
Official returns of the Colony (subscription required)
Web sites for genealogists (great site)
State Records NSW - online indexes
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Map of squatting runs, 1860s NSW and QLD
National Archives (war service records)
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
Government schools New South Wales from 1848
Index to Journal of Royal Australian Historical Society