New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners’ Inquests, 1821-1937

This database contains registers of coroners’ inquests for New South Wales, Australia, for the years 1821–1937. Coroners were responsible for inquiring into any unnatural or sudden deaths in their jurisdiction. They also investigated deaths when a body was unidentified, a cause of death was uncertain, or the deceased was in the care of the state. Coroners could investigate fires that destroyed property, as well. Magistrates could take depositions about circumstances of death in more remote areas where no coroner was available. Coroners’ registers can contain information similar to that found on a death certificate.