Source Information
Butts of publicans’ licences, 1830-1849. NRS 14401, reels 5049-5062, 1236. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
Certificates for publicans’ licences, 1853-1861. NRS 14403, reels 5063-5066, 1236-1242. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
Index to certificates of publicans’ licences. NRS 14402, reel 5063. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
Printed lists of licenses issued, 1866-82, 1895-1900, 1907-10. NRS 14411, reel 1243. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
About New South Wales, Australia, Certificates for Publicans' Licences, 1830-1849, 1853-1899
This is a collection of publicans’ licenses for public houses in New South Wales between 1830-1899. The collection includes butts of licenses that stretch from 1830-1899 and actual certificates from 1853-1860. The licenses gave different establishments the legal right to sell alcohol. Not all of the licenses were for alcohol, other uses included confectioners, billiard, night, and packet licenses, but the majority were for public houses or pubs. The licenses had to be paid for and allowed the establishments to “retail wines and malt and spirituous liquors.”
The butts of publican’s licenses include:
- License number
- Date of issue
- Name and address of licensee and sign of the hotel
- Period covered by licence
- Amount of duty received
- Names of licensing justices
- Date and place of meeting of justices authorizing the issue of the license
The certificates for publicans’ licenses include:
- Name of district
- Date of justices’ licensing meeting
- Name of proposed license and type of license issued
- Situation of Public House and sign
- Names and residence of sureties for license
- Signatures of justices
