New South Wales CENSUS 1856
1856 - the year that Responsible Government commenced in NSW
There was a Census taken in NSW for the night of 29th February 1856 (a leap year) and ONLY the stats survive, NO originals, no householder details, no names at all.http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12981313 SMH 27 Feb 1856
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12976280 SMH 29 Feb 1856 (The Admin directions !)
http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/content.php?pid=81642&sid=605796 “In 1882, a fire destroyed the New South Wales census records for 1846, 1851, 1856, 1861, 1871 and 1881, including the detailed household forms from 1861, 1871 and 1881” .
Statistics from the 1856 Census http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12990263 Article I SMH 19 Dec 1856
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12990592 Article II SMH 27 Dec 1856
Density http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28636558 Article III SMH 1 Jan 1857
Age and Sexhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12991327 Article IV SMH 15 Jan 1857
Birth places (Australasia, England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, British America, Other British Dominions, United States, France, Germany, China, Other Foreign Countries)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12991734 Article V SMH 27 Jan 1857
Religionhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12992871 Article VI SMH 5 Mar 1857
Educationhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28637219 Article VII SMH 18 Mar 1857
Education in relation to Religionhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12993534 Article VII SMH 30 Mar 1857
The Children/Churcheshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12994643 Article IX SMH 24 April 1857
Settled and Squatting Districtshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12995382 Article X SMH 12 May 1857
Squatting Districtshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12995740 Article XI SMH 18 May 1857
The Countieshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12996319 Article XII SMH 2 Jun 1857
Cumberland http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12997035 Article XIII SMH 15 Jun 1857
Cumberlandhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12997429 Article XIV SMH 22 Jun 1857
The Towns (Albury, Armidale, Bathurst, Bombala, Braidwood, Brisbane, Camden, Campbelltown, Carcoar, Dungog, Goulburn, Grafton, Hinton, Ipswich, Kelso, Kiama, Liverpool, Port Macquarie, Maitland, Maryborough, Morpeth, Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Parramatta, Paterson, Penrith, Queanbeyan, Raymond Terrace, Richmond, Singleton, Sofala, Stroud, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Warwick, Windsor, Wollongong, Yass).
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28632097 Article XV SMH 29 June 1857
Sydney (1) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12998163 Article XVI SMH 16 July 1857
Sydney (2)http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12998850 Article XVII SMH 3 Aug 1857
Sydney (3)http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12999545 Article XVIII SMH 18 Aug 1857
(Sydney 4)http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28632877 Statistics summary SMH 10 Sept 1857
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13002018 Stats No. 1 SMH 24 Oct 1857
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13002762 Stats of NSW SMH 10 Nov 1857
Cheers, JM