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This is a list of royal commissions in New South Wales, Australia.

Nineteenth century

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1860s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of the Harbour of Port Jackson (1865–1866)[1]
  • Royal Commission to enquire into crime in the Braidwood District (1867) (Clarke brothers, bushrangers)[2][3]
  • Royal Commission of Enquiry into certain charges referred against and by Mr Farrand, Police Magistrate and Mr Parker, Clerk of Petty Sessions, at Forbes (c. 1868–c. 1869)[4]
  • Royal Commission of Enquiry into certain cases of Alleged Kidnapping of Natives of the Loyalty Islands, in the years 1865–1868; and the state and probable results of Polynesian Immigration (1869)[5]

1870s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Working of the present Gold Fields Act and Regulations of New South Wales and into the best means of securing a permanent water supply for the Gold Fields of the Colony (1870–1871)[6]
  • Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the working and management of the public charities of the Colony ("Royal Commission into Public Charities"), (1873)[7]
  • Royal Commission on Oyster Culture ("Oyster Culture Commission"), (1876–1877)[8]
  • Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the general management and discipline of the gaol at Berrima ("Berrima Gaol Inquiry Commission"), (1878)[9]
  • Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the working of the Real Property Acts (1879)[10]

1880s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of Frederick William Meymott (1880)[11]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Quarantine Station North Head and the hulk Faraway ("Rendell Royal Commission"), (1881)[12]
  • Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the laws and regulations, and to the arrangement made from time to time for the establishment and maintenance of the military forces of New South Wales ("Military Defences Inquiry Commission"), (1881)[13]
  • Royal Commission to inquire into the expenditure and distribution of £17,100 to the Milburn Creek Copper-mining Company limited.[14]
  • Royal Commission into the working of the Friendly Societies Act, 37 Vic. No.4 (1881–1882)[15][16]
  • Royal Commission on Noxious and Offensive Trades (1882)[17]
  • Royal Commission on the Conservation of Water (1884–1887)[18][19]
  • Royal Commission on Collieries (1886)[20]
  • Royal Commission into the Bulli Colliery explosion (1887)[21]
  • Theatres Royal Commission (1887)
  • Cox Royal Commission (1888)
  • Royal Intercolonial Rabbit Commission [a] (1888)[22]
  • Royal Commission into the alleged tampering with letters of John Deasy (1889)[23]
  • Royal Commission into alleged unfitness of William Meeke Fehon for appointment as one of the Commissioners for Railways ("Fehon Inquiry Commission"), (1889)[24]

1890s

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  • Royal Commission on Strikes (1890–1891)[25]
  • Darley Royal Commission (1891)[clarification needed]
  • Royal Commission on Alleged Chinese Gambling and Immorality ("Manning Royal Commission"), (1891)[26]
  • Royal Commission on City and Suburban Railways (1890–1891)[27]
  • Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges against Mr. E.M.G. Eddy, the Chief Commissioner of Railways (1892)[28]
  • Royal Commission of inquiry into the alleged defectiveness and unsuitability of the Baldwin Locomotives (1892)[29]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Civil Service ("Littlejohn Royal Commission"), (1894–1895)[30]
  • Royal Commission into the Working of the Deeds and Search Branch of the Registrar-General's Department (1893)[31]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Coal Mining Regulation Bill (1895)[32]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of George Dean ("George Dean Royal Commission"), (1895)[33][34]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of Mr Charles Herbert Battye, Inspector of Conditional Purchases, charged with having accepted a bribe (1896)[35]
  • Royal Commission on City Railway Extension (1896–1897)[36]
  • Royal Commission into the Albert mining district (1897)
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the cause of the dangers to which vessels carrying coal are said to be peculiarly liable (1896–1897)[37]
  • Coal Cargoes Further Inquiry Commission (1897–1900)[38]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1897)[39]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Institution for the Blind, Strathfield (1897–1898)[40]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Marine Board (1897)[41]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into charges by Robert Henry Levien, Esquire, M.P., against certain members of the Legislative Assembly (1898)[42]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain allegations concerning the conduct of the Honourable James Henry Young, Secretary for Public Works, during the recent Election for the Hastings and the Macleay Electorate, and into the circumstances and proceedings (1898)[43]
  • Royal Commission on Sites for the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth (1899–1900)[44]

Twentieth century

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1900s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain questions relating to the conduct of Mr James Roberts as Tramway Manager (1900)[45]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of William Creswell (1900)[46]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain charges preferred against Sub-Treasurer Fowler, West Maitland (1900)[47]
  • Royal Commission on Primary, Secondary, Technical and other Branches of Education ("Knibbs-Turner Royal Commission"), (1902)[48]
  • Royal Commission on a Charge against Sergeant James Hogg (1902)[49]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry respecting the Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster (1902–1903)[50]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Working and Administration of the Government Docks and Workshops at Cockatoo Island (1903)[51]
  • Royal Commission into Norfolk Island Affairs (1903)[52]
  • Royal Commission on the Decline of the Birth-Rate and on the Mortality of Infants in New South Wales (1904)[53]
  • Railway Locomotives Royal Commission (1904)
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the cost of the Cataract Dam (1905)[54]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Railway Administration (1905–1906)[55]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the administration of the Lands Department (1905–1907) (which found Paddy Crick, the former Secretary for Lands, corruptly received payments from a land agent).[56]
  • Royal Commission on the Federal Navigation Bill (1906)[57]
  • Royal Commission (No 2) of Inquiry into Claims of Members of New South Wales Contingents in South Africa ("Royal Commission into Boer War veterans") (1907)[58]
  • Royal Commission on Coal Mining Disputes, Newcastle and Gunnedah Districts (1907–1909)[59]
  • Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs (1908)[60]
  • Forestry Royal Commission (1908)[61]
  • Royal Commission on Communication between Sydney and North Sydney ("Royal Commission into Sydney Harbour crossing") (1908–1909)[62]
  • Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs (1908–1909)[63]
  • Royal Commission into Saturday Half Holiday (1909)[64]
  • Royal Commission into Coal loader (1909)

1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Newcastle District Abattoir Board (1930)[96]
  • Shand Royal Commission (1931)
  • Prior Royal Commission (1931)
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Western Division of New South Wales (1931)[97]
  • Royal Commission into the Administration of the Milk Act (1931)[98]
  • Charles Goode (1932)
  • Royal Commission on Greyhound Racing and Fruit Machines ("Rogers Royal Commission"), (1932)[99]
  • Royal Commission on matters concerning the promotion and operations of certain companies in New South Wales (1934–1935)[100]
  • Gepp Royal Commission (1935)
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry Respecting Areas in the State of New South Wales Suitable for Self-Government as States in the Commonwealth of Australia ("Nicholas Royal Commission"), (1933–1935)[101]
  • Royal Commission on matters concerning the promotion and operations of certain companies in New South Wales (1935)[102]
  • Royal Commission into the Price of Bread (1935-6)[103]
  • Royal Commission into Matters Affecting the Lands Department and Western Lands Commission ("White Royal Commission"), (1935–1936)[104]
  • Markell Royal Commission (1937)
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Charges of Fraud and Corruption in connection with the Sale of State Industrial Undertakings ("Rogers Royal Commission"), (1937–1938)[105]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Fruit Industry of New South Wales (1937–1939)[106]
  • Royal Commission on Safety and Health of Workers in Coal Mines (1938–1939)[107]

1940s

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  • Royal Commission into the Compulsory Retirement of Employees in Coal and Oil Shale Mines in New South Wales at the age of 60 years (1940–1941)[108]
  • Royal Commission into whether The Honourable Vernon Haddon Treatt, Minister of Justice for the state of New South Wales, was guilty of any improper conduct in recommending the reduction of a fine imposed upon the Abbco Bread Company Proprietary Limited (1941)[109]
  • Royal Commission on Local Government Boundaries ("Clancy Royal Commission"), (1945–1946)[110]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Gas Industry (1948–1949)[111]

1950s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of Mr Frederick Joseph Cahill, MLA, concerning matters relating to the provision of transport facilities by the Department of Railways for the conveyance of magnesite for Non – Metallic Ltd. (1950)[112]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry as to the conviction of Frederick Lincoln McDermott for the Murder of William Henry Lavers (1951–1952)[113]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into matters relating to Joshua George Arthur and Reginald Aubrey Doyle (1953)[114]
  • Royal Commission on Liquor Laws in New South Wales (1951–1954)[115]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain matters relating to David Edward Studley-Ruxton (1954)[116][117]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into statements made by the Auditor-General in his Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1958, concerning the Minister for Housing, the Honourable Abram Landa ("Royal Commission into Abe Landa") (1958)[118]

1960s

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  • Royal Commission of Inquiry in respect of certain matters relating to Callan Park Mental Hospital (1960–1961)[119]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1948, as amended (1960–1961)[120]
  • Royal Commission into Off-the-Course Betting in New South Wales (1962–1963)[121]
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Rating, Valuation and Local Government Finance (1965–1967)[122]

1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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Twenty-first century

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2010s

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Royal Commission commissioned jointly with the Commonwealth Government.

References

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  1. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of the Harbour of Port Jackson". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 19 April 1866. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ Cloete, Peter; Richardson, John; Campbell, David; Leary, Joseph & Fosbery, Edmund (30 July 1867). Report of the Royal Commission to enquire into crime in the Braidwood District (PDF). Vol. 2. Parliament of New South Wales. pp. 115–125. Retrieved 31 December 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Royal Commission to Enquire into Crime in the Braidwood District. "minutes of evidence, 25 January-6 February 1867". Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via State Library of New South Wales.
  4. ^ "Royal Commission of Enquiry into certain charges referred against and by Mr Farrand, Police Magistrate and Mr Parker, Clerk of Petty Sessions, at Forbes". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1869. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Royal Commission of Enquiry into certain cases of Alleged Kidnapping of Natives of the Loyalty Islands, in the years 1865–1868; and the state and probable results of Polynesian Immigration". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 27 September 1869. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Working of the present Gold Fields Act and Regulations of New South Wales and into the best means of securing a permanent water supply for the Gold Fields of the Colony". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 October 1871. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Royal Commission into Public Charities 1873". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1873. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. ^ New South Wales. Royal Commission on Oyster Culture, 1876-7; New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly; New South Wales. Oyster Act of 1877 (1877), Report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 29th September, 1876 : to inquire into the best mode of cultivating the oyster, of utilising, improving, and maintaining the natural oyster beds of the colony, and also as to the legislation necessary to carry out these objects; together with the Minutes of evidence, and appendices, Charles Potter, Acting Government Printer, retrieved 22 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Berrima Gaol Inquiry Commission; Bradshaw, Jack, 1846–1937. Twenty years experience of prison life in the gaols of N.S. Wales; Hassall, James Samuel., records and reminiscences from 1794. In old Australia; Williams, Stephan (1989), Report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 2nd July, 1878, to inquire into and report upon the general management and discipline of the gaol at Berrima : together with the minutes of evidence and appendices, Popinjay Publications, retrieved 22 January 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the working of the Real Property Acts". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 14 August 1879. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of Frederick William Meymott". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1880. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Quarantine Station North Head and the hulk Faraway 1881". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1881. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Military Defences Inquiry Commission". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1 July 1881. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  14. ^ Salomons, Julian (4 November 1881). "Report of the Milburn Creek Inquiry". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 5 March 2021 – via Trove.
  15. ^ "Royal Commission into the working of the Friendly Societies Act, 37 Vic. No.4". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 13 December 1882. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Appointment of Royal Commission into the Friendly Societies Act". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 421. 21 October 1881. p. 5391. Retrieved 20 January 2021 – via Trove.
  17. ^ Fitzgerald, Shirley (2008). "Royal Commission on Noxious and Offensive Trades 1882". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Royal Commission on the Conservation of Water". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 9 May 1887. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  19. ^ "Royal Commission on the Conservation of Water 1887". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1887. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Royal Commission on Collieries". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 13 October 1886. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Royal Commission into the Bulli Colliery Explosion [Part 2]". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 April 1887. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Royal Intercolonial Rabbit Commission 1888". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1888. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  23. ^ Pilcher, C.; Parliament of New South Wales (1889). Report of the Royal Commission appointed on the 21st June, 1889 : To inquire int the alleged tampering with letters of John Deasy, Esq., M.P. ; together with the minutes of evidence and appendices. Sydney: Charles Potter. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  24. ^ New South Wales. Fehon Inquiry Commission; Murray, C. E. R. (Charles Edward Robertson); New South Wales. Parliament (1889), Report of the Royal Commission appointed on the 19th February, 1889 : to make a full inquiry touching all questions in any way raised in the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of New South Wales, whether specifically or in the course of debate, as to any alleged unfitness of William Meeke Fehon, Esquire for appointment as one of the Commissioners for Railways under the "Government Railways Act of 1888," and touching the truth of any charges so, as aforesaid made against the said William Meeke Fehon ; together with the minutes of evidence and appendices, Charles Potter, retrieved 22 January 2019
  25. ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on Strikes". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 22 May 1891. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  26. ^ Fitzgerald, Shirley (2010). "Royal Commission into Alleged Chinese Gambling and Immorality 1891". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  27. ^ "Royal Commission on City and Suburban Railways. Progress Report on the extension of the railway into the city and the North Shore Bridge connection". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 10 July 1891. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  28. ^ "Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges against Mr. E.M.G. Eddy, the Chief Commissioner of Railways". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 25 July 1892. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  29. ^ "Report of the Royal Commission of inquiry into the alleged defectiveness and unsuitability of the Baldwin Locomotives". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 14 July 1892. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  30. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Civil Service". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 8 April 1895. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  31. ^ "Royal Commission into the Working of the Deeds and Search Branch of the Registrar-General's Department". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1 December 1893. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  32. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Coal Mining Regulation Bill". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 5 December 1895. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  33. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of George Dean 1895". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1895. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  34. ^ "Attempted Murder and Conspiracy: The Lemon Syrup Case". NSW State Archives & Records. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  35. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of Mr Charles Herbert Battye, Inspector of Conditional Purchases, charged with having accepted a bribe". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 11 May 1896. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  36. ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on City Railway Extension. Part 1. For the convenience of passengers, Part 2, for the conveyance of goods". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1 June 1897. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  37. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the cause of the dangers to which vessels carrying coal are said to be peculiarly liable". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 1897. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  38. ^ "Coal Cargoes Further Inquiry Commission". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 27 March 1900. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  39. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 14 October 1897. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  40. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Institution for the Blind, Strathfield". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1898. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  41. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Marine Board". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1897. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  42. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into charges by Robert Henry Levien, Esquire, M.P., against certain members of the Legislative Assembly, 1898". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 7 July 1898. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  43. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain allegations concerning the conduct of the Honourable James Henry Young, Secretary for Public Works, during the recent Election for the Hastings and the Macleay Electorate, and into the circumstances and proceedings". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 15 December 1898. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  44. ^ "Royal Commission on Sites for the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 26 October 1900. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  45. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain questions relating to the conduct of Mr James Roberts as Tramway Manager". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1900. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  46. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the case of William Creswell". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 March 1900. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  47. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain charges preferred against Sub-Treasurer Fowler, West Maitland, 1900". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1900. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  48. ^ "Royal Commission on Primary, Secondary, Technical and other Branches of Education 1902". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1902. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  49. ^ "Royal Commission on a Charge against Sergeant James Hogg 1902". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1902. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  50. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry respecting the Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 20 May 1903. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  51. ^ New South Wales. Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Working and Administration of the Government Docks and Workshops at Cockatoo Island; New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly (1903), Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Working and Administration of the Government Docks and Workshops at Cockatoo Island : report of the Commissioners, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, retrieved 22 January 2019
  52. ^ "Royal Commission into Norfolk Island Affairs". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 29 August 1903. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  53. ^ "Royal Commission on the Decline of the Birth-Rate and on the Mortality of Infants in New South Wales 1904". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1904. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  54. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the cost of the Cataract Dam". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 July 1905. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  55. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Railway Administration". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 3 April 1906. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  56. ^ "AGY-4959 Royal Commission on Administration of Lands Department". NSW State Archives & Records. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  57. ^ "Royal Commission on the Federal Navigation Bill". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 December 1906. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  58. ^ "Royal Commission (No 2) of Inquiry into Claims of Members of New South Wales Contingents in South Africa". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 11 May 1907. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  59. ^ "Royal Commission on Coal Mining Disputes, Newcastle and Gunnedah Districts". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 January 1909. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  60. ^ "Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs 1908". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1908. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  61. ^ "Our forests: Commission's report". "continued". The Australian Star. 30 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Trove.
  62. ^ "Royal Commission on Communication between Sydney and North Sydney 1908". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1909. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  63. ^ "Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 25 June 1909. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  64. ^ "Royal Commission into Saturday Half Holiday 1909". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1909. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  65. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain allegations made by Police Constables Mitchell and Styles, against Sergeant Sheehy, and 1st class Constable Boon, in connection with the death of Walter Bosworth in a police cell, at Bathurst on 28th January, 1911". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1911. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  66. ^ "Royal Commission regarding treatment of prisoner Joseph Henry Denmead, and certain representations made by Thomas Love". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 17 November 1911. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  67. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Fire Brigades Acts". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 6 April 1911. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  68. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain allegations made by Police Constables Mitchell and Styles, against Sergeant Sheehy, and 1st class Constable Boon, in connection with the death of Walter Bosworth in a police cell, at Bathurst on 28th January, 1911". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 22 April 1911. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  69. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the best methods of working the thick coal seams of the Maitland-Cessnock District". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1 November 1911. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  70. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into charges preferred against the Minister for Public Works". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 5 September 1912. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  71. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Mental Hospital and the Reception House for the Insane at Darlinghurst". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 2 June 1913. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  72. ^ "Royal Commission on the purchase by the Government of the Boorabil Estate and adjoining improvement leases". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 August 1914. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  73. ^ "Royal Commission of inquiry respecting the Wheat Acquisition Act". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 19 May 1915. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  74. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Dental Board and the Conduct of its Registrar". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 24 September 1915. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  75. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption in connection with proposed State monopoly of petrol industry". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 16 May 1916. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  76. ^ "Appointment of Royal Commission". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 166. 21 September 1917. p. 5248. Retrieved 14 September 2020 – via Trove.
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  77. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into Allegations as to bribery of Mr P.Lamph, a member of the Licensing Court at Bowraville, by Mr G.B. Kritsch, in connection with an application by Mr M. Wallace for a publican's licence at Macksville". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 19 March 1917. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  78. ^ "Royal Commission to Enquire into the Public Service of New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 December 1918. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  79. ^ "Royal Commission Respecting the Inquiry on the Homebush Abattoirs and the Meat Industry Act, 1915". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 August 1918. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  80. ^ "Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the question of the Constitution of a Greater Newcastle". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 21 March 1919. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  81. ^ "Royal Commission respecting the inquiry into the George Georgeson wheat contract, 1919". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 18 August 1918. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  82. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the State Wheat Pool". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 9 December 1921. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  83. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Matter of the Trial and Conviction and Sentences Imposed on Charles Reeve and Others". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 July 1920. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  84. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain charges against Messrs. Dooley, Mutch, and Johnston, members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 17 December 1920. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  85. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Coal Mining Industry and the Coal Trade in the State of New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1921. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  86. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, Department of Lands". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1921. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  87. ^ "Royal Commission on Lunacy Law and Administration". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 26 June 1923. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  88. ^ "Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Question of the Constitution of a Harbour Trust to control the administration of the Port of Newcastle". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 4 March 1923. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  89. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into Redistribution of Wards". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 15 September 1924. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  90. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Railway and Tramway Services". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 3 October 1924. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  91. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry respecting the conduct of Aldermen of the Municipal Council of Sydney in connection with certain matters". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 3 April 1925. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  92. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations regarding the purchase and re-sale of cornsacks by the Minister for Agriculture". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 13 November 1925. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  93. ^ "New States Royal Commission". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 6 April 1925. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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  95. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Coal Industry". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 March 1930. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  96. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Newcastle District Abattoir Board". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 15 May 1930. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  97. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of the Western Division of New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 30 October 1931. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  98. ^ "Royal Commission into the Administration of the Milk Act, 1931". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 16 May 1933. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  99. ^ "Royal Commission on Greyhound Racing and Fruit Machines". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 31 October 1932. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  100. ^ "Royal Commission on matters concerning the promotion and operations of certain companies in New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 10 January 1935. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  101. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry Respecting Areas in the State of New South Wales Suitable for Self-government as States in the Commonwealth of Australia". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 2 January 1935. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  102. ^ "Royal Commission on matters concerning the promotion and operations of certain companies in New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 10 January 1935. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  103. ^ "Royal Commission into the Price of Bread". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1936. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  104. ^ "Royal Commission into Matters Affecting the Lands Department and Western Lands Commission". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 27 February 1936. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  105. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into Charges of Fraud and Corruption in connection with the Sale of State Industrial Undertakings". Government of New South Wales. 1 March 1938. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  106. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Fruit Industry of New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 23 February 1939. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  107. ^ "Royal Commission on Safety and Health of Workers in Coal Mines". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 12 July 1939. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  108. ^ "Royal Commission into the Compulsory Retirement of Employees in Coal and Oil Shale Mines in New South Wales at the age of 60 years". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 27 February 1941. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  109. ^ "Royal Commission ... whether The Honourable Vernon Haddon Treatt, Minister of Justice for the state of New South Wales, was guilty of any improper conduct in recommending the reduction of a fine imposed upon the Abbco Bread Company Proprietary Limited". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 25 March 1941. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  110. ^ "Royal Commission on Local Government Boundaries". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 11 April 1946. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  111. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Gas Industry". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 10 June 1949. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  112. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of Mr Frederick Joseph Cahill, MLA, concerning matters relating to the provision of transport facilities by the Department of Railways for the conveyance of magnesite for Non – Metallic Ltd". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 14 April 1950. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  113. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry as to the conviction of Frederick Lincoln McDermott for the Murder of William Henry Lavers". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 9 January 1952. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  114. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into matters relating to Joshua George Arthur and Reginald Aubrey Doyle". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 14 August 1953. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  115. ^ "Royal Commission on Liquor Laws in New South Wales 1954". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 1954. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  116. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain matters relating to David Edward Studley-Ruxton". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 29 July 1954. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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  118. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into statements made by the Auditor-General in his Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June, 1958, concerning the Minister for Housing, the Honourable Abram Landa". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1958. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  119. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry in respect of certain matters relating to Callan Park Mental Hospital". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 28 August 1961. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  120. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1948, as amended". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 13 October 1961. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  121. ^ "Royal Commission into Off-the-Course Betting in New South Wales". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 29 March 1963. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  122. ^ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into Rating, Valuation and Local Government Finance". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 26 June 1967. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  123. ^ "Royal Commission on Petroleum (Commonwealth)". State Archives and Records. Government of New South Wales. 1 November 1976. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  124. ^ "Third Evaluation of the National Crime Authority 1996-99". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005.
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Further reading

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  • Borchardt, Dietrich Hans; Atkins, Wilma; Marshall, Julie Georgina (1986), Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry : Commonwealth, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria, 1960-1980 and South Australia, 1970-1980, Bundoora: Borchardt Library
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