Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales

For the former department, see New South Wales Department of Corrective Services.

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New South Wales Sheriffs OfficeAgency overview

Formed| January 1824
Preceding Agency|

* Provost Marshal of New South Wales

Type| Department
Jurisdiction| New South Wales
Headquarters| John Maddison Tower, 86 Goulburn Street, Sydney, Sydney
Employees| approx. 750 (2019)
Minister responsible|

* The Hon. Michael Daley MP,
Attorney General of New South Wales

Agency executives|

* Tracey Hall PSM, The Sheriff of New South Wales
* Michael Coutts-Trotter,
Secretary of the NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Parent Agency| Department of Communities and Justice
Website| http://www.courts.justice.nsw.gov.au/

The 'New South Wales Sheriff's Office, is an agency of the Government of New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Department of Communities and Justice and headed by the State's Sheriff. The current Sheriff is Tracey Hall PSM.

Sheriff's Officers are defined as Law Enforcement Officers under the Crimes Act 1900. They support the work of the State's court system, providing security at court complexes; enforcing writs, warrants and property seizure orders; and managing the jury system. The Office was established in 1824; prior to this its functions were exercised by the fledgling colony's provost marshal. The NSW Sheriff's Office managed NSW prisons until 1874.

## Sheriffs of New South Wales

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Sheriffs of New South Wales[1] Date  | Sheriff

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1824–1827  | John Mackanass
1828  | William Carter
1829–1841  | Thomas Macquoid
1824  | William Hustler
1843–1849  | Adolphus William Young
1849–1854  | Gilbert Eliot
1855–1860  | John O'Neill Brenan
1861–1864  | George Richard Uhr
1864–1874  | Harold Maclean
1874–1896  | Charles Cowper
1896–1917  | Cecil Edmunds Bridgewater Maybury
1917–1920  | Charles Richard Walsh
1920–1925  | Walter William Crockford
1925–1939  | George Francis Murphy
1939–1945  | Harry Charles Lester
1945–1960  | Roland Oliver Elliot
1960–1968  | Donald Mercer Richardson
1968–1974  | Thomas Alexander Woodward
1974–1985  | George Francis Hanson
1985–1997  | David Michael Lennon
1997–1998  | Nerida Johnston (Acting)
1998–2002  | Bruce Kelly
2002–2003  | Kenneth Holdgate (Acting)
2003–2007  | Gary Byles
2007–2008  | Reg Kruit (Acting)
2008–2011  | Christopher Benjamin Allen
2012–  | Tracey Hall

## See also

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* Coroner's Court of New South Wales
* Corrective Services NSW
* Supreme Court of New South Wales

## References

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1. ^ "History of the Office of the Sheriff". sheriff.nsw.gov.au. Lawlink NSW. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

## External links

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* History of the Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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