THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, appointed under the " Civil Service Act, 1884," hereby declare the following to be the "CIVIL SERVICE LIST" for the year 1885, containing the names of all the Officers of each Division and Class, and of all other persons employed in the Civil Service of New South Wales, prepared under the 16th section of the said Act. Dated at Sydney, this 31st day of March, 1885. The NSW Government Gazette (1832-2001) has been digitised and is available online on Trove . The Civil Service List 1885 includes nearly 12000 names of Government employees in three divisions - General, Professional and Educational. This could be a valuable source of information for anyone researching family history in the late 19th century. The list has a 65 page index of all names.