Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales

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

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.

New South Wales Sheriff's Office

Agency 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/

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

Sheriffs of New South Wales

Date	Sheriff
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

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

External links

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