Difference between revisions of "Australia"

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1 Australia: National Information
2 Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
3 Cemeteries
4 Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists
5 Military History
6 Newspapers
7 Australian Capital Territory
8 New South Wales
9 Northern Territory
10 Queensland
11 South Australia
12 Tasmania
13 Victoria
14 Western Australia
15 External
16 Requests for Research and Photographs

Capital Canberra

Language English

Currency Australian dollar

Australia comprises six states, two mainland territories and a few island territories. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Australia’s main industries were the mining of coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold and silver, along with farming.

Australia: National Information

National Archives of Australia

Archives around Australia

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Dictionary of Australian Biography

Gazetteer of Australia

National Library of Australia

National Library of Australia - Trove - archived resources

National Picture Library of Australia

White Pages Online

Society of Australian Genealogists

AustraliaGenWeb Project

Australian Family History Online Resources

Cora Nun's Australian Gateway

Genealogy Links

Oz Gen Online

Nationwide Links

Australian Volunteers Lookup Page

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+'''Capital  '''Canberra<br><br>
+'''Language '''  English<br><br>
+'''Currency ''' Australian dollar<br><br>
+<br><br>
+Australia comprises six states, two mainland territories and a few island territories. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Australia’s main industries were the mining of coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold and silver, along with farming.
+<br><br><br><br>
+==Australia: National Information==
+*[http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia]
+*[http://www.archivenet.gov.au/archives.html Archives around Australia]
+*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
+*[http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html Dictionary of Australian Biography]
+*[http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Gazetteer of Australia]
+*[http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html National Library of Australia]
+*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ National Library of Australia - Trove - archived resources]
+*[http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia National Picture Library of Australia]
+*[http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp White Pages Online]
+*[http://www.sag.org.au/ Society of Australian Genealogists]
+*[http://www.australiagenweb.org/ AustraliaGenWeb Project]
+*[http://www.familytreeoz.com/ Australian Family History Online Resources]
+*[http://www.coraweb.com.au/ Cora Nun's Australian Gateway]
+*[http://www.brandis.com.au/index.html Genealogy Links]
+*[http://www.ozgenonline.com/surnsrch.htm Oz Gen Online]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au Nationwide Links]
-[SIZE="4"][url=http://www.mhsa.org.au/][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA[/url][/SIZE][/COLOR]
-[url=http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"][SIZE="4"]NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA[/url][/SIZE][/COLOR]
-[SIZE="4"][url=http://www.naa.gov.au/][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA[/url][/SIZE][/COLOR]
-[SIZE="4"][url=http://www.awm.gov.au/][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]AUSTRALIA WAR MEMORIAL[/url][/SIZE][/COLOR]
-[url=http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/default.php]Metropolitan Cemeteries Board,Perth WA[/url]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm Australian Volunteers Lookup Page]
-[url=http://www.openwindows.com/marriage/search.htm]Reverse Marriages Index WA ,1905-1935. Now extends to 1941[/url]
+*[http://raogk.com/australia.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: Australia]
-[url=http://www.interment.net/aus/wa/index.htm]Cemeteries of Western Australia[/url]
-[url=http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/simple.asp]State Records of Western Australia[/url]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/auscensus.html The Census in Australia]
-[url=http://www.wags.org.au/genisite.htm]Western Australian Genealogical Society[/url]
+*[http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm The Bushranger Site]
-[url=http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/births.asp#coroner]State Records Office of Western Australia[/url]
+*[http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html Netherlands to Australia: 1606 to 2006]
-[url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/iframewebpages/Hansard%20-%20Advanced%20Search]Parliament of Western Australia-Hansard Search[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/F/familyhistory.aspx?uid=7603-9553-6410-6954]Department of the Attorney General/WA (BDMs)[/url]
+==Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates==
-Follow the links to find Pioneer births indexes 1841-1931; death indexes 1841-1905;marriage indexes 1841-1905
-[url=http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/pods/Post_Office_Directories_Contents.html]Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949[/url]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html What You Can Expect To See on A Historical Australian BMD Certificate]
-[url=http://aussierhonda.com/deathcare/index.php?module=article&view=6&MMN_position=21:21]Australian Funeral Industry Cemetery links [/url]
+*[http://www.ausbdm.org/ Australian BMD Certificate Exchange Site]
-[url=http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/ConvictsAndShips/keyboard_results.cfm?letter=S]Fremantle Prison Convict data[/url]
+*[http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs89.aspx Contact Addresses for Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages]
-[url=http://members.westnet.com.au/web/llarment/]Lorraine’s Burial Records Pages[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/]Historical Encyclopedia of WA[/url]
+==Cemeteries==
-[url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/index.html]And All So Far From Home[/url]
+See [[Cemeteries Online]]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
-[url=http://www.brandis.com.au/index.html]Jenny Brandis’ Web Page[/url]
+*[http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour]
-[url=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html]Dictionary of Australian Biography[/url]
+* Also see [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
-[url=http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/]NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/]State Library of W.A[/url]
+==Military History==
-[url=http://www.perthdps.com/]Perth Dead Persons Society[/url]
+*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
-[url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp]World War 2 Nominal Roll[/url]
+*[http://www.anzacs.net Anzacs]
-[url=http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp]White Pages Online[/url]
+*[http://www.mhsa.org.au/ Military Historical Society of Australia]
-[url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm]The Rayerson Index[/url]
+*[http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ Australians at War]
-[url=http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au]Links to all State BMD and other records, and military links[/url]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Australians in the Boer War]
-[url=http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/staterecords/]NSW State records - search index, has immigration records, convicts records and much more. very good esp for early days in Aust[/url]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausnavy/ Australian Naval History]
-[url=http://www.ozgenonline.com/surnsrch.htm]Oz Gen Link - has links to useful sites in Aust and abroad[/url]
+*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp World War 2 Nominal Roll]
-[url=http://www.marbract.com.au]Marbract - get cheap transcriptions of NSW BDM certs. Service is reliable and prompt[/url]
+*[[War_Memorials#ANZACS|War Memorials ANZACS]]
-[url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD::pc=PC_899]Brisbane City Council grave location search[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://www.toowoomba.qld.gov.au/index.phpoption=com_gravefinder&Itemid=46]Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery grave records (QLD)[/url]
+==Newspapers==
-[url=http://www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm]S.A. Deaths and Burials - searchable databases[/url]
+*[http://www.newspapers.com.au/ Australian Newspaper Directory]
-[url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/SAShips1836-1840.htm]South Australian Passenger Lists 1836-1851[/url]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers]
-[url=http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/south-australia/index.html]South Australia Genealogy Links - over 100 genealogy links for South Australia, Australia, including ships passenger lists, censuses, cemetery transcriptions, military records.[/url]
+*[http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/ Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project]
-[url=http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/]Convictions, Australian Shipping [/url]
+*[http://www.gold-net.com.au/alphabet.html Alphabetical List of Archived Magazines]
-~ Arrivals, August 1 1771 - August 11 1967
-~ Departures, August 26 1768 - April 30 1968
-~ passenger Lists, index of passengers, convicts and crew on vessels.
-[url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/yarragon/pages/AustralianLinks.htm]Australian Research[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm]Australian Volunteers Lookup Page[/url]
+==Australian Capital Territory==
-[url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm]Australian Dictionary of Biography[/url]
+*[http://www.ors.act.gov.au/bdm/index.html Office of Regulatory Services. Births Deaths & Marriages]
-[url=http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm]The Bushranger Site -profiles of some of Australias more infamous characters[/url]
+*[http://hiddencanberra.webs.com/ Hidden Canberra]
-[url=http://raogk.com/australia.htm]Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Australia[/url]
+*[http://www.canberrahistorygroup.com/ The Canberra History Group]
-[url=http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm]AUSTRALIA'S V*I*R*T*U*A*L IMMIGRATION WALL OF HONOUR[/url]
+*[http://www.hagsoc.org.au/ Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra]
-[url=http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14]Debt of Honour Register (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)[/url]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-[url=http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php]Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902[/url]
-[url=http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup]Oz-Boer Database[/url]
-[url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/]World War Two Nominal Roll website[/url]
+==New South Wales==
-[url=http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/]Australians At War[/url]
+*[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages]
-[url=http://www.tributesofhonour.info/]South Australian War Memorials[/url]
+*[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/ New South Wales Government State Archives]
-[url=http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html]Judy Webster Site[/url]
+*[http://www.ihr.com.au/ Internet History Resources NSW Family History Document Service]
-[url=http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/emigranten/en/]Database of Emigrants from the Netherlands to Australia between 1946 and 1991[/url]
+*[http://www.marbract.com.au Transcription Agent for NSW BMD Certificates]
-[url=http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html]Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia[/url]
-[url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/other/british_army-in-aust.htm]British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870[/url]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswahps/ Abermain Heritage Preservation Society]
-[url=http://www.australiasredcoats.com/]Australia's Redcoat Settlers[/url]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/ Bellingen GenWeb Pages]
-[url=http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt]Alphabetical list of 2000 convicts transported on the 3rd fleet in 1791[/url]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/braidwood.htm Braidwood Gaol Admissions 1856-1899]
+*[http://www.convicttrail.org/ Great North Road Convict Trail]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausghs/ Gresford Historical Society]
+*[http://www.huntervalleygenealogy.com/ Hunter Valley Genealogy]
+*[http://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm Hunter Valley and Newcastle ancestor database]
+*[http://freesettler2.wetpaint.com/?t=anon Hunter Valley History Connection]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~auslordh/ Lord Howe Island]
-==States==
+*[http://blogs.manly.nsw.gov.au/manlyfamilies/index.html Manly Families]
+*[http://www.ulladulla.info/history/ Milton Ulladulla Local & Family History]
-New South Wales-New South Wales State Archives/Records office-Each Tuesday [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=257 Laurie in Oz]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsyd/index.htm History and Genealogy of Greater Sydney]
-Queensland
+*[http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/assessmentbooks/ City of Sydney Assessment Books 1845-1948. Large PDF files to download, searchable for names. Includes ward maps.]
-South Australia
+*[http://www.sydneybenevolentasylum.com/index.php?page=search-index Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Admissions & Discharges 1857-1900]
-Tasmania
+*[http://archives.smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald Archives]
-Victoria
+*[http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/ Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Northern Territory==
-Western Australia
+From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.
+*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~genient  Genealogical Society of Northern Territory]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Queensland==
+*[http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/ Queensland State Archives]
+*[http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/IndexSearch.htm Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages]
+*[http://www.qfhs.org.au/ Queensland Family History Society]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~auscqfha/index.htm Central Queensland Family History Society]
+*[http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/ Queensland Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://queenslandhistory.org.au/ Queenland Historical Society]
+*[http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html Queensland Place Names]
+*[http://www.pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Photographs]
+*[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders]
+*[http://www.qppha.com.au/ Queensland Prison and Penal Historical Association]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hcastle/transcripts/bev_edmonds/bevedmonds.html Newspaper Transcripts from The Queenslander]
+*[http://www.brisbanehistory.com/index.htm History of Brisbane from Statehood to Federation]
+*[http://www.nambour-chronicle.com/ Digital Nambour Chronicle]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==South Australia==
+*[http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/ State Records of South Australia]
+*[http://www.familyhistorysa.info/ South Australia Family History Society]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/census.html 1841 Census of South Australia]
+*[http://www.saghs.org.au/ South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society]
+*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/ The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937]
+*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/south-australia/index.html South Australia Genealogy Links]
+*[http://users.esc.net.au/~pereilly/index.html Murray River Heritage]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Tasmania==
+*[http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/ Archives Office of Tasmania]
+*[http://www.tasfamily.net.au/ Tasmanian Family History Service]
+*[http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/familyhistory Tasmania State Library's Family History Pages]
+*[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database]
+*[http://www.femalefactory.com.au/ Cascades Female Factory]
+*[http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/factory.htm Female Convict Factories]
+*[http://www.portarthur.org.au/ Port Arthur]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Victoria==
+*[http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Public Record Office Victoria]
+*[https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/page/Historical+Research?OpenDocument&1=60-Historical+Research~&2=~&3=~ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages: Historical Research]
+*[http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide050/PROVguide050.jsp Locating and Copying Ships' Passenger Lists]
+*[http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/ Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997]
+*[http://www.gsv.org.au/ The Genealogical Society of Victoria]
+*[http://www.citymuseummelbourne.org/exhibitions/builtongold.html Melbourne City Museum and The Gold Rush]
+*[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~caov/index.htm Cornish Association of Victoria]
+*[http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ Ballarat and District Genealogical Society]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausygs/ Yarram Genealogy Group]
+*[http://yplocalhistory.blogspot.com/ Yarra Plenty Local History Blog]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Western Australia==
+*[http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/investigator/investigator.htm State Records of Western Australia]
+*[http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/F/family_history.aspx?uid=8948-7352-6630-2234 Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages]
+*[http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/ State Library of W.A.]
-==Mainland Territories==
+*[http://welcomewalls.museum.wa.gov.au/ Western Australian Museum]
-Australian Capital Territory
+*[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/index.htm Parliament of Western Australia]
-Jervis Bay Territory
+*[http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/ Historical Encyclopedia of WA]
-Northern Territory
+*[http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/guides/wa_history/post_office_directories Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949]
-From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.
+*[http://www.wags.org.au/genisite.htm Western Australian Genealogical Society]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/index.html And All So Far From Home]
+*[http://www.wamarriage.info/ Western Australia Marriage index 1906-1953]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~australind/ Australind]
+*[http://www.fremantleprison.com/ Freemantle Prison Convict Database]
-==External==
+*[http://www.perthdps.com/ Perth Dead Persons Society]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==External==
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 Heard and McDonald Islands
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+==Requests for Research and Photographs==
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
+A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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