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>
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+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.
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+==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]
+*[http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au Nationwide Links]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm Australian Volunteers Lookup Page]
+*[http://raogk.com/australia.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: Australia]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/auscensus.html The Census in Australia]
+*[http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm The Bushranger Site]
+*[http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html Netherlands to Australia: 1606 to 2006]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates==
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html What You Can Expect To See on A Historical Australian BMD Certificate]
+*[http://www.ausbdm.org/ Australian BMD Certificate Exchange Site]
+*[http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs89.aspx Contact Addresses for Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages]
-==Links==
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-*[http://www.mhsa.org.au/ MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA]
+==Cemeteries==
-*[http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA]
+See [[Cemeteries Online]]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
-*[http://www.naa.gov.au/ NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA]
+*[http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour]
-*[http://www.awm.gov.au/ AUSTRALIA WAR MEMORIAL]
+* Also see [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
-*[http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/default.php Metropolitan Cemeteries Board,Perth WA]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-*[http://www.openwindows.com/marriage/search.htm Reverse Marriages Index WA ,1905-1935. Now extends to 1941]
+==Military History==
-*[http://www.interment.net/aus/wa/index.htm Cemeteries of Western Australia]
+*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
-*[http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/simple.asp State Records of Western Australia]
+*[http://www.anzacs.net Anzacs]
-*[http://www.wags.org.au/genisite.htm Western Australian Genealogical Society]
+*[http://www.mhsa.org.au/ Military Historical Society of Australia]
+*[http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ Australians at War]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Australians in the Boer War]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausnavy/ Australian Naval History]
+*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp World War 2 Nominal Roll]
+*[[War_Memorials#ANZACS|War Memorials ANZACS]]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Newspapers==
+*[http://www.newspapers.com.au/ Australian Newspaper Directory]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers]
+*[http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/ Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project]
-*[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/births.asp#coroner State Records Office of Western Australia]
+*[http://www.gold-net.com.au/alphabet.html Alphabetical List of Archived Magazines]
-*[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/iframewebpages/Hansard%20-%20Advanced%20Search Parliament of Western Australia-Hansard Search]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-*[http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/F/familyhistory.aspx?uid=7603-9553-6410-6954 Department of the Attorney General/WA (BDMs)
+==Australian Capital Territory==
-Follow the links to find Pioneer births indexes 1841-1931; death indexes 1841-1905;marriage indexes 1841-1905]
-*[http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/pods/Post_Office_Directories_Contents.html Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949]
+*[http://www.ors.act.gov.au/bdm/index.html Office of Regulatory Services. Births Deaths & Marriages]
-*[http://aussierhonda.com/deathcare/index.php?module=article&view=6&MMN_position=21:21 Australian Funeral Industry Cemetery links]
+*[http://hiddencanberra.webs.com/ Hidden Canberra]
-*[http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/ConvictsAndShips/keyboard_results.cfm?letter=S Fremantle Prison Convict data]
+*[http://www.canberrahistorygroup.com/ The Canberra History Group]
-*[http://members.westnet.com.au/web/llarment/ Lorraine’s Burial Records Pages]
+*[http://www.hagsoc.org.au/ Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra]
-*[http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/ Historical Encyclopedia of WA]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/index.html And All So Far From Home]
-*[http://www.brandis.com.au/index.html Jenny Brandis’ Web Page]
-*[http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html Dictionary of Australian Biography]
+==New South Wales==
 *[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages]
-*[http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/ State Library of W.A]
+*[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/ New South Wales Government State Archives]
-*[http://www.perthdps.com/ Perth Dead Persons Society]
+*[http://www.ihr.com.au/ Internet History Resources NSW Family History Document Service]
+*[http://www.marbract.com.au Transcription Agent for NSW BMD Certificates]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswahps/ Abermain Heritage Preservation Society]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/ Bellingen GenWeb Pages]
+*[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]
+*[http://blogs.manly.nsw.gov.au/manlyfamilies/index.html Manly Families]
+*[http://www.ulladulla.info/history/ Milton Ulladulla Local & Family History]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsyd/index.htm History and Genealogy of Greater Sydney]
+*[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.]
-*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp World War 2 Nominal Roll]
+*[http://www.sydneybenevolentasylum.com/index.php?page=search-index Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Admissions & Discharges 1857-1900]
-*[http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp White Pages Online]
+*[http://archives.smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald Archives]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm The Rayerson Index]
+*[http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/ Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Northern Territory==
-*[http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au Links to all State BMD and other records, and military links]
+From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.
-*[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]
+*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~genient  Genealogical Society of Northern Territory]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Queensland==
-*[http://www.ozgenonline.com/surnsrch.htm Oz Gen Link - has links to useful sites in Aust and abroad]
+*[http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/ Queensland State Archives]
-*[http://www.marbract.com.au Marbract - get cheap transcriptions of NSW BDM certs. Service is reliable and prompt]
+*[http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/IndexSearch.htm Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages]
-*[http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD::pc=PC_899 Brisbane City Council grave location search]
+*[http://www.qfhs.org.au/ Queensland Family History Society]
-*[http://www.toowoomba.qld.gov.au/index.phpoption=com_gravefinder&Itemid=46 Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery grave records (QLD)]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~auscqfha/index.htm Central Queensland Family History Society]
-*[http://www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm S.A. Deaths and Burials - searchable databases]
+*[http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/ Queensland Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/SAShips1836-1840.htm South Australian Passenger Lists 1836-1851]
+*[http://queenslandhistory.org.au/ Queenland Historical Society]
-*[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]
+*[http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html Queensland Place Names]
-*[http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/ Convictions, Australian Shipping ]
+*[http://www.pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Photographs]
-~ Arrivals, August 1 1771 - August 11 1967
+*[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders]
-~ Departures, August 26 1768 - April 30 1968
+*[http://www.qppha.com.au/ Queensland Prison and Penal Historical Association]
-~ passenger Lists, index of passengers, convicts and crew on vessels.
+*[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://home.iprimus.com.au/yarragon/pages/AustralianLinks.htm Australian Research]
+*[http://www.nambour-chronicle.com/ Digital Nambour Chronicle]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==South Australia==
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm Australian Volunteers Lookup Page]
+*[http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/ State Records of South Australia]
-*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
+*[http://www.familyhistorysa.info/ South Australia Family History Society]
-*[http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm The Bushranger Site -profiles of some of Australias more infamous characters]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/census.html 1841 Census of South Australia]
-*[http://raogk.com/australia.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Australia]
+*[http://www.saghs.org.au/ South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society]
-*[http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm AUSTRALIA'S V*I*R*T*U*A*L IMMIGRATION WALL OF HONOUR]
+*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/ The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937]
-*[http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Debt of Honour Register (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)]
+*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/south-australia/index.html South Australia Genealogy Links]
-*[http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902]
+*[http://users.esc.net.au/~pereilly/index.html Murray River Heritage]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Tasmania==
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Oz-Boer Database]
+*[http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/ Archives Office of Tasmania]
-*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ World War Two Nominal Roll website]
+*[http://www.tasfamily.net.au/ Tasmanian Family History Service]
-*[http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ Australians At War]
+*[http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/familyhistory Tasmania State Library's Family History Pages]
-*[http://www.tributesofhonour.info/ South Australian War Memorials]
+*[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database]
-*[http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html Judy Webster Site]
+*[http://www.femalefactory.com.au/ Cascades Female Factory]
-*[http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/emigranten/en/ Database of Emigrants from the Netherlands to Australia between 1946 and 1991]
+*[http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/factory.htm Female Convict Factories]
-*[http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia]
+*[http://www.portarthur.org.au/ Port Arthur]
+<br><br><div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
+==Victoria==
-*[http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/other/british_army-in-aust.htm British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870]
+*[http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Public Record Office Victoria]
-*[http://www.australiasredcoats.com/ Australia's Redcoat Settlers]
+*[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://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt Alphabetical list of 2000 convicts transported on the 3rd fleet in 1791]
+*[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]
-==States==
+*[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]
-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.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/F/family_history.aspx?uid=8948-7352-6630-2234 Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages]
-Queensland
+*[http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/ State Library of W.A.]
-South Australia
+*[http://welcomewalls.museum.wa.gov.au/ Western Australian Museum]
-Tasmania
+*[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/index.htm Parliament of Western Australia]
-Victoria
+*[http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/ Historical Encyclopedia of WA]
-Western Australia
+*[http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/guides/wa_history/post_office_directories Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949]
-==Mainland Territories==
-Australian Capital Territory
+*[http://www.wags.org.au/genisite.htm Western Australian Genealogical Society]
-Jervis Bay Territory
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/index.html And All So Far From Home]
-Northern Territory
+*[http://www.wamarriage.info/ Western Australia Marriage index 1906-1953]
-From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.
+*[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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+==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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