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A collection of links related to Australian history. Some include online databases for things such as biographies and libraries.
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- Australian Capital Territory
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- National
Australian Capital Territory
Queensland
- Archives - Queensland State Archives is the storage place of numerous records for Queensland government and Queensland government agencies. Access is provided to numerous online indexes including assisted immigration, inquests, divorces, probate and much more. Also available are Brief Guides on many subjects and a catalogue search
- Judy Webster's genealogy advice and lists focus Queensland
- Picture Queensland - historical and contemporary images from urban, regional and rural Queensland.
- Queensland place names - entries provide the geographical location and origin of the place name
- Text Queensland - A searchable database of books, theses and journals and includes Pugh's Almanac and the Queensland Government Gazette 1959-1900
- Image Queensland - enables users to search and view digital images of various public records from the collection at Queensland State Archives e.g. photographs, documents, maps and plans.
New South Wales
Victoria
- Public Record Office Victoria - The online indexes and records on this site provide access to helpful genealogical information. These include assisted and unassisted immigration, departing passengers, probate, education, divorce, publicans and criminals. Some records have been digitised. State Library of Queensland holds many of the immigration records indexed in these databases. A number of guides are also available containing further information on various subjects.
- Victoria Government Gazette, Online Archive 1836-1997 - digital images of the New South Wales Government Gazette (1836-1851), the Port Phillip Government Gazette (1843-1851) and the Victoria Government Gazette (1851-1997); as well as searchable indexes for each gazette.
- Records of the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens and Related Organisations, 1857-1991
- International Exhibition Melbourne Photograph Albums, 1888
- Outward Letter Books (Surveyor General’s Department, Port Phillip Branch) 1836-1856
- Inward Correspondence, Superintendent of Port Phillip, 1839-1851
- La Trobe Confidential Correspondence, 1842-1843
- Correspondence Book of Assistant to Inspector of Fisheries, Port Fairy (including Fishing Licences and Boat Registrations)
- Duplicated Returns And Requisitions (Police Magistrate Port Phillip District) 1836-1839
- Subject Index to Town Clerks Correspondence Files, City of Melbourne, 1913-1983
- Outward Letter Books, Police Magistrate, Port Phillip District (1836-1840)
- Confidential Despatches to Governor Bourke, 1836 – 1837
- Images online: Public Transport Corporation, Melbourne Harbour Trust Lantern Slides and the 1956 Olympics include:
Indigenous Australian Heritage
- Inward Unregistered Correspondence to the Chief Protector of Aborigines 1847–1851
- Inward Registered Correspondence to the Superintendent of Port Phillip District 1839–1851
- Koorie Index of Names Project for information about a name index for these records.
- Day Book of Native Police Corps, Narre Warren, Police Magistrate, 1845 – 1853
Western Australia
South Australia
- Church photos in South Australia
- The Manning Index of South Australian HistoryThe Index contains many thousands of references to South Australian newspaper and magazine stories for the years 1837 to 1937. It also includes extensive selected text from the indexed publications, other primary and secondary sources and numerous extracts from Mr Manning's own writings.
Tasmania
Northern Territory
The Nothern Territory Department of Arts and Museums is responsible for the Northern Territory Archives. A list of collections in the archive is available for download in PDF format (warning: 250+ pages) which can then be searched offline. The archives can also be searced online using the "Archives Navigator" service although it is not straight forward and no indexes are available. Read the Information for Researchers page for information on the service.
National
- Papers Past - Papers Past contains more than three million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes 83 publications from all regions of New Zealand.
- Find and Connect - History and information about Australian Orphanages, children's homes and other institutions
- Centre for Indigenous Family History Studies
- People Australia - a quick reference service that searches the National Centre of Biography's websites Australian Dictionary of Biography, Obituaries Australia, Women Australia and Labour Australia.
- National Archive of Australia
- Australian Dictionary of Biography - dictionary of national biography
- Queensland State Library - ability to search though all held collections. Search results include a collection of links not necessarily to records held in the library.
- Anglican Records & Archives Centre - Indexes and information
- The Australian Women's Register - source of information about Australian women and their organisations
- Australian Surname Genealogy - Public forum -
- National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame - online search available
- The Ryerson Index an index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers. The date range covered extends from the Sydney Gazette of 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so. The Index also includes many funeral notices, and some probate notices and obituaries.
- Norfolk Island Research