Australia

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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-General

• Australian Volunteers Lookup Page

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Australia War Memorial

• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers

• Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project

• Alphabetical List of Archived Magazines

• Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902

• Australians at War

• Australian Cemeteries

• Australian Cemeteries Geolocator

• Australian BMD Certificate Exchange Site

• British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870

• Contact Addresses for Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages

• Cora Nun's Australia Gateway

• Dictionary of Australian Biography

• Debt of Honour Register

• Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia

• Genealogy Advice for Australia especially Queensland

• Internet History Resources NSW Family History Document Service

• Jewish burials in Australia

• National Picture Library of Australia

• Jenny Brandis’ Web Page

• Lorraine’s Burial Records Pages

• Links to All State BMD & Other Records, and Military Links

• Military Historical Society of Australia

• National Library of Australia

• National Archives of Australia

• Australia Family History Online Resources

• Australian Naval History

• Australian Newspaper Directory

• Oz Gen Links

• Oz-Boer Database

• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

• The Census in Australia

• The Bushranger Site

• V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour

• World War 2 Nominal Roll

• White Pages Online

• What You Can Expect To See on A Historical Australian BMD Certificate

• Picture Australia

The States

New South Wales

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Record Office Contacts

• New South Wales State Archives/Records office - Each Tuesday Laurie in Oz

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Sydney, NSW Laurie in Oz
• Blue Mountain Region JohnH

Links

• Abermain Heritage Preservation Society

• Armidale Family History Society

• Bellingen GenWeb Pages

• Braidwood Gaol Admissions 1856-1899

• Hidden Canberra

• The Canberra History Group

• Catholic Cemeteries, Sydney area, deceased search

• Free Settler or Felon Newcastle/Hunter Valley ancestor database

• Great North Road Convict Trail

• Gresford Historical Society

• Hawkesbury Cemetery and Grave Register

• History and Genealogy of Sydney & The Surrounding Area

• Hunter Valley Genealogy

• Hunter Valley History Connection

• Lord Howe Island

• Manly Families, includes Rookwood Cemetery Links

• Marbract - Low Cost Transcriptions of NSW BMD Certs.

• Milton Ulladulla Local & Family History

• NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages

• New South Wales Government State Archives

• NSW State Records - Search Index with Immigration Records, Convicts Records etc

• Register of NSW War Memorials

• Rookword Cemetery, Sydney, Church of England Section, Grave Search

• Rookword Cemetery, Sydney, Independent Section, Grave Search

• Society of Australian Genealogists

• City of Sydney Assessment Books 1845 - 1948, large pdf files to download, searchable for names - and including Ward Maps

• Sydney Morning Herald searchable archives

Queensland

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Links

• Ayr & Home Hill Burial Records

• Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search

• Brisbane History
• Central Queensland Family History Society

• Ingham & District Cemetery Records

• Judy Webster's Queensland Genealogy Pages

• Newspaper Transcripts From The Queenslander

• Some Hospital Admissions Records

• The Indigenous People of Queensland

• Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database August 2009

• Nambour Chronicle

• Queensland Family History Society

• Queensland Prison and Penal Historical Association

• Queensland Photographs

• Queensland State Archives

• Queensland Place-Names Search

• Queenland Historical Society

• Queensland Birth, Death & Marriage Index Births 1829-1914, Marriages & Deaths 1829-1929

South Australia

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• South Australia Family History Society

• 1841 Census of South Australia

• South Australian Genealogy and Heraldy Society Inc.

• The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937

• South Australia Genealogy Links

• South Australian War Memorials

• South Australia GenWeb Project

• Murray River Heritage

Tasmania

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• Archives Office of Tasmania

• Tasmania State Library's Family History Pages

• Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database

• Cascades Female Factory

• Female Convict Factories

• Port Arthur

• Tasmania Gen Web

Victoria

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• "Necropolis" - Melbourne, Springvale & St Kilda Cemeteries searchable databases

Links

• Campaspe Genealogy

• Cranbourne Cemetery

• The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc.

• Victorian BMD

• Ballarat and District Genealogical Society

• Templestowe Cemetery interment lists Aug 2009

• Victoria GenWeb

• Victoria Government Gazette Online Arhive 1836-1997 Aug 2009

• Yarram Genealogy Group

• Yarra Plenty Local History Blog

• The Gold Rush and Melbourne City Museum

• Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923

Western Australia

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Links

• WA Online BMD Indexes 1841 - 1960

• Western Australia Marriage index 1906-1953

• Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth, WA

• Australind

• And All So Far From Home

• Cemeteries of Western Australia

• Geraldton Cemetery Burials & Cremations

• Freemantle Prison Convict Database

• Historical Encyclopedia of WA

• Known Burials in The Midwest Region of Western Australia

• Perth Dead Persons Society

• Parliament of Western Australia - Hansard Search

• State Library of W.A.

• State Records of Western Australia

• Western Australian Genealogical Society

• Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949

• Western Australian Museum Welcome Walls

• Western Australia GenWeb Project

The Territories

Australian Capital Territory

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

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Links

• ACT Registrar-General's Office, includes online index to deaths, 1930-1973

• Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra

Jervis Bay Territory

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

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Northern Territory

From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.

Genealogical Society of Northern Territory

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

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External

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australian Antarctic Territory

Norfolk Island

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Heard and McDonald Islands

Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists

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