Australia

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Wikipedia image; Map of Australia

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

• Society of Australian Genealogists

• Gazetteer of Australia

• National Library of Australia

• National Archives of Australia

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Dictionary of Australian Biography

• National Picture Library of Australia

• White Pages Online

• The Census in Australia

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

• Australia Family History Online Resources

• Genealogy Advice for Australia (especially Queensland)

• Links to All State BMD & Other Records including Military Links

• Australian Volunteers Lookup Page

• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: Australia

• Cora Nun's Australia Gateway

• The Bushranger Site

• Jenny Brandis’ Web Page

• Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia

• Oz Gen Links

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Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

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

• Australian BMD Certificate Exchange Site

• Contact Addresses for Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages

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Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists

• See Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists

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Cemeteries

• Australian Funeral Industry Cemetery Links

• Australian Cemeteries

• Australian Cemeteries Geolocator

• Jewish Burials in Australia

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Newspapers

• Australian Newspaper Directory

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

• Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project

• Alphabetical List of Archived Magazines

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Military History

• Military and Maritime History

• Anzacs

• Military Historical Society of Australia

• Australians at War

• British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870

• Australians in the Boer War

• Australian Naval History

• World War 2 Nominal Roll

• War Memorials ANZACS

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New South Wales

• Internet History Resources NSW Family History Document Service

• New South Wales Government State Archives

• Marbract - Low Cost Transcriptions of NSW BMD Certificates

• NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages

• Abermain Heritage Preservation Society

• Armidale Family History Society

• Bellingen GenWeb Pages

• Braidwood Gaol Admissions 1856-1899

• Hidden Canberra

• The Canberra History Group

• Free Settler or Felon Newcastle/Hunter Valley ancestor database

• Great North Road Convict Trail

• Gresford Historical Society

• Hunter Valley Genealogy

• Hunter Valley History Connection

• Lord Howe Island

• Manly Families

• Milton Ulladulla Local & Family History

• History and Genealogy of Sydney & The Surrounding Area

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

• Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Index of Admissions & Discharges

• Sydney Morning Herald searchable archives

• Register of NSW War Memorials

• Catholic Cemeteries, Sydney area

• Hawkesbury Cemetery and Grave Register

• Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Blue Mountain Region JohnH

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Queensland

• Queensland State Archives

• Queensland Birth, Death & Marriage Index

• Queensland Family History Society

• Central Queensland Family History Society

• Judy Webster's Queensland Genealogy Pages

• Queenland Historical Society

• Queensland Place Names Search

• Queensland Photographs

• The Indigenous People of Queensland

• Queensland Prison and Penal Historical Association

• Newspaper Transcripts From The Queenslander

• Brisbane History

• Nambour Chronicle

• Ayr & Home Hill Burial Records

• Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search

• Ingham & District Cemetery Records

• Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database

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South Australia

• 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

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Tasmania

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Links

• 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

• Tasmanian Family History Service

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Victoria

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

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

• Victoria GenWeb

• Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997

• 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

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Western Australia

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Links

• WA Online BMD Indexes 1841 - 1960

• Department of the Attorney General WA- BMD indexes: Births 1841-1931, Deaths 1841-1942, Marriages 1841-1916

• 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

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The Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

not listed, yet.

Links

• ACT Registrar-General's Office. Births Deaths & Marriages

• Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra

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Jervis Bay Territory

Record Office Lookup Contacts

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

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