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 Information

• National Archives of Australia

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Dictionary of Australian Biography

• Gazetteer of Australia

• National Library of Australia

• National Picture Library of Australia

• White Pages Online

• Society of Australian Genealogists

• Australian Family History Online Resources

• Cora Nun's Australian Gateway

• Genealogy Links

• Oz Gen Online

• 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

• The Census in Australia

• The Bushranger Site

• Netherlands to Australia: 1606 to 2006

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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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Cemeteries

• Australian Funeral Industry Cemetery Links

• Australian Cemeteries

• Australian Cemeteries Geolocator

• Jewish Burials in Australia

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Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists

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

• Also see Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists

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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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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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Australian Capital Territory

• Office of Regulatory Services. Births Deaths & Marriages

• Hidden Canberra

• The Canberra History Group

• Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra

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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

• 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

• Catholic Cemeteries, Sydney area

• Hawkesbury Cemetery and Grave Register

• Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney

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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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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 Heraldry Society

• The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937

• South Australia Genealogy Links

• South Australia GenWeb Project

• Murray River Heritage

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Tasmania

• Archives Office of Tasmania

• Tasmania Gen Web

• Tasmanian Family History Service

• Tasmania State Library's Family History Pages

• Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database

• Cascades Female Factory

• Female Convict Factories

• Port Arthur

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Victoria

• Public Record Office Victoria

• Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

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

• Victoria GenWeb

• Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997

• The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc.

• The Gold Rush and Melbourne City Museum

• Campaspe Genealogy

• Ballarat and District Genealogical Society

• Yarram Genealogy Group

• Yarra Plenty Local History Blog

• Cranbourne Cemetery

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

• Templestowe Cemetery interment lists

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Western Australia

• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

• State Library of W.A.

• Western Australian Museum

• State Records of Western Australia

• Parliament of Western Australia

• Historical Encyclopedia of WA

• Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949

• Western Australian Genealogical Society

• Western Australia GenWeb Project

• And All So Far From Home

• Western Australia Marriage index 1906-1953

• Australind

• Freemantle Prison Convict Database

• Perth Dead Persons Society

• Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth, WA

• Cemeteries of Western Australia

• Midwest Cemeteries of Western Australia

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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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Requests for Research and Photographs

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• 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 Volunteers Needed thread.

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