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 - With Links to Online Data Where Available

• 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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia

• Genealogy Advice for Australia especially Queensland

• Internet History Resources NSW Family History Document Service - some free, some members-only; links, too

• 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

• Australian Naval History

• Australian Newspaper Directory

• Oz Gen Link - Has links to useful sites in Australia & abroad

• Oz-Boer Database

• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Australia

• The Census in Australia

• The Bushranger Site - profiles of some of Australia's more infamous characters.

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

• World War 2 Nominal Roll

• White Pages Online Telephone directory

• 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

Links

• 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

• Hawkesbury Cemetery and Grave Register

• History and Genealogy of Sydney & The Surrounding Area

• Hunter Valley Genealogy

• Hunter Valley History Connection includes genealogical info/links

• Lord Howe Island

• Manly Families includes Rookwood Cemetery links, some searchable

• Marbract - Low Cost Transcriptions of NSW BMD Certs. Service is reliable & prompt.

• 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 Very good especially for early days in Australia

• Register of NSW War Memorials

• 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 Free index search, subscription image access.

Queensland

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

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Links

• Ayr & Home Hill Burial Records

• Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search

• Central Queensland Family History Society Includes Some On-line Records

• Ingham & District Cemetery Records

• Judy Webster's Queensland Genealogy Pages

• Newspaper Transcripts From The Queenslander

• Some Hospital Admissions Records

• The Indigenous People of Queensland

• Nambour Chronicle Searchable pdf images of The Chronicle - pages to download after free registration

• 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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Links

• South Australia Family History Society

• 1841 Census of South Australia

• South Australian Genealogy and Heraldy Society Inc. With On-line Databases

• The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937

• South Australia Genealogy Links - over 100 genealogy links for South Australia, Australia, inc. Ships' Passenger Lists, Censuses, Cemetery Transcriptions and Military Records

• South Australian War Memorials

• South Australia GenWeb Project

Tasmania

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Links

• Archives Office of Tasmania With On-line Databases, inc. Convicts

• Tasmania State Library's Family History Pages

• Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database

• Cascades Female Factory- A History

• Female Convict Factories - Tasmania inc. Branches at Brickfield, Launceston, Hobart

• Port Arthur

• Tasmania Gen Web

Victoria

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• [Melbourne Public Records Office. kylejustin

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 searchable indexes, images of the original entries can be downloaded for a fee

• Ballarat and District Genealogical Society

• Victoria GenWeb

• 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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Karrakatta, Perth Richard in Perth

Links

• WA Online BMD Indexes births & marriages: 1841 to 1932, deaths: 1841 to 1953

• Western Australia Marriage index 1906 - 1951 (plus country marriages to 1965)

• Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth, WA

• Australind

• And All So Far From Home

• Cemeteries of Western Australia

• Geraldton Cemetery Burials & Cremations

• Freemantle Prison includes a searchable 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 includes a database of some migrants to WA

• Western Australia GenWeb Project

The Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

not listed, yet.

Links

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

• Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra

Jervis Bay Territory

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

not listed, yet.

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

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

not listed, yet.

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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