Difference between revisions of "Australia"

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Woomera Store, submitted by Yvonne from Oz

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.

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-*[http://www.mhsa.org.au/ Military Historical Society of Australia]
+*[http://home.iprimus.com.au/yarragon/pages/AustralianLinks.htm Australian Research]
-*[http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html National Library of Australia]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm Australian Volunteers Lookup Page]
-*[http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia]
+*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
 *[http://www.awm.gov.au/ Australia War Memorial]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ Australia newspaper archives]
+*[http://www.gold-net.com.au/alphabet.html Alphabetical list of archived magazines]
+*[http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902]
 *[http://aussierhonda.com/deathcare/index.php?module=article&view=6&MMN_position=21:21 Australian Funeral Industry Cemetery links]
+*[http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ Australians at War]
+*[http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/ Australian Cemeteries - with links to online data where available]
+*[http://www.ausbdm.org/ Australian BMD certificate exchange site]
+*[http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/other/british_army-in-aust.htm British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870]
+*[http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs89.html Contact addresses for Australian births, deaths and marriages]
+*[http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html Dictionary of Australian Biography]
+*[http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Debt of Honour Register (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)]
+*[http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia]
+*[http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html Genealogy Advice for Australia, especially Queensland]
+*[http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm The Bushranger Site - profiles of some of Australia's more infamous characters]
+*[http://www.mhsa.org.au/ Military Historical Society of Australia]
+*[http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html National Library of Australia]
+*[http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia]
 *[http://members.westnet.com.au/web/llarment/ Lorraine’s Burial Records Pages]
 *[http://www.brandis.com.au/index.html Jenny Brandis’ Web Page]
-*[http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html Dictionary of Australian Biography]
 *[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp World War 2 Nominal Roll]
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 *[http://www.ozgenonline.com/surnsrch.htm Oz Gen Link - has links to useful sites in Australia and abroad]
-*[http://home.iprimus.com.au/yarragon/pages/AustralianLinks.htm Australian Research]
+*[http://raogk.com/australia.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Australia]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tigerhawk71/aus-sa_lookup.htm Australian Volunteers Lookup Page]
+*[http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour]
-*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Oz-Boer Database]
-*[http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/biog.htm The Bushranger Site - profiles of some of Australia's more infamous characters]
+*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ World War Two Nominal Roll website]
-*[http://raogk.com/australia.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Australia]
-*[http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Welcome.htm V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour]
-*[http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Debt of Honour Register (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)]
-*[http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902]
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Oz-Boer Database]
-*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ World War Two Nominal Roll website]
-*[http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ Australians at War]
-*[http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html Genealogy Advice for Australia, especially Queensland]
-*[http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/index.html Dedicated to 400 years Netherlands - Australia]
-*[http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/other/british_army-in-aust.htm British Army in Australia, 1788 - 1870]
-*[http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs89.html Contact addresses for Australian births, deaths and marriages]
-* [http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html What you can expect to see on an historical Australian BMD certificate]
+*[http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html What you can expect to see on an historical Australian BMD certificate]
-* [http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/ Australian Cemeteries - with links to online data where available]
-*[http://www.ausbdm.org/ Australian BMD certificate exchange site]
 *[http://www.jaunay.com/auscensus.html The census in Australia]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ Australia newspaper archives]
-*[http://www.gold-net.com.au/alphabet.html Alphabetical list of archived magazines]
 ==The States==

Difference between revisions of "Australia"

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Contents

Australia - general

The States

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

The Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Jervis Bay Territory

Northern Territory

External

Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists