General Resource Sites

• Aboriginal Family History Research 
  Aboriginal genealogical sources in Australia.
• AGWeb - The Australasian Genealogy Web 
• Australia (Australian) Genealogy - Resources for Family History Research 
• Australia Genealogy Links & Chat 
  Australia genealogy links, chat room, message boards.
• AustraliaGenWeb 
• Australia and New Zealand Genealogical Research 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration.
• Australian Family History Compendium 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the Australian Capital Territory 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of New South Wales 
  • Genealogy Addresses for Northern Territory 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of Queensland 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of South Australia 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of Tasmania 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of Victoria 
  • Genealogy Addresses for the State of Western Australia 
• Australian Genealogy Blog 
  A blog to discuss various aspects about researching your family history in Australia.
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc. 
• The Central Register of Indexing Projects in Australia 
• Emigration Guide 
• Family History South Australia 
  Cemeteries, births, deaths, marriages, churches and shipping.
• Family Tree Connection - Australia Resources 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Family Tree Search 
• Genealogy in Australia 
  Bobs Internet Guide to Genealogy in Australia. Terminology, Resources and Descendant lists for ELDRIDGE, GEARY, MEEHAN with more coming.
• Genealogy in New South Wales 
  Weekly tips, news and reflections on genealogy in New South Wales and beyond.
• Genealogy Notes 
  News relevant to Australian genealogists.
• Genealogy Search Australia - Genealogy and Family History Search Engine and Directory 
  Australian Genealogy Search Engine and Directory for the most useful Australian and International sites. Search for that missing link or list your Family Tree, Personal Page or website for free.
• Janet Reakes Genealogy 
  Janet Reakes helped thousands of people because she believed "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle." Her web site is being maintained in her memory by genealogy friends who share that belief.
• Judy WEBSTER's Genealogy Info-Page 
  Several helpful articles online.
• KiwiGen Web Ring 
• Looking 4 Kin - Australia Genealogy Links & Chat 
• OZ Genlink 
  
• OZ REUNION - Australia's Original Internet Reunion Site 
• Surname Navigator Australia 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Australia, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Australia, Geneanet Australia, Google, genealogy Australia, Google News Genealogy Australia, Rootsweb message board Australia, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Australia, White Pages Australia.
• Tall Trees Family History 
• Telephone Directory Information Pages 
  Provides free access to current and superceded telephone directories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Phone book lookups for some United States and United Kingdom telephone directories from the 90's are also available.
• Telstra - Australian White Pages 
• Telstra - Australian Yellow Pages 
• Web Sites for Genealogists 
  Links to Australian resources.
• White Pages Phone Directory for Australia 
• Yahoo!...Australia...Genealogy 
• yellowpages.com.au 

Government & Cities

• Australian Commonwealth Government 
• District Council of the Copper Coast 
• Court Web Sites - Australia 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
• Parliament of New South Wales 
• Tullah - The Early Days: A History of Tullah, Tasmania 
  A photographic and textual history about the small mining township of Tullah, located in the western area of Tasmania, Australia.

History & Culture

• ANZAC Day - INDEPENDENT ANZAC NETWORK DATABASE - ANZAC Day Tours 
  Anzac Day is a National Day of Remembrance consecrated in Australia, New Zealand & Turkey in memory of those brave soldiers who lost their lives in Word War I at the Dardanelles in Gallipoli, Turkey. ANZAC Day Tours and facilities for all travellers, backpackers and budget travellers. Provides database "http://www.anzacday.info" and the directory ANZAC Guide Turkey "http://www.anzacguide.com" for your general information on ANZAC history, travel to Gallipoli and holidays all around Turkey.
• Australian Places 
  Australian places a pictorial data base of places in Australia.
• Australind, Western Australia 
  Insight into the Western Australian town of Australind, and to the life and times of the people who lived there.
• Coal River Valley History 
  A site concerning the history of Richmond, Campania, Colebrook, Native Corners, Brown Mountain, Rekuna, Lowdina, Yarlington, Runnymede, Rhyndaston, Brandy Bottom and Levendale. Census transcripts, burial, marriage & birth transcripts & other lists. Biographies & property histories are also featured.
• The Convict Trail 
• Digby & Hotspur in the 1800s  ~ Victoria
• GOLD 150 - Celebrating 150 Years of Australian Gold-Rush History 
• The History of Tarnagulla 
  A central Victorian Goldfields Township, Australia. Historical articles, churches, photos, and members research interests.
• Milton Ulladulla History Site 
• Ned Kelly: Australian Ironoutlaw 
• Shoalhaven History 
• VicHistory 
  The history of Victoria, Australia.
• Victorian Local History Index 
  Database of names compiled from the indexes of Victorian local history books.
• Victorian Police Force History 

How To

• FamilySearch Research Guidance - Research Outline - Australia 
  This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.
• Genealogy.com - Australian Genealogy How To Guide 
• Researching Your Property  ~ Queensland
  From the Cultural Heritage Unit.
• Research Tips for Queensland 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• AIATSIS Library 
  The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
  • Family History Unit 
    The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has had an Aboriginal Family History Unit since the late 1970’s. The comprehensive site for Australian Indigenous family history with guides, fact sheets, contact information etc.
  • Our Collections 
• Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Archives and Records 
  The archives holds the records of the Episcopal Office, Registry Office, Accounts Department, Schools Commission, Anglicare; Records of Parishes, Schools, Colleges and Institutions (including Minutes, registers, correspondence, accounting books, plans, photographs, glass slides, Church papers, histories and private clergy papers).
• Archives Office of Tasmania 
  • Genealogical Resources 
  • Reference Services 
  • Tasmanian Family Link 
    A database made up of records of births, deaths, and marriages, as well as other events, that is designed to connect families with ancestors who lived in Tasmania in the 19th century.
• Archive Collections - Anglican Diocese of Newcastle 
  From the University of Newcastle. The vast Archive of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and Christ Church Cathedral includes the records of St. John's College, Morpeth, runs to 120 shelf metres and dates from the year 1826. Before 1860 the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle covered a territory encompassing the whole of northern New South Wales and Queensland.
• The Australian National University: Noel Butlin Archives Centre 
  Collection of primary source material relating to business and labour. The NBAC holds archives of industrial organisations, businesses, professional associations, industry bodies and the labour movement.
• Australia Family History Centers 
  A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
• Australian Capital Territory & National Institution Libraries 
• Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) 
• Blackburn Family History Centre 
• Blue Mountains City Library and Information Service  ~ NSW
  • Local Studies 
  • Reference Service 
• City of Playford Local and Family History Centre  ~ Elizabeth, South Australia
• City of Sydney - Archives 
• City of Sydney - Library 
  • Library Collections 
• Creswick Historical Museum  ~ Victoria
• Directory of Archives in Australia - Australian Society of Archivists 
• Family History Centers in Australia 
  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • Australia 
    • Australia, Australian Capital Territory 
    • Australia, New South Wales 
    • Australia, Norfolk Island 
    • Australia, Northern Territory 
    • Australia, South Australia 
    • Australia, Queensland 
    • Australia, Tasmania 
    • Australia, Victoria 
    • Australia, Western Australia 
• Family History Centers in Australia 
• Foster and District Historical Society Museum  ~ Victoria
• Geelong Historical Records Centre 
• Genealogy Library: Flinders University 
• Hamilton History Centre, Inc. 
  Genealogy and local history research library in the Western District of Victoria.
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
  • A Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 
    • Australian 
• History House Portland  ~ Victoria
• Kalgoorlie Family History Centre  ~ Kalgoorlie-Boulder
• LibDex - The Library Index - Australia 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs). of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• Logan Libraries  ~ Queensland
  • Local Studies 
• Lutheran Church of Australia - Lutheran Archives 
• Macleay Museum  ~ Sydney
  • Historic Photograph Collection 
    Contains approximately 50,000 images dating from the late 1840s to the 1960s.
• Maryborough Family Heritage Institute Inc. 
  Situated in Wharf Street Precinct, the Maryborough Family Heritage Institute is one of the largest research facilities in Queensland. Records on the heritage, history and genealogy are complemented by locally compiled books and a souvenir range.
• National Archives of Australia 
  • The Collection 
    • Getting Started 
  • Fact Sheets Subject Index 
    See the Genealogy section on this page.
  • Finding Families - The Guide to the National Archives of Australia for Genealogists 
    A book for sale.
• National Library of Australia 
• The New South Wales Parliamentary Archives 
• Northern Territory Library 
• Ouyen Local History Resource Centre Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Performing Arts Museum - Victorian Arts Centre  ~ Melbourne
• Queenscliffe Historical Museum Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Queensland Government State Archives 
• Repositories of Primary Sources - Asia & the Pacific - Australia 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• State Library of New South Wales 
  • Family History Service 
  • Mitchell and Dixson Collections - Australian Research Collections 
• State Library of Queensland 
  • Family History Information & Research Service 
  • John Oxley Library of Queensland History 
  • Maps Information & Research Service 
• State Library of South Australia 
  • Fact Sheets - Family History 
• State Library of Tasmania Home Page 
  • Heritage Collections 
• State Library of Victoria 
  • Australiana Collections 
  • Genealogy and Family Historians 
  • Map Collection - An Introduction 
  • Newspaper Collection 
• The State Library of Western Australia 
  • Western Australian Collections 
  • Western Australian Family History 
  • Western Australian Government Records 
  • Western Australian Maps and Plans 
  • Western Australian Newspapers 
  • Western Australian Oral History 
  • Western Australian Private Archives 
• State Records New South Wales 
• Ulverstone Local History Museum  ~ Tasmania
• The University of New England and Regional Archives  ~ Armidale
• The University of Queensland Library 
• University of Sydney Archives 
• Wyong District Museum & Historical Society  ~ New South Wales

Locality Specific

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 
  This site is being developed to encourage those with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestry to research their family history, based on contemporaneous documentation and the scientific method, rather than family stories and populist history.
• AUS-Tasmania Genealogy 
  Articles, convicts, immigration, indexes, mailing list and resources for Tasmanian research.
• Early Byaduk Settlers 
  Searchable surname database for early Byaduk Settlers and a brief history of Byaduk.
• Genealogy from Gerringong 
  Information for Illawarra area of New South Wales, especially for the town of Gerringong and its surrounds. Also for the Westernport Settlement of 1826-28 in what is now the state of Victoria. Also the VIDLER surname.
• High Country Heritage 
  Specialising in the history and families of the high country region incorporating Gippsland and the North East. Covering all Alpine and Sub Alpine areas in South Eastern Australia.
• Hunter Valley Genealogy 
• Moggill Local History 
  ANSTEAD, BIRD, BOYLE, CURRIE, BAINBRIDGE, CAMPBELL, DOYLE, FINLAY, HALLETT, LATHER, MAKEPEACE, OWENS, SEXTON, SHIELD, SUGARS, TWINE and WESTCOTT Families.
• Monaro Pioneers 
  Histories of over 350 Monaro District pioneering families.
• Residents of Hamilton- 1859 
  A list of the men living in Hamilton in 1859, as printed in the "Courier".
• The Tasmanian Genealogy SiteRing 
• Trunkey Creek 
  Arkell/Long Swamp Cemetery index, and history of Trunkey in New South Wales, Australia.
• Victoria and Riverina 1930-1932 
  A Biographical Record of some Pioneer Families in Victoria and Riverina- Surname search facility.
• Waanyarra Revisited 
  History and pioneer families of the Waanyarra area of Central Victoria Australia.
• Wagin Historical Village 
  Wagin Western Australia. Volunteer research for genealogists. Museum with official land, tax, school and cemetery records.
• Wonthaggi Genealogy 

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Australia Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Australia 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• ARIA Mailing List 
  For Australians and New Zealanders who are researching their Italian Heritage, Culture and Ancestry. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-ABORIGINE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Aborigines in Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-ACT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-AIF Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching family members who served in the Australian Imperial Forces from 1914-1919. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS Mailing List 
  For the webmasters of Australian family history societies to discuss and share information and tips regarding the development and maintenance of their websites. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-GEN-EVENTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding family and local history fairs, lectures, and other genealogy-related events occurring in Australia or about Australia, and announcements of the release of new genealogical products Australia-wide. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-GERMAN Mailing List 
  For anyone researching Australian families with ancestral lines that originated in Germany. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-HIST-WOMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the genealogy and history of women in Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the ships used to bring immigrants to Australia. Subjects include ports of entry and departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists, and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-IRISH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Irish in Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-KOORI Mailing List 
  For the discussion of genealogy, family history, and history matters relating to the Australian Aborigine. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-MEMORIES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the old days, old ways in Australia in order to place the lives of our ancestors in perspective. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-MILITARY Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information on Australian military history and the research of Australian military ancestors from 1788 to the present. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NORFOLK-IS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Norfolk Island, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NQ Mailing List 
  For anyone with genealogical or historical interests in North Queensland, north from the Tropic of Capricorn to Cape York and west to the Northern Territory border. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-BLUEMOUNTAINS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia, including Katoomba, Bilpin, Leura, Springwood, Hartley, Lithgow, and other nearby towns. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-CENTRAL Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Central New South Wales, Australia, covering the towns of Nyngan, Dubbo, Parkes, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Griffith and Deniliquin. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Hills District, Hawkesbury and Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, which encompasses the cities of Newcastle, Maitland, Cessnock, and Singleton. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-MANNING-VALLEY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Manning Valley of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-NEW-ENGLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the New England area of New South Wales, Australia, including the towns of Armidale, Tamworth and Glen Innes and the surrounding areas. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the North Coast area of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-PENRITH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Penrith and the surrounding districts of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-PILLIGA Mailing List 
  Sponsored by the Dead Persons Society (DPS) of Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, for anyone with a genealogical interest around the area known as the "Pilliga Scrub" including the bordering towns (e.g., Gunnedah, Boggabri, Narrabri, WeeWaa, Pilliga, Come-by-Chance, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Wellington, Mudgee, Gulgong, Coolah, Mullaley). This area, on the central northern slopes of New South Wales, was originally 2 million acres of woodland and open forest and is now principally agricultural and grazing lands. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-RIVERINA Mailing List 
  For for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Riverina District, New South Wales, Australia, including Albury, Balranald, Berrigan, Deniliquin, Finley, Griffith, Hay, Hillston, Jerilderie, Leeton, Narrandera, Wagga and West Wyaling, and surrounding districts from the Murray River north to the Lachlan. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-SE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in New South Wales (NSW). Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-SOUTHERN-HIGHLANDS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Southern Highlands District of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  Provides a connection point for people researching specific surnames in New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-SYDNEY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the the part of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-NT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Northern Territory, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 1788-1842. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-CHARLEVILLE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Charleville, Queensland, Australia, and the surrounding areas. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-GATTON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Gatton, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-GOLD-COAST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Gold Coast and hinterland area of Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-IPSWICH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the state of Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-NUNDAH-DIST Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in the local history and genealogy of Nundah and surrounding districts, which is the same as the old Toombul Board District. This now consists of some of the suburbs of Brisbane, which is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland (i.e., part of Albion, Ascot, Banyo, Breakfast Creek, Clayfield, Cribb Island, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, Hamilton, Hendra, Kalinga, Meeandah, Myrtletown, Northgate, Nudgee, Nudgee Beach, Nundah, Pinkenba, Toombul, Virginia and part of Wavell Heights). Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-SALISBURY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Salisbury, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-SUNSHINE-COAST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-TOOWOOMBA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-WARWICK Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Warwick, Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-QLD-WESTERN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in western and inland Queensland, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-RAN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Royal Australian Navy. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-ROMANI Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Romani (gypsies) in Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-SAGEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a historical or genealogical interest in the state of South Australia, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-SA-YORKE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For any and all researchers of Australian kin to post lists of the surnames they are researching and associated information such as locations and timeframes. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the history and genealogy surrounding the Tasmanian (formerly Van Diemens Land) convicts and their records in other states of Australia and in the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-Tasmania Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
  • AUS-Tasmania Mailing List 
• AUS-TAS-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding surnames with origins in Tasmania, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List 
  For anyone searching for their ancestors in cemeteries in Australia or interested in preserving historical information about these cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA-GENWEB Mailing List 
  For anyone with an historical or genealogical interest in Australia and its' people; to participate in friendly discussions about almost anything that relates to that interest. This list will also address and discuss surname queries of individuals or families and research the history of that surname. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA Mailing List 
  "The Conference of Australian History." For anyone with an interest in Australian History - not exclusively genealogy - including the history of events involving Australians or their ancestors elsewhere in the world. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• Australian_Genealogical_Researchers Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australia.
• australiangenealogy Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australia.
• AUSTRALIAN-PLACENAMES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding place names in Australia that have changed over the years. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA-OBITS Mailing List 
  For individuals and volunteers to submit or request obituary information for Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRALIA-SCHOOLS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australian schools and their ancestors who attended them. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-UK-LINKS Mailing List 
  For the posting of genealogy websites related to Australia or the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-UK-LOOKUPS Mailing List 
  For requests for lookups in Australian and United Kingdom materials. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-USA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australians who emigrated to America or Americans who emigrated to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-BELLARINE-PENINSULA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-CENTRAL Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in central Victoria, Australia. This is defined as the area immediately north and west of Melbourne (not including Melbourne and its suburbs) and includes the towns of Alexandra, Bacchus Marsh, Broadford, Eildon, Gisborne, Kilmore, Macedon, Melton, Rushworth, Seymour, Whittlesea, Woodend and Yea. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-DANDENONG-RANGES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in those areas surrounding the Dandenong Ranges in the outer eastern region of Melbourne, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Geelong and District area of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-GEN-GROUPS Mailing List 
  For communication between the various genealogical/family history groups within Victoria, Australia, to discuss issues in regards to the groups, for communication between groups, to allow the Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV) to communicate with the various groups. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest or an interest in family, local and regional history relating to the Gippsland area. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List 
  The goldfields of Victoria (Australia) was the lure that brought many immigrants to the state of Victoria in the 19th century, and was a source of great affluence for the state in its formative years. This list covers the history and the genealogy of the people of the geographic area, loosely defined as the golden triangle of the cities of Ballarat (Central Highlands), Bendigo, and Maryborough and their environs. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-HEATHCOTE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Heathcote, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Alpine High Country region of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-HISTORY-INDEX Mailing List 
  For news and discussion related to the VicHistory site, a site dedicated to the history of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-LATROBE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-LINDENOW Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Lindenow, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the state of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-MECH-INST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Mechanics' Institutes, Schools of Art, Athenaeums and early public libraries in Victoria, Australia, including the builders and people who started them and were involved in their early operation, their backgrounds, and the involvement by more than one generation of a family. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in gold mining claims in Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-NE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or a local history interest in the northeastern part of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
  • AUS-VIC-NE (Australia Victoria North East) Mailing List Support Website Home Page 
• AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the northwestern part of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-ROCHESTER-FHS Mailing List 
  A mailing list, supporting the Rochester Family History & Research Society, for anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Rochester, Victoria, Australia or the activities of the Society. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in surnames with origins in Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-WEDDERBURN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Western Districts of Victoria, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-ABORIGINAL Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information about your Mob (Aboriginal family lines) in Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-ALBANY-REGION Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Albany, Western Australia, and surrounding towns. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-CONVICT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in prisoners from the British Empire, including the "Parkhurst boys", who were sent to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-GEN-RESOURCES Mailing List 
  For the discussion of the genealogical resources available in Western Australia and relevant resources held in other states of Australia and the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-GERALDTON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Geraldton and the surrounding areas of Chapman Valley, Greenough, Nabawa, Northampton, and Walkaway in Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-KALGOORLIE-REGION Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and surrounding towns. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the state of Western Australia, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-NEWSPAPER-EXTRACTS Mailing List 
  For the posting of pre-WWII genealogy-related newspaper articles in or concerning Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-NORTHERN-REGION Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the northern half of Western Australia, Australia, above Northhampton in the west and Leonora/Laverton in the east. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PASSENGERLISTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding passenger lists for those ships that carried our ancestors to Western Australia, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-SHIPS-TIMELINES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ships used to transport convicts and settlers to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-SOUTHEAST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the southeast area of Western Australia, Australia, bounded by the town of Norseman in the north; the towns of Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup, Newdegate, and Lake King in the west; and the border of South Australia at the town of Eucla. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-SOUTHWEST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the southwestern part of Western Australia, Australia. This is the area bounded by the towns of Augusta, Rockingham, Armadale, and Bridgetown. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding surnames with origins in Western Australia, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-WHEATBELT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, Australia. This is the area bounded by the towns of Northam, Southern Cross, Moora, and Wagin. Archives: browse or search.
• Campbelltown-FHS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Campbelltown Family History Society of New South Wales, Australia, and genealogical resources available in the Campbelltown area. Archives: browse or search.
• convicts-australia Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information on Australia and the convicts that were transported there.
• CORNWALL-AUSTRALIA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in immigrants from Cornwall, England to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• DPS-CHAT Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding family history and genealogical computing in Western Australia.
• DPS-SYDNEY Mailing List 
  For the Sydney Dead Persons Society (DPS). Archives: browse or search.
• DPS-TOOWOOMBA Mailing List 
  For the Toowoomba (Queensland, Australia) Dead Person's Society which serves as a support group for all aspects of genealogical research, and a means of fostering cooperation and personal development through genealogy, history and family research. Archives: browse or search.
• FHANQ Mailing List 
  For the members of the Family History Association of North Queensland to discuss Association activities and to share genealogy information on the ancestors and descendants of North Queensland families. Archives: browse or search.
• ForgottenValley Mailing List 
  For anyone researching ancestors from the Forgotten Valley (Macdonald River and Hawkesbury River), New South Wales, Australia.
• GENANZ Mailing List 
  For the discussion of Australia and New Zealand genealogy. Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.australia+nz newsgroup. Archives: browse or search.
• Genealogy_Aus_Convicts_Mary_Ann Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia on the Mary Ann in 1822.
• Genealogy In Australia 
  A newly created Yahoo group for people researching genealogy in Australia. Post messages, chat, upload files and pics, create databases share information and make contacts with others. You will need to be a member of Yahoo first to join this group.
• genealogy-queensland Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the State of Queensland, Australia.
• GSV Mailing List 
  For the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Australia to assist both members and non-members regarding the Society, its activities, and genealogy research methods in Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• Gundaroo Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia.
• IFHAA Genealogy Chat - #Australia 
  A weekly chat session for Australian researchers by the Internet Family History Association of Australia (IFHAA).
• ifhaa-newengland Mailing List 
  For the discussion of genealogy, family history, and history matters relating to the New England area of northern New South Wales, Australia.
• NSW Families 
  Message boards for people researching families in NSW Australia.
• NSW-ORANGEBATHURST Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Orange Bathurst area of New South Wales, Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• TRANSCRIPTIONS-AUS Mailing List 
  For anyone who want to share, exchange, acquire or request genealogical data, books, transcriptions, etc. relevant to Australia, subject to the correct observance of copyright. Archives: browse or search.
• WonthaggiGenealogy Mailing List 
  For anyone researching their Australian ancestry and extensions of their ancestry worldwide.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• Australian Places - A Gazetteer of Australian Cities, Towns and Suburbs 
• Australia Towns Index 
• Classical Images - Buy Antique Maps, Historical Atlases, World Maps, Cartography and Antique Prints - Classical Images Australia 
  Antique maps and prints - specializing in pre 1900 maps and atlases. Will provide information and image files to researchers on request.
• Flinders' Journeys | State Library of New South Wales 
  Matthew Flinders circumnavigated and charted Australia.
• Geographical Names Board of New South Wales 
• Geoscience Australia 
  • Maps of Australia 
  • Place Names Search 
• Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific 
  From the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
• History of Australian Places Index 
• Landgate  ~ Western Australia
  • Historical Records 
    Ownership records dating back to the beginning of the settlement of the State.
  • Western Australian Place Names and Addressing 
• MapWorks 
  Map shop in Melbourne, Australia specializing in old and current editions of large scale maps for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and more.
• National Library of Australia Map Collection 
• Rockhampton Map 
  Searchable Map of 1863 land owners of Rockhampton Queensland Australia.

Military

• 2/15th Battalion Second AIF 
  Battalion of Second Australian Infantry Forces.
• 3rd NZ Division in the Pacific WWII 1942-1944, history and time-line 
  Contains rolls for 35th Battalion, 3rd NZ Division in the Pacific, World War II.
• 37th Battalion A.I.F. 
• 460 Squadron RAAF 
  Australians serving in WWII.
• The Anglo-Boer War 
  • Tracing Anglo-Boer War Ancestors 
    Article by Rosemary Dixon-Smith.
    • Additional Useful Web Sites for Anglo-Boer War Research 
    • Cape Mounted Rifles - Anglo-Boer War 
      Casualty list.
    • Local Armed Forces (Serving in South Africa for the British Cause) During the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 
    • Border Mounted Rifles - Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 
      Muster roll with casualty information.
    • Muster Roll of the Natal Carbineers Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 
    • Natal Mounted Rifles - Besieged in Ladysmith - Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 
      Muster roll with casualty information.
• ANZAC Research 
  Dedicated to researching the Anzacs of World War One. Search others research interests in Battalions, Soldiers ect and add your own.
• Australian ANZACs in the Great War 1914-1918 
  Online searchable database for more than 330,000 men & women who embarked from Australia for service overseas in the (First) Australian Imperial Force. Research & information from the University of New South Wales & the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra.
  • First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 
  • Frequently Asked Questions 
  • Ordering From the AIF Project 
  • Search 
    Search is free. Obtaining printouts of additional information for an ANZAC requires an additional fee.
    • Irish-born Enlistments in the AIF 
      Approximately 3,000 men born in Ireland enlisted for service in the AIF.
    • New Zealand-born Members of the AIF 
      More than 1,500 New Zealand-born men enlisted for service in the 1st Australian Imperial Force.
    • Victoria Cross Winners 
      64 members of the AIF were awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
  • Sources 
• Australian Service Nurses National Memorial 
  Nurses who died during or as a result of War Service, since the Boer War, compiled by Phyllis Wilson of the Returned and Service Nurses Club of Victoria.
• Australians at War 
  Companion web site for the Australians at War TV series.
  • Your Family Military History 
• Australians in the Boer War - Australians in the Boer War - Oz-Boer Database Project 
  This project is dedicated to the memory of the around 20,000 Australians who, a century ago, risked all to serve their Queen, Empire and Country in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Includes a searchable database of Australian soldiers.
• The Australian War Commission Grave Yard in Sutton Veny  ~ Wiltshire, England
• Australian War Graves Photographic Archive 
  A project that will have photographs of headstones of all A.I.F. service personnel who died during World War One and World War Two.
• Australian War Medals 
  Information on Australian war medals past and current. Includes the rules and regulations of medal dressing; detailed imaged summaries; order of precedence; and application details.
• Australian War Memorial 
  • AWM Collection Databases 
    • Australian War Memorial Boer War Nominal Roll Database 
    • Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll Database 
    • Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Database 
    • First World War Nominal Roll Database 
• Australia Remembers ­ Crosses Database 
  List of names on the crosses placed on the grounds surrounding the Shrine of Rememberance. Surnames are listed alphabetically. From the Genealogical Society of Victoria.
  • Researching Australian Military Personnel 
• Australia's Involvement in the Boer War 
• British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, Index 
  Index of British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, from published & unpublished sources.
• Digger History 
  Unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services.
• EDGAR from Australia killed in WW1 
  Details of members of the EDGAR family from Australia killed in the First World War.
• Essendon and the Boer War, 1899-1902 
  A list of the men of the City of Essendon, Victoria, Australia, who served in the war.
• Fleet Air Arm Archive Roll of Honour 
  Comprehensive naval aviation website invaluable to genealogists, with extensive Roll of Honour lists for the Second World War of Fleet Air Arm personnel of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
• Gallery of Great War Era Soldiers 
  Some photographs of identified and unidentified Australian soldiers who served in the World War 1 era.
• Gallipoli 
• George Cross (GC) Database 
  The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.
  • George Cross Recipients- Summary Index 
  • CWGC & GC Graves and Memorials 
• "G" for George 
  The Avro Lancaster B1 on display in the Aeroplane Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, ACT.
• HAGSOC: Graves and Memorials of Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902 
  This project, by the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, aims to publish the database of burial and memorial locations of Australians who died during the second South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902. Also included are biographies, researched by the Society, of selected soldiers from each of the Australian States.
• How to find a Digger 
  Advice on researching relatives who served in the Australian defence forces from the Department of Veterans' Affairs Australia.
• How to trace an ancestor...who served in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 
  Online article from Salut, the official magazine of the South African Department of Defence.
• Images of Australian WW1 Soldiers 
  Gallery of Great War era soldiers.
• The Irish on The Wall 
  Names and birthplaces of Irish citizens who died in Vietnam serving with US and Australian Forces.
• It's An Honour - The Australian Honours System 
  • Search It's An Honour 
    Searchable awards database from 1901 to 1998.
• Kilmore and District World War 1 Soldiers and Nurses 
  List of district soldiers and nurses from Kilmore, Victoria compiled from various sources.
• Leaders of Anzacs - ANZAC officers died at Gallipoli, 1915 
• Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll 
  Lists the 1,800 personnel who served in the Gulf War with the ADF.
• The Queensland Defence Force 
• Research Guide - The Boer War - Australians and the War in South Africa 1899-1902 
  From the National Archives of Australia.
• Royal Australian Engineers 
• Trouble with undisciplined Aussies 
  In 1918 an average of 9 per 1,000 Australian soldiers in Europe resided in prison. Among Canadians, New Zealanders and South Africans, there was an average of 1.6 per 1,000 men behind bars.
• U.K. - Military 
  See this category on Cyndi's List for related links.
• Victoria Cross Reference 
  The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
• Victorian Nurses in the Boer War 
  
• War Memorials in Australia 
  Locations, descriptions and images of war memorials in the states and territories of Australia.
• World War Two Nominal Roll 
  Created to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this conflict. This site contains information from the service records of some one million individuals who served during World War Two.

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - Oceania - Newspapers and News Sources 
  • Australia and New Zealand 
  • Melanesia 
  • Micronesia 
  • Polynesia 
• Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845 
  Online digital library images of Australian journals that began publication between 1840-1845.
• Australian Transcriptions 
  Miscellaneous Newspaper Transcripts from Australia, Grevilles Post Office Directory of NSW 1872, and Penrith District Dispensary Registers 1847-1860.
• Newspaper Collection 
  At the State Library of Victoria.
• Australian Newspapers on the Internet 
  A list from the National Library of Australia
• North East Newspapers 
• Old News Copy 
  Fee based service for obtaining copies of 19th century newspaper articles from Victoria, Australia. Includes an online searchable index.
• Paper of Record 
  Fee-based service of online archived newspaper images for US, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Mexico. Various dates (1700s-2000). OCR search.
• Port Phillip Herald - Full Page Archive 
  Pay-for-use database of over 30,000 pages from the Port Phillip Herald newspaper covering the years 1840 to 1860.
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers 
  Indexes to death and obituary notices appearing in the two local daily newspapers in Sydney, AUS ("Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Daily Telegraph"). Updated monthly in respect of current entries, with back-indexing also in progress.
• The Sydney Morning Herald Archives 
  Search editions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald between 1955-1990.
• World-newspapers.com - Australia Newspapers 

People & Families

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 
  This site is being developed to encourage those with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestry to research their family history, based on contemporaneous documentation and the scientific method, rather than family stories and populist history.
• Aussie Schoolmates 
  Find old Australian school friends.
• Australia & Jewish Genealogy 
• Australia's Red Coat Settlers 
• Descendants of Convicts Group Inc. 
  A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria.
• First Families 2001 
  A database and collection of stories about the people of Australia, past and present.
• The History of Australian Theatre On Line - List of Names Associated with the Theatre in Australia 
  Including the Tivoli theatres in Sydney and Melbourne.
• Mendooran Families 
  LUCKIE, McCULLY, PATTERSON, ELLIS, MARCHANT, FRYER, MORRISON in New South Wales, Australia.
• The Sorbs/Wends In Australia 
• The Welsh in Patagonia, and Australia 
• Women's History - Australian Women's History 
  Tracing your Australian women ancestors.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Adelaide Proformat 
• Alistair Cameron Research 
  Assistance in researching Scottish ancestors, located in Bundanoon NSW, Australia.
• Anzestry - Professional family history research in Australia, New Zealand & United Kingdom 
• Armidale Family & Local History Research  ~ New South Wales, Australia
• The Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents 
• Australasia Genealogical Look Up Exchange 
• Australian Ancestry Research 
  Family History research service for Victoria and other states.
• Australian & New Zealand Emigrant Ship Photograph Service 
  Offering just photographs of emigrant ships to Australasia - 1860-1950.
• Blanche McMillan and Associates 
  A professional service specialising in the location of missing persons with regard to adoption, lost relatives, friends, loved ones,school and family reunions, missing heirs with regard to deceased estates, providing an Australian information service for researchers to contact living relatives in Australia by using our data bases, researching genealogy, a certificate service to obtain Birth, Death and Marriage certificates from New Zealand.
• Clever Cat Genealogy 
  Family history services in Sydney Australia.
• Debrett Ancestry Research Ltd 
  Professional ancestry research company for families with UK, American or Australasian roots.
• eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Australia 
  Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Australian Research.
• Family Heritage Research 
  Research services to help with any areas of research. 40.1 million records worldwide including many countries. Julie Burns, Queensland, Australia.
• Garrison Communications - Family History Research Services 
  Specialising in Queensland, with expertise in English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish records.
• Garry Baker Genealogist 
  Areas of research: all Australian States, England, Wales and Scotland.
• Genealogy Jigsaw  ~ Melbourne
  Genealogical research, repository tours, photography and educational services.
• Genealogy Professional Family Heritage Research : Julie BURNS Genealogist 
  Based in Queensland, Australia. Certificate Service for all states of Australia, England and Wales, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
• Genealogy Professional Heritage Genealogy of Australia: Carole Riley Genealogist 
  Based in Sydney, Australia, and specialise in New South Wales research.
• Genealogy Professional Lois Willis Secretarial Support: Lois Willis Genealogist 
  Specialises in searching records for Australia, can also undertake some overseas research.
• genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Australia 
• Genealogy Research Services 
  Australian based genealogical research.
• Guthrigg Genealogy - Faye Guthrie's Home Page 
  Professional research services and genealogical information on Australian shipping resources, Australian Wills and Inquests, Convict ships.
• Headstone Photography 
  A photography service for headstones in cemeteries in and around Perth Western Australia.
• In Your Genes Pty Ltd 
  Specialising in Australian family history research, digital photographic restoration & family reunions.
• iSeeKin 
  Research serives, image scanning & hertiage photography.
• Joy Murrin Family History Service 
  New South Wales birth, death & marriage transcription service, direct from Registry Certificates. An economical alternative to certficates.
• Judy Webster's Genealogy Advice for Australia, Especially Queensland 
• Kara's Konnections 
  Family history services for QLD and NSW Australia, mainly centred around obtaining BDM certs for people in countries other than Australia. Also, computer photograph retouching.
• Lynne Fiddick's Genealogy Services 
  Specialise in all aspects of New South Wales research, Australia. =
• Macbeths Probate Research - Macbeth Genealogical Service 
  Professional research services in Australia and New Zealand.
• Marbract Services - NSW Birth, Death & Marriage Certificate Transcription Service 
  Marilyn Rowan's NSW Certificate Transcription Service complete with SECURE online ordering. NSW Births 1788-1905, NSW Marriages 1788-1945 & NSW Deaths 1788-1945.
• OZpeopleletrace Australian People Finder 
  Locate people anywhere in Australia, use latest resources and techniques, affordable cost.
• Professional Genealogical Research in Queensland 
  Judy Webster.
• Professional Genealogist for Victoria Australia and New Zealand - Bruce Le Grange Garner 
• Professional Genealogist in Salt Lake City - Chad R. Milliner, MLIS, AG 
  Research for Britain, United States, Canada, Australia and the British West Indies.
• Research.4.U 
  Specialising in New Zealand, British and Australian research.
• Rose's Genealogy Research Page 
  Specializes in research for Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
• Sovereign Ancestry 
  Comprehensive genealogy service for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada.
• Tasmania Genealogy Records 
  Census, convict records, wills, pioneer records, birth, death and marriage records for Tasmania.
• Tasmanian Family History Service 
  Bookshop, convict record copying service, grave photograph service.
• TimeTrackers 
  Professional research and practical guidance for 'do-it-yourself' family history. Based in Perth, Western Australia. Specialises in UK and Australian family history.
• Turtle Consolidated Services 
  Laurence TURTLE is an authorized transcription agent for New South Wales births until 1905, deaths and marriages until 1945. Reliable genealogy service for family history researchers.
• Whitecottage Research 
  Research service for Australia.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Adelaide Proformat Bookshop 
• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Australia 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales 
    A book by Bob Reece.
  • Tracing your family history in Australia: a guide to sources 
    A book by Nick Vine Hall.
• Archive CD Books Australia 
• Archive CD Books USA 
  Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
  • Australia 
    • All Australia 
    • New South Wales 
    • Queensland 
    • South Australia 
    • Tasmania 
    • Victoria 
    • Western Australia 
• Australian Family Tree Connections Bookshop 
  A wide range of Australian and New Zealand genealogy books, CDs and microfiche, many self-published.
• Australian Family Tree Connections Magazine 
• BiblioQuest International Global Book Search Service 
  Personalised booksearch service for hard-to-find and scarce books and related material. Based in Australia.
• BibliOZ.com - The Book Search Wizard 
  Australian-based book search strong on regional and and family histories. Specialising in out of print, rare used antique and antiquarian books - current inventory over 20 million titles.
• Books We Own - Australia 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
• BSP Gallery Bookshop Old and Rare Books 
  Books for Australian history, military history, aviation, Pacificana, shipping history.
• Colonial CD Books 
  Copies of old and rare books onto CDs to help genealogists and historians with their research in Australia and New Zealand. Books include cyclopedias, almanacs, directories and biographies.
• EZITREE Family History Software 
  Fully featured event-based family history software written by an Australian for Australians. For Windows.
• Fast Books 
  Perfect Bound Paperback Books, Glebe NSW.
• Finding Families - The Guide to the National Archives of Australia for Genealogists 
  Book for sale from the National Archives of Australia.
• Fzip Family Tree  ~ Windows
  Download the latest version for windows, includes program and help files. Disc available in English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Slovak, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Afrikaans & Icelandic. Fzip is a user friendly, but professional program which can display your family tree in any of 24 different report styles.
• Genealogy Items For Sale 
  Australian records on CD, many for Western Australia.
• Genius Family Tree  ~ Windows
  "The easy genealogy program".
• Gould Genealogy - Taking Genealogy Into the Future 
  10,000+ genealogy items, data CDs, software, books, maps, microfiche and more.
  • Gould Genealogy - Taking Genealogy Into the Future - Newsletter 
    Australian vendor newsletter for products, news, and events.
• Macbeth Genealogical Services 
  Books, fiche, maps, and CD-ROMs.
• Ozgenie Research 
  Publishers of the Australian Colonists Series of CD-ROMs which feature full genealogical and biographical material on Australia's early families.
• Publications by Judy Webster 
  Indexes and research guides for Australia, especially Queensland.
• RMIT Publishing Genealogy 
  Australian databases on CD. Includes: Family History OnDisc, New South Wales Between the Wars 1919-1945, New South Wales Pioneer Index - Pioneers Series 1788-1888, New South Wales Pioneer Index - Federation Series 1889-1918, Tasmanian Pioneers Index 1803-1899, Victorian Pioneers Index 1837-1888, Western Australian Pioneers Index 1841-1905.
• Terrible Vale - No Time Like The Past - History of a New England Grazing Run Between 1830 & 1940 
  A book by Elizabeth Gardiner. History of a colonial Australian settlement from 1830s on. Details of over 1,000 residents, including documents, maps, burial records.
• White Room Genealogical Services 
  Specialist CD-ROM publishers and distributors. Titles include the Australian Chronicles: an index to sources of Australian biography.

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Oceania 
  • Australia 
  • Fiji 
  • Micronesia 
  • Midway 
  • Papua New Guinea 
  • Samoa 
• Australia Genealogy Message Board 
• Australian Family Tree Connections - Missing Ancestors 
  Missing Ancestors entries in this month's magazine.
• Australian Family Tree Connections Surname Register 
  Search over 40,000 surnames being researched in Australia and New Zealand.
• CANSW - Cornish Surname Interests & Family Queries 
• Connections 
  Connections is a forum for researchers focusing mainly on Australian, Irish and British information. Listings of resources for researches will be added. You can view all the information on the forum, but will need to register to post to the forum.
• Online Australian Names Research Directory 
• Queensland Surname Forum 
  Surnames list for the state of Queensland, Australia. Includes families native to Queensland and immigrants to Queensland.
• RootsWeb Surname List - RSL Australia
  The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
  Type in your surname from Australia:
  
• Surnames By Town - Australia 
  Surnames, classified by town, appear as e-mail links to the submitter researching them under that town.

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

Cemeteries

• Arkell (Long Swamp) Cemetery 
  An index of Arkell (Long Swamp) Cemetery, near Trunkey Creek (about 80km south of Bathurst NSW).
• Blue Mountains City Council Cemteries  ~ NSW
  • General Information 
  • Search by surname & given name for plot number 
• Bush Cemeteries of Far North Queensland 
  Remote cemeteries in the Australian Bush where towns once used to be.
• Canterbury City Cemeteries Online  ~ New South Wales
  Interments and transcribed burial registers.
• Cemeteries and Burial Places 
• Cemeteries In and Around Gunning Shire, New South Wales 
• Centennial Park  ~ Pasadena, South Australia
  • Relative Search 
    Online searchable database of interments.
• Churchmouse: Australian Cast Iron Gravemarker Photographic Catalogue 
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission 
  Details of 1.7 million members of UK and Commonwealth forces who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars and other wars, and 60,000 civilian casualties of WWII. Gives details of grave site, date of death, age, usually parents/widow's address.
• Department of Veterans' Affairs - Office of Australian War Graves 
  The Office of Australian War Graves is responsible for making available and for maintaining official commemoration either in a cemetery, crematorium or in an OAWG Garden of Remembrance, to a standard signifying the enduring respect of the nation, for those service personnel who have given their lives either in war or as a result of their war service.
• Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park  ~ New South Wales
  Formerly known as Botany Cemetery.
  • Cemetery Search 
  • Crematorium Search 
• Fawkner Memorial Park  ~ Victoria
  Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park.
• The Genealogy Resource Page & Cemetery Database of the Hunter Valley NSW Australia 
• Grave Location Search - Brisbane City Council 
  The following cemeteries free on line, Toowong, Pinaroo, Mt Gravatt and Lutwyche. Names of all people buried in the same plot and includes a photo of the location.
• HAGSOC: Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899-1902 
  This project, by the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, aims to publish the database of burial and memorial locations of Australians who died during the second South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902. Also included are biographies, researched by the Society, of selected soldiers from each of the Australian States.
• Historic Moggill cemetery, Brisbane 
  A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Hobbys Yards Cemetery 
  An index of both Hobbys Yards Cemeteries (about 50km south of Bathurst NSW).
• I Dream of Genealogy - Australia Cemeteries 
• Lorraine's Burial Record Page Headstone Transcriptions from the Narrogin & District Cemeteries 
  Western Australian Cemetery Records - Beverley, Cuballing, Doodenanning, Dudinin, East Gilgering, Edwards Crossing, Greenhills, Harrismith, Kendenup, Mourambine, Narrogin, Pingelly, Katrine, Popanyinning, Quairading, Rocky Gully, South Caroling, Wagin, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams.
• Metropolitan Cemeteries Board of Western Australia 
  • Name Search 
    Online searchable database of interments.
• Oakleigh General Cemetery Records  ~ Victoria
  Online searchable database of all Oakleigh General Cemetery burial records from 1860 until its closure in 1960.
• Preston Public Cemetery  ~ Victoria
  Located approx 10 km north of Melbourne.
• South Australian Cemeteries 
• Spencer Holy Trinity Cemetery 
• Tenterfield Shire Council: Community: Cemeteries  ~ New South Wales
  Online searchable database of all burials in the Tenterfield, Drake, Urbenville and Legume Cemeteries since 1968.
• Trunkey Creek Cemetery 
  List of headstones in cemetery near Bathurst in New South Wales.
• An unofficial History of Brighton General Cemetery 
  Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia.
• Victorian Cemeteries 
  Cemeteries around Australia.
• Werribee and District Cemeteries Database  ~ Victoria
• Winchester Cemetery  ~ Carnamah, Western Australia
  Index of burials & headstone photos.

Census

• Retention of the Australian Census Campaign - Save the Census 
  Campaign to encourage citizens to allow their 2001 Census information to be retained by the National Archives of Australia.
• State Records NSW - 1841 Census - Index to the 1841 Census  ~ Australia
  Online searchable index from State Records New South Wales.

Miscellaneous

• Assisted Immigrants Indexes - State Records New South Wales 
  Immigrants arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59; Port Phillip, 1839-51; Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59; Sydney, 1860-79; Sydney, 1880-96.
• Australian Transcriptions 
  Miscellaneous Newspaper Transcripts from Australia, Grevilles Post Office Directory of NSW 1872, and Penrith District Dispensary Registers 1847-1860.
• Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 
  Online searchable index from State Records New South Wales.
• Donegal Relief Fund 
  Operating from Australia between 1859 and 1864, the Fund brought many passengers from Donegal. Includes full passenger lists, newspaper reports, pleas for assistance and some subscription lists.
• Electoral Lists, Toowoomba & District, 1899-1900 
  A list of persons who applied for registration as voters in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia during the years, 1899-1900.
• Family History South Australia 
  South Australian family history database specialists. Online passenger lists, marriages, and cemeteries.
• Free Settler or Felon? 
  Online searchable index of inhabitants of the Newcastle, Hunter & Brisbane Water districts of New South Wales pre 1850.
• Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Aid Immigration Society  ~ Tasmania,
• Index to the Admission Books of the Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum  ~ Victoria
  Online index from 1861 to 1923 containing 12,538 entries.
• Index to the Bench of Magistrates, 1788-1820 
  Online searchable index from State Records New South Wales.
• Index to Missing People Found in Victoria Police Correspondence Records 
  An index of letters sent to the Police department in Victoria, Australia seeking assistance in contacting missing people. The letters came from all over the world and date from 1853 to 1930.
• List of Institutions/Homes Australia 
• Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society, Seventh Annual Report, 1852 
  A list of committee members, subscribers and welfare cases of the Melbourne Ladies Benevolent Society in 1852.
• New South Wales Family History Document Service 
  A service which provides you with image files of historical documents used for researching people in New South Wales between 1850 and 1920.
• Petition to Edward Curr, 1843 
  A list of voters petitioning Edward Curr to stand for the Legislative Council to represent Melbourne, 1843.
• PHIND - Personal History Index 
  Computerised index detailing the location of records held in Australia for former child migrants to Catholic Homes between 1938 and 1965.
• Public Record Office - Victoria's Archives 
• Research Guide - Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians in New South Wales 
  From the National Archives of Australia.
• Research Guide - Good British Stock - Child & Youth Migration to Australia 
  From the National Archives of Australia.
• Research Guide - Safe Haven - Records of the Jewish Experience in Australia 
  From the National Archives of Australia.
• South Australian Repositories for Family Historians 
  Including some research guidelines.
• Police & Police Station Database Victoria 
  Details of both members of Victoria Police Force and the stations at which they served, taken from various souces, including archival and newspaper.
• Unclaimed letters, 1843 at the Melbourne General Post Office, 1843 
  A list of names on letters lying unclaimed at the Melbourne GPO, 1843.

Obituaries

• Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection 
  Searchable databases available by subscription. A compilation of obituaries published in newspapers, collected from various online sources.
  • Australia 
• Australian Death Notices, Funeral Notice and Obituaries 
  Australian death notices, funeral notices, memorials and obituaries from all states and territories contained in a centralised, comprehensive site.
• Deaths at the Alfred Hospital and the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum 
  Part 1 of a two part listing, which includes names, ages, nativity, cause and date of death of residents of Melbourne in the 1860's and 1870's.
• Deaths at the Toowoomba Hospital, 1900 
  A list of names of persons who died at the Toowoomba (Queensland, Australia) Hospital, in 1900. Includes age at death, date of admittance, and date of death, as extracted from the Darling Downs Gazette.
• Deaths In the Melbourne Hospital, 1867-1880 
  An index of foreign born residents of Melbourne who passed away at the Melbourne Hospital between 1867 and 1880.
• Obituary Depot - Australia 
  Obituary locator & newspaper directory.
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers 
  Indexes to death and obituary notices appearing in the two local daily newspapers in Sydney, AUS ("Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Daily Telegraph"). Updated monthly in respect of current entries, with back-indexing also in progress.
• SMH Death Indexes  ~ Australia
  Death entries extracted from the Sydney Morning Herald by Ken Campbell. From the Sydney Dead Persons Society.
• SMH In Memoriam Indexes  ~ Australia
  In Memoriam entries extracted from the Sydney Morning Herald by Ken Campbell. From the Sydney Dead Persons Society.

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death

• Australasia Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange 
  The aim of the Australasia Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange is to provide genealogists with a free resource to share information about details contained on civil and parish records registered in Australia and civil records registered in New Zealand.
• Australian Death Notices, Funeral Notice and Obituaries 
  Australian death notices, funeral notices, memorials and obituaries from all states and territories contained in a centralised, comprehensive site.
• Australian Vital Records Index 
  CD-ROM for sale from the LDS Church. An indexed collection of references to 4.8 million birth, christening, marriage, and death records. This index covers only New South Wales (1788--1888), Tasmania (1803--1899), Victoria (1837--1888), and Western Australia (1841--1905).
• Births, Deaths & Marriages - The ACT Registrar-General's Office 
  • Historical Death Index 
• Births, Deaths and Marriages Before Civil Registration 
• Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Office of South Australia 
  Civil registration information for the state of South Australia.
• Family Search Online Distribution Center - Australian Vital Records Index 
  An indexed collection of references to 4.8 million birth, christening, marriage, and death records. This index covers only New South Wales (1788--1888), Tasmania (1803--1899), Victoria (1837--1888), and Western Australia (1841--1905).
• Miscellaneous Australian Certificates Index - Judy Webster 
  An index to all names on a collection of about 1,000 Australian certificates. Potentially very useful to British and Australian genealogists.
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 
  • Search the Registry Indexes 
    Searchable database for Births 1788-1905, Marriages 1788-1955 & Deaths 1788-1975.
• Registration Services - Certificate Ordering Service 
  Service from the General Register Office (the official centralized keeper of these records) allowing civil registration certificates (Births, Marriages & Deaths) from England & Wales to be ordered via the Internet.
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers 
  Indexes to death and obituary notices appearing in the two local daily newspapers in Sydney, AUS ("Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Daily Telegraph"). Updated monthly in respect of current entries, with back-indexing also in progress.
• Tracking Our Family Footsteps Through Time in Australia 
  Visitor submitted birth, deaths & marriage information.
• What You Can Expect to See on a AUS BDM Certificate 

Religion & Churches

• Australasia Church Albums 
  Aims to provide unique images of the churches of Australia and New Zealand, both past and present, with a description or history of each.
• Presbyterian Church of Australia 

Ships: Convict Lists, Passenger Lists, Etc.

• 19th Century SA Shipping 
• All Vessels into South Australian Ports 1836–1843 
• Assisted Immigrants Indexes 1839-96 
  Searchable online indexes from State Records New South Wales.
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-51 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving at Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1860-79 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1880-96 
• AUSNZ Passenger Lists 
• Australian Shipping, 1788-1899 
  Shipping arrivals in Australia, listing passenger ships mainly for NSW, Queensland and some entries for Victoria and Tasmania.
• Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions 
• Australia's First Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1788.
• Australia's Second Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1790.
• Australia's Third Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1791.
• Claim-A-Convict 
  Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards.
• Convict Gangs in 1821 
  Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.
• Convicts Australia - Indexes and Links 
  • Convicts New South Wales 
  • Convicts Norfolk Island 
  • Convicts Queensland 
  • Convicts South Australia 
  • Convicts Tasmania 
  • Convicts Victoria 
  • Convicts Western Australia 
• Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors 
  In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.
• Emigration Records 
  Searchable online database from the Scottish Archive Network. Between 1852 and 1857, the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society assisted almost 5000 individuals to leave western Scotland for Australia.
• Empress of Australia 
  Passenger list for the first voyage of the Empress of Australia, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama to Victoria and Vancouver Sailing From Yokohama Saturday, September 2, 1922.
• Fifty Years in Queensland: - Living Pioneer Colonists 
  A supplement article to "The Queenslander" Jubilee Issue:- 7 August 1909, which lists names, ages and year of arrival and the ship's name.
• Geelong Maritime Museum 
• The Home Page of Lesley UEBEL 
  Complete list of convicts transported between 1793 and April 1800, details place & date of trial, ship, and age of convict. Also lists 1st generation of some Hawkesbury Pioneer Settlers.
• Immigrant_Voyage - The Barque 'Indus' 
  Provides details of the voyage from England to Australia in 1873.
• International Centre for Convict Studies 
  For the study of penal transportation and convict experience within the British Empire from 1600-1940.
• Ireland-Australia transportation database (1791–1853) 
  Convicts from Ireland to Australia, 1788 to 1868.
• Jill’s Black Sheep Search 
  Publications for sale on CD-ROM. Convict & criminal research, 1780-1900. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.
• Lincolnshire Convicts Transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda 
  Lincolnshire Archives Index of Convict Records 1788 - 1868.
• Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters 
  Indexes transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists concentrating on 1870s. The lists include crew, passengers, deserters, births/deaths, stowaways, etc.
• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z  ~ U.K.
  • Transportation to Australia 1787-1868 
• "Parsee" - Passenger List - Moreton Bay - 11 January 1853 
  • A - L 
  • M - Z 
  • Single Females 
  • Single Males 
  • Widows 
• Passenger List for "Daylight" 1875 
  The emigrant ship Daylight departed London, England on Thursday 27 May 1875 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 August 1875.
• Passenger Lists 
  Passenger list for the ship Athenian which arrived in New South Wales, Australia on the 15th December 1853.
• Passenger Lists South Australia 
  About 1,200 ship arrivals in South Australia up to 1847.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Emigrant" 
  Sailed from Sunderland 10 September 1852; arrived Melbourne 3 January 1853.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Lizzie Webber" 
  Sailed from Sunderland 31 July 1852; arrived Melbourne 4 December 1852.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Lord Delaval" 
  Sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed on September 13th 1852 for London and on to Port St Philip, Victoria.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Saldanha" 
  Sailed from Liverpool in the summer of 1856 for Victoria.
• Peter HODGE's Home Page 
  Information regarding the brig "Indian" from Falmouth in mid-1843 bound for Launceston, Tasmania; the "Emigrant" sailed from Plymouth on 9 August 1850 bound for Moreton Bay; and more on emigration, etc.
• The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc - Ships 1836-1845 
  List of ships arriving in South Australia.
  • Ships 1836 
  • Ships 1837 
  • Ships 1838 
  • Ships 1839 
  • Ships 1840 
  • Ships 1841 
  • Ships 1842 
  • Ships 1843 
  • Ships 1844 
  • Ships 1845 
• PROV Unassisted Shipping Index - Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1911 
  Searchable index from the Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia.
• Queen of the Colonies 
• Sailing Ship the INDIA Lost at Sea 1841 
  Sailed from Greenock Scotland on 4 June 1841 bound for the Australian colony of Port Phillip.
• Save the Clipper "City of Adelaide" 
  Ship "City of Adelaide" which made 23 voyages from the UK to South Australia. Includes an alphabetical list of passenger names.
• Ships & Passenger Lists  and Immigration & Naturalization 
  See these categories on Cyndi's List for related links.
• Ships Logs, Journals, Pictures and Passenger List Links - Australia and New Zealand 
  How to look for ships' logs, journals and pictures, for Australia & New Zealand.
• Ships Picture Research Service 
  Australian-based research service for helping genealogists and historians worldwide locate pictures of ships of many rigs, periods and nationalities.
• Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825 
  This index is derived from musters of passengers and crew on departing ships, 1816-1825.
• Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875 
  This index is derived from the butts of the original tickets of leave.
• South Australian Transported Convicts 
• State Records NSW - Convicts - Indexes to Convict Records 
  Online searchable databases from State Records New South Wales.
  • Index to Certificates of Freedom, 1823-69 
  • Index to Convict Bank Accounts 
  • Index to Convict Exiles, 1846-50 
  • Index to Convict Pardons, 1791-1825, 1837-47 
  • Index to Ticket of Leave Passports, 1835-69 
  • Index to Tickets of Exemption from Government Labor, 1827-32 
  • Index to Tickets of Leave, Certificates and Pardons, 1810-19 
• Tantivy! - Homestead of Mindful Works - Fireside Hypothesis 
  A complete listing of assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney aboard the Tantivy in 1853 and a list of persons with the surname Ford whom arrived in Australia aboard individual ships.
• The Transportation of Irish Convicts to Australia (1791-1853): Introduction 
  Detailed review of the sources available for convict research held at the Archives. Includes links to specific descriptions of record types and their reference class numbers.
  • Transportation Registers 
    From the National Archives of Ireland.
• Van Diemens Land Company's Indentured Servants Home Page 
  Servants engaged to establish a land grant in Tasmania from 1826. Departure and arrival dates of the ships Tranmere, Caroline, Thomas Lawrie, Emu, Forth and others, and passenger list of those aboard.
• Women and Female children of the Royal Admiral 1792 

Societies & Groups

• Anglesea & District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
  • Family History Group 
• Annandale Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• ARHS/nsw - Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division 
• Armidale Family History Group  ~ New South Wales
• Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents 
• Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. 
• Australian Croatian Genealogical and Historical Society 
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc.  ~ Blackburn, Victoria
• Australian Jewish Genealogical Society 
• Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Victoria) Inc. 
• Australian Jewish Historical Society 
• The Australian Light Horse Association 
  The ALHA's aim is to preserve the history and tradition of the Australian Light Horse and its predecessors.
• Australian Local Family History Societies 
• Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) - (Victorian Division Inc.) 
• Australia Railway Historical Society - Queensland Division 
• Australian Society of American Descendants 
  American Australians association, heritage society, immigrants, who have contributed to Australia, past and present, collecting names, what Americans did and do now, covering all of Australia.
• Australian Society of Archivists 
• Avoca and District Historical Society Inc, Victoria 
  The site has links to various indexes of names of those who lived in the Avoca district, including inhabitants of Lamplough and Homebush, thriving towns in the 19C and now no longer existing, also inquests of the district and the Society's members' interests (both surname and subject).
• Ballarat & District Genealogical Society  ~ Victoria
• Baptist Historical Society of Queensland 
• Bega Valley Genealogy Society  ~ New South Wales
• Bellarine Historical Society Inc. 
  Covering the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria.
• Benalla & District Family History Group Inc. 
  A non profit group formed to promote and encourage the study of family history, and to preserve records pertaining to the North East of Victoria.
• Bendigo Historical Society Inc. 
  Primarily concerned with the history of Bendigo, (Victoria, Australia), the society has links with local genealogical groups. Interesting information about the locality from the 1850's gold-rush days to the present.
• Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Berrima District Historical and Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Blue Mountains Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Botany Bay Family History Society 
• Bothwell Historical Society  ~ Tasmania
• Brisbane Dead Persons Society 
• Brisbane Labour History Association 
  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Brisbane Water Historical Society & Henry Kendall Cottage Museum 
• Buderim Historical Society 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Bunbury Historical Society 
  Bunbury, Western Australia - KING Cottage was built by Henry KING and his sons in the early 1880s. KING was a brickmaker and made all the bricks himself. The cottage, now a museum, was occupied by four generations of the KING family.The museum it is a fine example of a home in which a working class family lived during the period from the 1880s until the 1920s.
• Bundaberg Genealogical Association, Inc.  ~ Queensland
• Buninyong & District Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Busselton Family History Society Inc.  ~ Western Australia
  • Cemeteries 
  • Early Births 
  • Early Marriages 
  • War Memorials 
• Caboolture Family History Research Group Inc. 
• Cairns and District Family History Society Inc  ~ Queensland
• Cairns Historical Society  ~ Queensland
• Caloundra Family History Research, Inc. 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Campbelltown District Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Camden Area Family History Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• Canterbury & District Historical Society  ~ New Sout Wales
• Cape Banks Family History Society 
• Carnamah Historical Society  ~ Western Australia
• The Casino & District Historical Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• Castlemaine Historical Society, Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Central Coast Family History Society Inc.  ~ Gosford, New South Wales
• Central Highlands Historical Association  ~ Victoria
• Central Queensland Family History Association 
• Cessnock District Historical & Family History Society Inc. 
• Ceylon Society of Australia 
• Chelsea & District Historical Society, Inc. 
• Clare Regional History Group 
• Clarence River Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Cobram Genealogical Group Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Cohuna & District Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society Inc.  ~ Adelaide, South Australia
• Convict Connections 
  An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc., located in Brisbane, Australia. Information about convict and colonial times in Australia including names of convicts being researched by members.
• Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical & Historical Research Group Inc.  ~ Queensland
• Cornish Association of Bendigo and District Inc. 
• Cornish Association of New South Wales 
• Cornish Association of Victoria Inc 
• Cornish Association of Western Australia Inc. 
• Cowra Family History  ~ New South Wales
• Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society Inc  ~ Toowoomba, Queensland
• Dead Persons Society (DPS) Canberra ACT Australia - Home Page 
• Dead Persons Society, Melbourne, Victoria 
• Descendants of Convicts Group Inc. 
  A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria.
• Dimboola & District Historical Society 
• Dromana and District Historical Society Inc. 
• Dubbo and District Family History Society, Inc. 
• Eacham Historical Society  ~ Malanda, Queensland
• Echuca / Moama Family History Group, Inc.  
• Emerald Genealogy Group 
  ~ Victoria
• Enoggera and Districts Historical Society Inc.  ~ Queensland
• Essendon Historical Society, Inc. 
• Evandale History Society  ~ Tasmania
• Family History Group of Bathurst Inc. 
• Family History Society of Rockingham & Districts Inc. 
  An Affiliated Society of the Western Australia Genealogical Society.
• First Fleet Fellowship 
  A historical society for people who have ancestors who arrived in Australia in 1788 aboard one of the ships of the First Fleet.
• Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group, Inc. 
  Small friendly family history group with an on-line Members Interest Directory. The group will also carry out local research.
• Forbes Family History Group 
  Forbes is in central west New South Wales and the Family History Group has many resources about the history of Forbes and district and the families who lived there.
• Fort Lytton Historical Association 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Friends of St Kilda Cemetery  ~ Melbourne
• The Geelong Family History Group Inc. (GFHG) 
• Geelong Historical Society  ~ Victoria
  • Geelong Historical Records Centre 
• Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc. 
• Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory, Inc. 
• Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc. 
  • GSV Mailing List 
    For the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Australia to assist both members and non-members regarding the Society, its activities, and genealogy research methods in Australia.
• George Town and District Historical Society  ~ Tasmania
• Geraldton Family History Society 
  Western Australian Society. Includes a listing of members surname interests.
• Gerringong and District Historical Society 
• Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Gold Coast Family History Society 
• Goldfield's Family History Society   ~ Kalgoorlie-Boulder
• Hamilton Historic Society  ~ Tasmania
• Hawkesbury Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• HB Family History 
  Webpage for the Hervey Bay Family History Association, Hervey Bay Public Library, Queensland, Australia.
• The Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. 
• Helensburgh & District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Heraldry Australia Inc. 
  A Society of Australians promoting the study and use of heraldry.
• Hervey Bay Family History Assoc. Inc  ~ Queensland
  Information about the Family History Centre, what can be found on-site for reference material, and links to genealogy sites.
• Hills District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Hills District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Historical Society Cairns North Queensland Inc. 
• Horsham Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Hurstville Family History Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• IFHAA - Internet Family History Association of Australia 
  A repository for family history material - includes cemetery transcripts, biographies, family stories, local histories and much more.
• Illawarra Family History Group  ~ Wollongong, New South Wales
• Illawarra Historical Society Inc. 
• Inverell District Family History Group Inc  ~ NSW, Australia
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Australia 
  Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
• Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc. 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Irwin District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Western Australia
• Italian Historical Society, COASIT  ~ Carlton, Victoria
• Keilor Historical Society 
  Keilor, Victoria, Australia.
• Kilmore Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Knox Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Ku-ringai Historical Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
  • Ku-ring-gai Family History Group 
• Landsborough and District Historical Group  ~ Victoria
• Lang Lang & District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Lilydale and District Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Linton and District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Lithgow and District Family History Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• Maffra & District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Maitland Family History Circle, Inc. 
  Located in the Maitland City Library in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.
• Manning Valley Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc.  ~ Taree, New South Wales
  Bounded by Kendall to the North, Rawden Vale to the West and Bulahdelah & Forster to the South.
• Maryborough District Family History Society 
  Family history society in Heritage City, Maryborough Qld Australia, site of 220,000 immigrants from UK and Germany from 1860-1900, descendants of families still here plus scattered to other places in Australia. Also BigM project, Sydney Mail World War 1 Photographic Index and info on resources and publications for sale, as well as how to research local families via the Net.
• Melbourne PAF Users Group 
• Melton Family History Group Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Mid-Gippsland Family History Society, Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Mildura & District Genealogical Society Inc. 
• The Military Historical Society of Australia 
  The Military Historical Society of Australia, publisher of the quarterly journal Sabretache, encourages the pursuit of study and research in military history, customs, traditions, dress, arms, equipment and kindred matters; the promotion of public interest and knowledge in these subjects, and the preservation of historical military objects with particular reference to the armed forces of Australia.
• Millmerran and District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Queensland
• Milton Ulladulla Genealogical Society Inc 
  To encourage research and friendship in genealogy and to promote and foster the study and knowledge of family history amongst the local community of Milton Ulladulla NSW.
• Milton Ulladulla History Groups 
• Molong Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Mornington Peninsula Family History Society  ~ Victoria
• Moruya & District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society, Inc. 
• Mt. Rouse & District Historical Society Inc. 
• Nambour & District Historical Museum Association 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Napoleons Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Narre Warren & District Family History Group  ~ Victoria
• Nepean District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Nepean Family History Society, Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• Newcastle Family History Society Inc.  ~ New South Wales
• New Farm & Districts Historical Society, Inc. 
  Queensland, Australia.
• North Coast Chapter, Fellowship of First Fleeters, NSW, Australia 
  Facts about the First Fleet. Members are descendants of those who came on the First Fleet & landed in Sydney Cove, 26th January 1788. SQUIRE, COLPITTS, SMITH, SPENCER, LUCAS, GASCOIGNE.
• Northcote Historical & Conservation Society  ~ Victoria
• Omeo Historical Society & Museum 
  Unique collection of original records dating back to 1850, many indexed.
• Parramatta & District Historical Society Inc.   ~ New South Wales
  • Family History Group 
• Perth Dead Person's Society 
• Picton & District Historical and Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Pioneers Association of South Australia 
  Perpetuates the memory of the pioneers of early settlement in South Australia. Membership is open to any person with an ancestor who arrived in South Australia up to 31 December 1845.
• Port Adelaide Historical Society 
• Port Fairy Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Port Phillip Pioneers' Group Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Queensland Association of Local and Family Societies {QALFHS} 
  Umbrella association for Local, Family, History Societies and small museums in Queensland Australia.
• Queensland Family History Society Inc. 
  Large reference library with most major research resources (focusing on Australasia, British Isles, and Germany). Largest genealogical CD-ROM collection in Australia. Currently compiling 1.3 million Queensland Genealogical Master Index to sources. 1,400 members. New members always welcome.
• Queensland Women's Historical Association 
  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Randwick and District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Redcliffe & District Family History Group Inc. 
• Richlands, Inala and Suburbs History Group, Inc. 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Richmond River Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
  • Research Centre 
• Riverstone and District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Rosalie Shire Historical Society, Inc 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Royal Historical Society of Victoria 
• Sandy Bay Historical Society  ~ Hobart, Tasmania
• Sebastopol Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Shepparton Family History Group Inc  ~ Victoria, Australia
  A site to assist those researching people associated with the Shepparton area.
• Shire of Toombul History Group 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Singleton Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Snake Valley & District Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Society of Australian Genealogists 
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• South Australia Police Historical Society 
• South East Family History Group  ~ South Australia
• Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy  ~ Victoria
• Stawell Historical Society  ~ Stawell, Victoria
• St. Marys & District Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Sunbury Family History Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society Inc. 
  Located in Swan Hill, Northern Victoria, on the Murray River.
• The Sydney Dead Persons Society 
  • DPS-SYDNEY Mailing List 
    For the Sydney Dead Persons Society (DPS).
• Tamworth & District Family History Group Inc.  ~ New South Wales
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  • TFHS - Devonport Branch 
• TILLI-iNFO - Tilligerry & Districts Family History Society  ~ New South Wales
• Tomaree Family History Group  ~ Nelson Bay, New South Wales
• Toowoomba Dead Persons Society  ~ Queensland
• Traralgon & District Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• Tumut Family History Group Inc. (NSW-Australia) 
  We are located in Tumut, which is the Snowy Mountains Region of New South Wales, Australia and we provide a research service to answer queries for family historians searching their forebears in the region. Surnames include BOYD, WILKINSON, SHELLEY, BROUGHTON, SHARP, CLEE, FOORD, McALISTER, QUILTY and BRIDLE.
• Tweed Gold Coast Family History & Heritage Association 
  Research Room is located inside the Tweed Heads Regional Library, at the Civic Centre, Brett Street, Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia.
• Victorian GUM (Genealogists Using Microcomputers) Inc. 
• Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society (Inc) 
  Contains Members' Interest Register and general information about the situation and facilities of the society.
• Wangaratta Family History Society  ~ Victoria
• Warrnambool Family History Group  ~ Victoria
• Wentworth Historical Society  ~ New South Wales
• Werribee Family History Group  ~ Victoria
• Werribee District Historical Society  ~ Victoria
• West Bourke Heritage Association 
  Covers the former West Bourke Electoral District, from Essendon, to Gisborne, Broardmeadows to Sydenham.
• Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. 
• Western Victorian Asociation of Historical Societies Inc. 
• Woady Yaloak Historical Society Inc.  ~ Victoria
• Wodonga Family History Society Inc. 
  A local family history group in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia. Site has meeting and membership details, forthcoming events, and details about the society's library and research holdings.
• Woodend and District Heritage Society 
  Local & Family History Resource Centre, Woodend, Victoria.
• Woy Woy Local History Research Group  ~ New South Wales
• Yandina & District Historical Society 
  Queensland, Australia.
• Yorke Peninsula Family History Group  ~ South Australia

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