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Biographical Records; offline biographical resources available to the general public.

Biographical Dictionaries & Registers
Ryde Library & Information Services, 1994
Available from:
State Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 (Format: Print)

Biographical Index of Quakers in Australia
Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography as compiled by Marjorie and William Oats for Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; includes a biographical index of Quakers in Australia before 1862. 
Available from:
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600
(Format: Print)

Dictionary of Queenslanders: past & present, Vol 1-3
Originally published, in book format, in three volumes, but as Volume 2 and 3 are now out of print, all three volumes have now been put on to a single CD-ROM.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volumes 1 & 2 (A to Z, 1788-1850) 
Edited by: Malcolm R. Sainty & Michael C. Flynn, Library of Australian History, Sydney 1991

Available from:
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600
(Format: Print)
Occupational Index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography 1891-1939. Volume vii-ix
Bundoora, Vic: Dept. of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, 1985
Available from:
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600
(Format: Print)

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Births, Deaths & Marriages; offline birth, death and marriage resources available to the general public.

Australian Colonists Vol 1, 1788-1800
Indexes European settlers who came to Australia 1788-1800; includes military, civilian and convict personnel.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Births QLD, 1915-1919
Available from:
QLD State Archives, QSA Public Search Room, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Brisbane QLD 4113 (Format: Microfiche).
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Microfiche).
Births, Deaths & Marriages extracted from Maryborough Chronicle, 1900-1907
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Microfiche).
Births, Deaths & Marriages extracted from Maryborough Chronicle, 1908-1914
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Microfiche).
Deaths QLD, 1915-1919
Available from:
QLD State Archives, QSA Public Search Room, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Brisbane QLD 4113 (Format: Microfiche).
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Microfiche).
Dern Index
Monumental inscriptions for 250 cemeteries in rural Queensland.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

English Parish Records (General)
Includes baptisms, burials, marriages, obituaries, wills and some non-parish records.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Federation Index NSW, 1889-1918
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Federation Index QLD, 1890-1914
Available from:
QLD State Archives, QSA Public Search Room, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Brisbane QLD 4113 (Format: CD and Microfiche).
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: CDRom & Microfiche).
Gladstone Observer, 1929-1939
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Print). 

Irish Parish Records
Database compiled primarily from tombstone inscriptions and some parish records in counties Antrim, Down and Louth (1538-1837).
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869
Marriages from the Bishop of London's Office (1521-1828); the Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office (1599-1699); The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury (1543-1869); and the Vicar General's Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-1679).  Transcribed from Latin by Colonel Chester and published by Joseph Foster in 1887.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Marriages QLD, 1915-1919
Available from:
QLD State Archives, QSA Public Search Room, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Brisbane QLD 4113 (Format: Microfiche).
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Microfiche).
National Burial Index for England and Wales (2nd ed)
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Pioneer Index NSW, 1788-1888
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Pioneers Indexes QLD, 1824–1859
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Pioneers Index QLD, 1829-1889
Available from:
QLD State Archives, QSA Public Search Room, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Brisbane QLD 4113 (Format: CDRom and Microfiche).
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Queensland Cemeteries Monumental Inscriptions: Beenleigh, Redlands and Cleveland Districts
Cemeteries include Alberton, Beenleigh, Bethania Lutheran, Cleveland, Eagleby, Mt Cotton, Pimpama Island and Redland Bay Cemeteries.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: Print).

Queensland Intestacies, Insolvencies and Wills 1859-1900
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Cemetery Index
Cemeteries include Woombye, Old Nambour, Nambour Garden, Eumundi; Diddillibah, Gheerulla, Mapleton, Yandina, Buderim and Kulangoor.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (Format: CDRom & Microfilm).

Vital Records Index, North America
Database of birth, christening and marriage records from Canada and the USA (2nd edition).
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Vital Records Index, Western Europe
Database of birth, christening and marriage records compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from church and civil registration records (late 1500s to 1905); covers the Alpine, Benelux, French, German, Italian and Spanish regions of Europe.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Westminster Abbey Registers
Reproduction of The marriage, baptismal and burial registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster; includes baptisms (1607-1875), marriages (1655-1875) and burials (1607-1875).
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

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Census Records; offline census resources available to the general public.

Griffith's Valuation of Ireland
Index to Sir Richard Griffith's valuation of all rateable property in Ireland, 1848-1864.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Irish Flax Growers, 1796
Index of 60,000 persons growing flax for the Irish Linen Board in 1796; includes full name, civil parish and county.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Irish Source Records
Database of Irish census, land marriage and probate records from the 1500s to the 1800s; Includes names of family members, dates and details of vital events and location of residence.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania: Records 1787-1859
Lists of the male and female convicts and former convicts in the colonies giving particulars as to their sentences, employment, settlement in the country, the land and cattle acquired by them and other information; lists of pardons granted; lists of convicts embarked for and arriving in New South Wales; general musters and census of 1828 relating to settlers and convicts (microfilm only - 64 volumes)
Available from:
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Ref: HO10
Settlers' Muster Book, 1800
Two volumes containing nine lists prepared by Governor King for the period 1800-1802; musters have not survived however some of the information extracted from them is available as per the lists below:

List 1: Land and Stock held by Free Settlers and Emancipated or Expired Convicts in July/August 1800
Provides data such as land grant, name, livestock, crops sown & planted and location,

List 2: Land and Stock held by Officers in July/August 1800
Provides date of land grant, name, occupation, livestock, acres, crops and general remarks.

List 3: Persons Off Stores
Provides ship of arrival, residence and reason for 'off stores'.  Utilised 1801-1803.

List 4: Persons Off Stores, 1801
Companion to List 3, shows ship of arrival, name, trade, ticket of freedom (TOF), residence, ration status and reason for 'off stores'.

List 5: Expired or Emancipated Convicts and Free People Off Stores, 1801
Incomplete list containing details such as ship of arrival, trade, residence, ticket of freedom (TOF), residence, rations status and reason for 'off stores'.

List 6: List of Persons circa 1801
Provides information on arrivals; includes name and ship of arrival (incomplete).

List 7: Land and Stock held by Free Settlers, Officers or Expired or Emancipated Convicts, 1802
Provides name, ship of arrival, property status (such as grant, lease, purchase or rent), location, acres, crops, livestock, grain and stores status.

List 8: Convicts Allowed to Officers for Domestic Purposes, Supported by the Public
Includes Officer's name and occupation; servant's name and occupation; and associated remarks.

List 9: Servants Employed by Officers, 1800
Includes Officer's name and occupation; servant's name and occupation; and associated remarks.

Available from:
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: MLMSS 1225 (Format: Print)

Note: Australia federated in 1901; census have been held 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933, 1947, 1954, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2006. Each has been destroyed after statistical extractions have been made; 2006 provided an option to release data in 99 years.  

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Electoral Rolls; for detailed information on researching electoral rolls: Click Here

Commonwealth Electoral Roll (QLD) 1903
Produced by the Queensland Family History Society; provides name, address and occupation.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Commonwealth Electoral Roll (QLD) 1913
Produced by the Queensland Family History Society; provides name, address and occupation.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Queensland Electoral Rolls, 1860-1879
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

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Indigenous; for detailed information on researching Indigenous family history: Click Here (see also Connecting Kin)

Aurukun Mission Papers, 1891-1978
Guide to the Aurukun Mission papers; 35 (17cm) boxes, 1 vol
Available from:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Lawson Cres, Acton, ACT (Format: Print)
Finding Aid (PDF) 

Tribal Boundaries of Aboriginal Australia
Interactive Map featuring all States & Territories; courtesy of the South Australian Museum
Available
online:
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Military Records; offline military resources available to the general public.

India Office List, 1933
Compiled from the Civil Lists of the Government of India;  includes lists of military officers, recipients of medals and awards and details of those involved in the government of the Sub-Continent.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

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Miscellaneous Records; offline miscellaneous resources available to the general public.

Alumni Cambridge University
Index of Cambridge University students, graduates and officers. Results include family and academic information compiled from the university registers.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Alumni Oxford, 1500-1886
Matriculation Registers of Oxford University, alphabetically arranged by member's surname. Shows parentage, birth place and year, and record of degrees earned.  (1500-1714) and (1715-1886).
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Australian Pastoral Directory, 1923
Lists approx 23,000 stockowners across Australia.  There is a separate index for New South Wales by Station, a list of prominent stock agents in four states, and various statistics and advertisements.  Maps are included for New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria showing such things as pastures protection districts and pastoral districts as used in the directory.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Bailliere’s Queensland Gazetteer and Road Guide
Digital reproduction of the original book published by F F Bailliere (1876).  Includes towns, lakes, rivers, islands, bays, hills, runs among others; and a section listing approximately 3000 runs with the pastoral districts where they are situated along with the names of the lessees and the next post towns.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Clergy List, 1858
Digital reproduction of the original book published by C Cox; containing an alphabetical list of the clergy in England and Wales; the houses of convocation; an alphabetical list of the clergy in Ireland; a list of the clergy of the Scottish Episcopal Church; and a list of the clergy of colonial dioceses for 1858.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Commonwealth Public Service Index, 1904
List  includes name, date of birth, date of appointment and department name.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1868
Digital copy of the original directory compiled by Horace Cox (1868); a biographical and statistical  reference relating to clergy and  church.  Includes personal information about each individual, such as where they studied, when they matriculated and previous posts.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Crown Land Sales in Queensland, 1860-1889
Alphabetical index of crown land tenants, and a numerical index of joint tenants arranged by grant number. Includes full name of  tenant, extent of land, grant number, and parish and county in which the land is situated.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Early History of Rockhampton
Digitised reproduction of John T S Bird’s History of Rockhampton (1904).  Includes businesses, early pioneers and other important events.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Genesis of Queensland
Digital fully searchable reproduction of the original 640 page book written by Henry Stuart Russell.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Hall's Country Directory & Gazetteer of NSW, 1899-1900
Comprehensive directory of towns, businesses, people, pastoral, stock, rail, boat, mail and maps.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Index to Colonial Convict Movements, 1827-1853
Name index to the movements of 10,000 convicts in the colony of New South Wales (including Moreton Bay) and Van Diemen’s Land from 1827 to 1853; includes both transported convicts and criminals convicted in the colony. 
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Index to Historical Records of Australia, 1788-1848
Commenced publication in 1914; includes a selection of births, deaths and marriages, early settlers, military and civil service, ships, places of residence, industries and administration.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

North Queensland Station Records
Includes Albion Downs, Antrim, Bluff Downs, Bowen Downs, Burdekin Downs, Cardigan, Dagworth, Dalgonally, Dunbar, Ellenvale, Gainsford, Green Vale, Gunnawarra, Hinchinbrook Park, Kynuna Station, Lorraine, Lucknow Station, 
Mandalee, Maryvale, Millaroo Research Station, Milray, Miranda Downs, Moray Downs, Mount Emu Plains, Mt Kelman, Natal Downs, Nulla Nulla, Oak Park, Reedy Springs, Scartwater, St Albans, Strathmore, Strathleven, Talaroo, Valley of Lagoons, Vanrook, Woodleigh, Wondovale and Wongalee. 
Available from:
James Cook University Library Archives, Angus Smith Drive, Douglas (Format: Print)

Queensland Gazetted Licences Index, 1860-1901
Includes Queensland Timber Licences Index (1860-1901); Queensland Goldfields Miners' Rights and Business Licences Index (1870-1884); and Queensland Miscellaneous Licences Index (1860-1899).  Each index gives name, title, location, licence type, and the date and page of the Government Gazette reference.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Queensland Government Gazette, 1872
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Queensland Government Railway Index to Staff Records, 1878-1946
Compiled from Queensland Rail staff registers held at the Queensland State Archives. Each entry provides staff member's full name, date of birth, date of appointment and a reference number for the relevant staff register at the Archives.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Queensland Railway Employees, 1889-1940
Index of Queensland Railway Employees published in the Queensland Government Gazette.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
Queensland school pupils index (part 2)
QSPI Part 2 indexes approximately 320,000 names drawn from more than 200 Queensland schools.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Railway Staff Database
62,000 plus entries on railway staff, ranging from the early 1800’s to the late 1990’s, from a large range of sources such as yearbooks and directories.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Tithe Applotment Books
Index of landholders in the Irish counties Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone (1823-1838); a record of the land survey taken to determine the amount of tax payable by landholders to the Church of England in pre-Famine Ireland.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Wales: Returns of Owners of Land, 1873
A facsimile reproduction of a list of persons who owned one acre of land or more, for all counties of Wales. List compiled in 1873; includes name and address of landowner, the extent of their land and its gross estimated rental value.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

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Shipping Lists (including Immigration); offline miscellaneous resources available to the general public.

Bounty Immigrants NSW, 1828 to 1842
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Crew Lists & Agreements, 1863-1913
Index to English crew lists, crew agreements and log books as well as details including full name, age, date and place of birth; listed by name and vessel.
Available from:

State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

Immigrants Arriving in Queensland Ports, 1900-1915
Compiled from immigration records at the QLD State Archives; searchable by family name, ship name and year of arrival.
Available from:
State Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)

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