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The
resources page lists offline records. Online
databases and associated links are listed on the database
page. For convict
databases and resources go directly to the Convict
Heritage
page. For cemetery transcripts visit the transcript
depot.
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. Ref: NQ929.394016/5 (Format:
Print) |
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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 Ref: MS 8089
(Format: Print) |
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 Ref: NL 920.094 AUS
(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 Ref: Nq 920.094 M368
(Format: Print) |
Births,
Deaths & Marriages
offline birth, death and marriage resources available to the general
public:
Attorney General & Justice
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1788-1905
Indexes to births, deaths and marriages, Archives Authority of New South Wales, 1990
Available
from:
State
Reference Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: REF 10/NQ929.3944/14 (Format:
Fiche) |
Australasian
Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1840-1864
Compiled and indexed by George Bell; extracted from the Newcastle Courant,
Tyne & Wear [England], circa 2000
Available
from:
Mitchell
Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie
Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: 929.394/ 36
(Format: Print) |
Bateman's Bay & Clyde River
Births, 1856-1906
An alphabetical index by Geoff Reynolds, Possum Printing,
Bateman's Bay NSW, circa 1992
Available
from:
Mitchell
Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie
Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: 929.399447/1
(Format: Print) |
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Bathurst
pioneers: a register of pioneer families of Bathurst NSW
and District before 1900
Family History Group of Bathurst, 2007
Available
from:
Mitchell
Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie
Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.39944/
2A (Format: Print) |
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Births in Australia, 1788-1828
(2nd Edition)
By James Hugh Donohoe, Spit Junction, 2004
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: MAV/ DISC 10/ 387
(Format:
CD-ROM) |
Index of
Births, Deaths and Marriages in Sydney Newspapers,
Volumes 4-6
Compiled by Nola M. Mackay, Grafton Family History Centre,
1994-1995
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Z/Q929.3944/21 SET (v.4); Z/Q929.3944/21 SET (v.5); and Z/Q929.3944/21 SET (v.6)
(Format:
Print) |
Index to
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registers at St. Catherine's House, London: England and Wales
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, General Register Office, London,
1990
Available
from:
State
Reference Library Family History LG 2,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: REF 10/N929.341/32 (Format:
Microform)
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Index to Nowra
Births
Shoalhaven Family History Society Inc., Nowra, 1992
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.39447/4
SET (Format:
Print) |
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NSW Pioneer Index,
1788-1888
Index
to births, deaths and marriages registered in New South
Wales 1788 to 1888 (Pioneers series) NSW Church
baptisms, marriage and burial records 1788-1856
(incomplete) NSW official birth, death and marriage
records 1856-1888
Available
from:
National
Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600 (Format:
CD-ROM)
Society
of Australian Genealogists, 120 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
(Format:
CD-ROM & Fiche) |
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NSW Federation
Index, 1889-1918
Contains births, deaths & marriages.
Available from:
Society
of Australian Genealogists, 120 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
(Format: CD-ROM
& Fiche) |
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NSW
Between the Wars, 1919-1945
(marriages and deaths only)
Contains
births, deaths & marriages.
Available
from:
Society
of Australian Genealogists, 120 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
(Format:
CD-ROM & Fiche)
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Orange & District Pioneer Register to 1888
Compiled by Annette Condon & Jenny King; Orange Family History Group, 1999.
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Q929.39445/11 (Format:
Print) |
Pioneers settlers & families of northern New South Wales,
Volumes 1-3
Written by Roma Waldron, Moorooka, QLD 1997
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Q929.5/ 22 (v.1); Q929.5/ 22 (v.2);
and Q929.5/ 22 (v.3) (Format:
Print)
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Records of
Births Deaths & Marriages
Ryde Library & Information Services, 1994
Available
from:
State
Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: NQ929.394016/6 (Format:
Print)
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Sources of information in the State Library of NSW on births, deaths and marriages in England
First edition by Edwina Rudd; second edition by Steven Mitchell, General Reference
Library, Sydney, 1990
Available
from:
State
Reference Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: NQ929.342/5A
(Format: Print)
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Taree
District Births Deaths Marriages: Index 1974-1975
Compiled by I. McLeod, Taree, NSW 2008.
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Q929.39442/ 37 (Format: Print) |
The 1788-1820 Association's Pioneer Register,
Second Edition, Volume 1
Written by C. J. Smee; contains genealogical details of five hundred
pioneers and their families.
Available
from:
Society
of Australian Genealogists, 120 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
(Format:
Book) |
Census
Records
offline
census resources available to the general
public:
Musters
and Lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island,
1800-1802.
Sydney: Australian Biographical and Genealogical
Record, 1988 (ISBN 0949032069) |
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:
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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, |
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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. |
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List 3:
Persons Off Stores
Provides ship of arrival, residence and reason for
'off stores'. Utilised 1801-1803. |
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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'. |
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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'. |
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List 6:
List of Persons circa 1801
Provides information on arrivals; includes name and
ship of arrival (incomplete). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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.
Electoral
Rolls
For detailed
information on researching electoral rolls: Click
Here
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Aboriginal
Electors Roll 1973 ( for the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee)
Contains the electoral roll for over 27,000 Indigenous people (aged 18 and over) who voted to elect 41 members of the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee (NACC) on 24 November 1973.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Q929.5/ 22 (v.1); Q929.5/ 22 (v.2);
and Q929.5/ 22 (v.3) (Format: CD-ROM) |
Early Australian Electoral Rolls
(Vol 1) NSW 1903, TAS 1903 & WA901; & (Vol 2)
VIC 1903, QLD 1903 & SA 1909
Combines almost 900,000 men and women voters from the various states, from the earliest complete, surviving, post-Federation, electoral rolls that have been microfilmed.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Ask at FH Desk (Format: CD-ROM) |
Indigenous
For detailed
information on researching Indigenous family history
Aboriginal
Electors Roll 1973 ( for the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee)
Contains the electoral roll for over 27,000 Indigenous people (aged 18 and over) who voted to elect 41 members of the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee ( NACC ) on 24 November 1973.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: Q929.5/ 22 (v.1); Q929.5/ 22 (v.2);
and Q929.5/ 22 (v.3) (Format: CD-ROM) |
Bringing
Them Home Name Index
Index that aims to help Indigenous people find information about themselves, their families and their country.
Including names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
names of non-Indigenous people related to or associated with Indigenous people;
names of missions and institutions where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were placed;
and places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lived or visited.
The index does not contain information about the people named. To see this information you will need to view the original records (files, papers and photographs) or photocopies of them.
Upon request the National Archives reference staff will
search the index for you.
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Fact
sheet 175 (Format: Print) |
Budawang
Aborigines
Information and resources compiled by Cathy Dunn
Available
from:
Milton Ulladulla Local and Family History Site,
online (Format: Electronic) |
Family History Information Kit
Provides background information, addresses and
associated research assistance.
Available
from:
Family History Unit,
GPO Box 553, Canberra ACT 2601 (Format: Electronic) |
Tribal
Boundaries of Aboriginal Australia
Interactive Map featuring all States & Territories;
courtesy of the South Australian Museum
Available
online:
Click
Here to View |
Military
Records
offline
military resources available to the general
public:
Australian Imperial Force
Unit War Diaries: Registers, 1914-18 War
Contents date from 29 Jul 1914 to 8 Jun 1989
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Australian War Memorial, Series
AWM128 (Format: Paper Files & Documents) |
Australian
War Records Section Biographical Forms
Contents date from 1 Jan 1889 to 31 Dec 1920
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Australian War Memorial, Series
AWM183 (Format: Paper Files & Documents) |
Copies
of British War Diaries and Other Records, 1914-18 War
Heyes papers; contents date from 1 Jan 1914 to 31 Dec
1927
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Australian War Memorial, Series
AWM45 (Format: Paper Files & Documents) |
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Unit
War Diary Registers, 1939-45 War, (BCOF) Japan and Korea
Contents date from 13 Oct 1941 to 8 Oct 1991
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Australian War Memorial, Series
AWM129 (Format: Paper Files & Documents) |
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Volumes
of Military Board Proceedings
Chronological Proceedings - chronological by meeting (to
1939); chronological by agenda (to 1942); and by
miscellaneous matters (from 1941).
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Canberra, Series A2653 (Format:
Print) |
Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps,
12 Feb 1951 - 31 Dec 1980
Historical photographs and press clippings relating to
the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC).
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), Queen Victoria Terrace,
Parkes ACT 2600 REF: Canberra, Series A7482 (Format:
Print) |
Miscellaneous
Records
offline miscellaneous resources available to the general
public:
Deaths
in Public Institutions
Compiled b Jill Statton,
Gould Books in association with Branch-Out Research and
Services, 1989
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.39423/7 (Format:
Print)
State
Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: NQ929.39423/4 (Format:
Print) |
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Multicultural
Influences
Selection of articles and guides pertaining to
Australia's multicultural history.
Available
from:
Beyond
the Rolling Wave, by Craig Turnbull and
Chris Valiotis for Heritage Office, 2001; explores
Greek settlement in NSW since the first arrivals in
1810 (Format:
Electronic/PDF)
Chinese
Settlement in NSW, by Michael Williams for Heritage Office, 1999;
explores the contribution of Chinese settlement to
the heritage of NSW
(Format:
Electronic/PDF)
Dutch
in NSW, by Kirsten Velthuis for Charles Sturt University
2005; explores the contribution of Dutch settlers to
NSW and identifies cultural heritage important to
the Dutch community (Format:
Electronic/PDF)
History
of Italian Settlement in NSW, by Catherine Kevin and Roslyn Pesman for
Heritage Office, 2001; explores the contribution of
Italian migrants to NSW's cultural heritage (Format:
Electronic/PDF) |
Specialist
Indexes in Australia: a genealogist's guide
By Judy Webster, Salisbury, QLD, 1988-
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.39405/1 (Format:
Print)
State
Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: NQ929.39405/1 (Format:
Print) |
Shipping
Lists
offline
shipping and immigration resources available to the general
public:
Shipping & Passenger Records
Ryde Library & Information Services, 1994
Available
from:
State
Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. Ref: NQ929.394016/9 (Format:
Print) |
Shipping
Arrivals and Departures Sydney: extracts from the Maitland Mercury
Volumes 1-5; compiled by I. McLeod, Taree, NSW, 2005
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.3944/ 44 SET (Format:
Print) |
Unassisted
Passenger Arrivals & Departures Sydney: extracts
from the Maitland Mercury, 1849-1850
Compiled by I. McLeod, Taree, NSW, circa 2006
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: Q929.3944/ 46 SET (Format:
Print) |
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