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Online Resources

• Australia Directories at FindMyPast, ($), index.
• Australian Almanacs at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
• Genealogical Index To Australians and Other Expatriates In Papua New Guinea at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
• Australian Directory Dates & Men at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
• The Australasian medical directory and handbook, images.
• List of stockowners in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Tasmania, images.
• Australian handbook & almanac & shipper & importers directory, images.
• 1831 - Australian almanack, for the year of our Lord 1831, images.
• 1835 - Australian almanack and general directory, for the year of our Lord 1835, images.
• 1869 - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/287774?availability=Family%20History%20Library Indian and colonial mercantile directory for 1869, images.
• 1871 - The Australian squatting directory, 1871, images.
• 1888-1889 - The Australasian federal directory of commerce, trades & professions, images.
• 1893 - The Australian handbook (incorporating New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea) shippers and importers' directory & business guide for 1893, e-book.

New South Wales

• New South Wales Directories at FamilySearch, index and images, ($).
• New South Wales Directories at MyHeritage, index and images, ($).
• New South Wales Directories at FindMyPast, index and images, ($).
• New South Wales Postal Directories at FindMyPast, index, ($).
• New South Wales Public Service List at FindMyPast, index, ($).
• New South Wales Telephone Directories at FindMyPast, index, ($).
• New South Wales Telephone Directory at FindMyPast, index, ($).
• Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales at FindMyPast; index only ($)
• Medical Directory New South Wales at FindMyPast, index, ($).
• 1858-1933: Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1861-1930 - Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, Sands Street Index, 1861-1930 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images, ($).
• 1861-1930: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, Sands Street Index at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1901: Australia, New South Wales, The Federal Directory of Newcastle and District at Ancestry; images only ($)
• 1904 - New South Wales PO Directory 1904 (Wise) at MyHeritage, ($), index.

Queensland

• Queensland Brands Directory 1913 Index ($)
• Queensland Directories Index ($)
• Queensland Telephone Directories Index ($)
• Queensland Telephone Directory Brisbane Index ($)
• Queensland Telephone Directory Sth West Index ($)
• Queensland Railway Employees, 1889 - 1940 Index ($)
• Queensland PO Directory 1892 (Weatherill Index ($)
• Queensland PO Directory 1894-95 (Wise) Index ($)
• Queensland Postal Directories Index ($)
  

Using Directories

• Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. They often list all the adult residents or tradesmen of a city or area. In the twentieth century, telephone directories are a helpful source in locating individuals. Directories can also be used as a census substitute.
• The most useful directories for genealogical research are city directories of local residents and businesses. These are generally published annually and may include information about an individual such as name, address, occupation, spouse’s name, and other helpful facts. (An individual’s address can be helpful when searching in a large city with several parishes.) Directories sometimes have city maps and may include addresses of churches, cemeteries, civil registration offices, and other locations of genealogical value.
• There are also special directories that can help you determine church diocese and parishes. See Australia Church Directories.

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