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==Online Records==
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/victoria-biographies Victoria Biographies] at Findmypast - index & images ($).
*{{FSC|49560|item|disp=Biography index. La Trobe Library (Melbourne, Victoria)}}
{{Block indent|"Contains over 150 thousand entries to biographical articles, notes, obituaries, etc. for Australian identities with particular emphasis on Victorians." Covers mainly the time period ca. 1860-1910.|2}}
*{{FSC|238210|item|disp=List of early Victoria pioneers presented to Duke of Edinburg 1867 : newspaper cutting}} at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1903-1905''': [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/cyclopedia-of-victoria Cyclopedia Of Victoria] at Findmypast; pdf documents ($)
==Biography==
*A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you can read about a person's life. You may find an individual’s birth, marriage, and death information, and perhaps the names of the individual’s parents, children, or other family members. 
*Some biographies have been gathered and published in a group. These are sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. Often these collective biographies only include biographies of prominent citizens of Australia. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people, such as Aborigines.
*If a biography exists for one of your ancestors, you may be able to find a reference to it on the [https://www.google.com/ '''Internet''']. Search for "[family name] [name of locality]".
==FamilySearch Library==
Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Biography|subject|subject-id=768758931|disp=Australia, Victoria - Biography}}
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Biography - Indexes|subject|subject-id=2051793760|disp=Australia, Victoria - Biography - Indexes}}
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - History|subject|subject-id=990241076|disp=Australia, Victoria - History}}
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - History - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1531112447|disp=Australia, Victoria - History - Indexes}}
==References==
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Online Records[edit | edit source]

"Contains over 150 thousand entries to biographical articles, notes, obituaries, etc. for Australian identities with particular emphasis on Victorians." Covers mainly the time period ca. 1860-1910.

Biography[edit | edit source]

  • A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you can read about a person's life. You may find an individual’s birth, marriage, and death information, and perhaps the names of the individual’s parents, children, or other family members. 
  • Some biographies have been gathered and published in a group. These are sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. Often these collective biographies only include biographies of prominent citizens of Australia. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people, such as Aborigines.
  • If a biography exists for one of your ancestors, you may be able to find a reference to it on the Internet. Search for "[family name] [name of locality]".

FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]

Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

References[edit | edit source]