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| | Guide to '''Australia ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
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| | European explorers began arriving in what is now Australia in the 17th century. In 1770, Great Britain claimed Australia as a territory. The "First Fleet" of European settlers arrived in 1788 with ships of [http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/search.html convicts]. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. English is the official language.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Australia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref> |
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| The first Europeans began exploration of the Australian continent in the 17th century. Dutch explorer Willem Janszoom landed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606 and mapped some of the coastline. Later on Abel Tasman in 1642 reached ''Van Diemen's Land'' (now Tasmania) and in 1644 with three ships (Limmen, Zeemeeuw & Braek) he mapped the north coast of Australia. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James Cook took possession in the name of Great Britain.
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| Australia was first settled by Europeans in 1788 with the arrival (at Botany Bay on the south-east coast) of three English ships with more than 1000 convicts and military personnel, known today as the 'First Fleeters. The site was found to be unsuitable so a few days later the colony moved to Port Jackson at Sydney Cove. The second fleet arrived in 1790 and saved the colony from starvation. The third fleet arrived in 1791 and included the first Irish transportees. The first free settler immigrants arrived in 1793. The expanding colony became known as New South Wales.
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| Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy.
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| == Getting Started with Australia research == | |
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| To get started with Australia research, it is helpful to know where your family or ancestors lived in Australia and to know when they died. Australian state civil death certificates give a great deal of valuable information which will help you in your research. Click on a state name or on the map below to learn about research in an Australian state or territory.
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| rect 156 110 196 138 [[New South Wales, Australia|New South Wales]]
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| rect 152 42 213 104 [[Queensland, Australia|Queensland]]
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| The States and Territories of Australia include:
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| *[[New South Wales, Australia|New South Wales]] (NSW)
| | ==Australia Map== |
| *[[Queensland, Australia|Queensland]] (QLD)
| | When doing Australian research, it is helpful to know where one's family or ancestors lived in Australia. Click on a state name or on the map below to learn about research in an Australian state or territory. |
| *[[South Australia, Australia|South Australia]] (SA)
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| *[[Tasmania, Australia|Tasmania]] (TAS)
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| *[[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] (VIC)
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| *[[Western Australia, Australia|Western Australia]] (WA)
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| *[[Ashmore and Cartier Islands|Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]
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| *[[Australian Capital Territory, Australia|Australian Capital Territory]] (ACT)
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| *[[Christmas Island, Australia|Christmas Island]]
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| *[[Cocos Islands, Australia|Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
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| *[[Lord Howe Island, Australia|Lord Howe Island]]
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| *[[Norfolk Island|Norfolk Island]]
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| *[[Northern Territory, Australia|Northern Territory]] (NT)
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| *[[Torres Strait Island|Torres Strait Islands]]
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| *[[Australia Websites]]
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| *[http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/browse/123 The National Library of Australia]: This site can be an Australian resident researchers delight, for, as well as having access to genealogical indexes, databases, full-text ejournals, subject guides and websites, you can, after registering for a Library Card, access a variety of items online these include; 19th Century British Library Newspapers, London Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, The Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003, [http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ Irish Newspaper Archives], and Indexes of Australian newspapers amongst many others on offer.
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| *[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Pacific/Australia.pdf Family History Library Research Outline for Australia]
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| | After federation many governmental functions whose records are of interest to family historians remained the responsibility of the States. For example, the registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages is a State function; the Commonwealth was only responsible for these functions in the territories until the territory achieved responsible self-government. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information. |
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| | *[[New South Wales, Australia Genealogy|New South Wales]] (NSW) |
| | *[[Queensland, Australia Genealogy|Queensland]] (QLD) |
| | *[[South Australia, Australia Genealogy|South Australia]] (SA) |
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| | *[[Tasmania, Australia Genealogy|Tasmania]] (TAS) |
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| | *[[Western Australia, Australia Genealogy|Western Australia]] (WA) |
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| | <li>[[Australian Capital Territory, Australia Genealogy|Australian Capital Territory]](ACT)</li> |
| | <li>Jervis Bay Territory (JBT)</li> |
| | <li>[[Northern Territory, Australia Genealogy|Northern Territory]]</li> |
| | <li>Ashmore and Cartier Islands (uninhabited)</li> |
| | <li>Australian Antarctic Territory</li> |
| | <li>[[Christmas Island, Australia Genealogy|Christmas Island]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Cocos (Keeling) Islands Genealogy|Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]</li> |
| | <li>Coral Sea Islands (population: 4)</li> |
| | <li>Heard Island and McDonald Islands (uninhabited)</li> |
| | <li>[[Norfolk Island, Australia Genealogy|Norfolk Island]]</li> |
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| *Convicts were transported from Ireland to Australia starting in 1788. The National Archives of Ireland holds a wide range of records about this. The [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html Ireland-Australia Transportation] database is compiled from such records as the transportation registers, convict reference files and petitions to government for pardon or commutation of sentence. The database is not complete for every convict.
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| *The [http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/ozb_1st.htm Australians in the Boer War (Oz-Boer) Database Project] is a free online search aid to help you identify books, journals, webpages and other ephemera dealing with individual Australian soldiers and nurses involved in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
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| *The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, Australia, is publishing [http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php South African Graves], a database of burial and memorial locations of Australians who died during the second South African Anglo-Boer War, 1899 – 1902.
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| | *The [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]] Islands (1788-1840) (as part of the Colony of New South Wales) |
| | *Territory of Papua (1906–42) |
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| | *Territory of New Guinea (1920–42) |
| | *Territory of Papua & New Guinea (1942–71) |
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| | *Territory of [[Papua New Guinea Genealogy|Papua New Guinea]] (1971–75) |
| | *Territory of [[Nauru Genealogy|Nauru]] (1920–68) |
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| *[http://www.nla.gov.au/ The National Library of Australia] has many articles including, [http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html Photos, ][http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Newspaper articles] and much more. [http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Historic Australian Newspapers 1803 to 1954]
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| *[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Australia Births, Marriages and Deaths|Births, Marriages and Deaths]] (see also [[Australia Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration and Vital Records]])
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| *[[Australia Business Records and Commerce|Business Records and Commerce]]
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| *[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Australia Census|Census]]
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| *[[Australia Church Directories|Church Directories]]
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| *[[Australia Church History|Church History]]
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| *[[Australia Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]] (See also [[Australia Births, Marriages and Deaths|Births, Marriages and Deaths]])
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| *[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
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| *[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
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| *[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Australia Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Encyclopedias and Dictionaries]]
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| *[[Project Gutenberg|Explorers and Exploration]]
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| *[[Australia Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Australia Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[Australia Genealogy, Family History and Historical Societies|Genealogy, Family History and Historical Societies]]
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| *[[Australia Heraldry|Heraldry]]
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| *[[Australia History|History]]
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| *[[Australia Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
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| *[[Australia History|Historical Timelines]]
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| *[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Australia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
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| *[[Australia Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
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| *[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
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| *[[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Australia Public Records|Public Records]]
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| *[[Australia Record Selection Table|Record Selection Table]]
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| *[[Australia Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Australia Taxation|Taxation]]
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| *[[Australia Civil Registration- Vital Records|Vital Records]] (See also [[Australia Births, Marriages and Deaths|Births, Marriages, and Deaths]])
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