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== National Archives  ==
== National Archives  ==


The National Archives of Australia holds the records of the Commonwealth government. State Archives hold the records of government for each state. Some Archive web sites include indexes to the material held in that archive eg. immigration, convict records, census, court records, hospitals, divorce, land, patents etc.  
The [http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html National Library of Australia] holds the records of the Commonwealth government. State Archives hold the records of government for each state. Some Archive web sites include indexes to the material held in that archive eg. immigration, convict records, census, court records, hospitals, divorce, land, patents etc. Most records date back to the 1901 Federation of Australia, but some are earlier.<br>


[http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html National Library of Australia]
== State and Territory Archives and Libraries  ==
 
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Most records date back to the 1901 Federation of Australia, but some date back even earlier. <br> <br> Catalogs, inventories, and periodicals available at the Family History Library are listed at [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=356426&subject_disp=Australia+-+Archives+and+libraries&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS.]
 
Additional listings are available by a [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=generallocalitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Place Search] (Locality) by entering an Australian State as part of Australia: "AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS"
 
The following guide to the National Library is available at the Family History Library:Burmester, C. A., comp. ''National Library of Australia guide to the collections''. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1974. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=201099&disp=National+Library+of+Australia&columns=*,0,0 994 A5ca].) ''A Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales.''Numbers 1–30. Sydney, Australia: Archives Authority, 1971–. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=800659&disp=Concise+guide+to+the+State+Archives+of+N&columns=*,0,0 994.4 A35gc].)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== State and Territory Libraries  ==


State and Territory Libraries hold family history collections specialising in resources for their state and a selection of material relating to other areas of Australia and Overseas. Contact information for other libraries in Australia may be found at the [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/libraries Australian Libraries Gateway].&nbsp;  
State and Territory Libraries hold family history collections specialising in resources for their state and a selection of material relating to other areas of Australia and Overseas. Contact information for other libraries in Australia may be found at the [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/libraries Australian Libraries Gateway].&nbsp;  
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*[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ State Records - New South Wales]  
*[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ State Records - New South Wales]  
*[http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history ACT Heritage Library]
*[http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history ACT Heritage Library]
*[http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/family/ State Library of New South Wales - Family History Service]


A guide is ''Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales. '''Number 13, Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales'. Sydney, Australia: The Authority, 1969. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152873&disp=Concise+guide+to+the+State+Archives+of+N&columns=*,0,0 994.4 A35g no. 13].)  
A guide is ''Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales''. No. 13 in the ''Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales ''series''. ''Sydney, Australia: The Authority, 1969. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152873&disp=Concise+guide+to+the+State+Archives+of+N&columns=*,0,0 994.4 A35g no. 13].) <br>
New South Wales


==== Northern Territory  ====
==== Northern Territory  ====


*[http://www.nt.gov.au/dcis/nta/ Northern Territory Archives Service]
*[http://www.nt.gov.au/dcis/nta/ Northern Territory Archives Service]
*[http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/for_me/page_two Northern Territory Library]


==== Queensland  ====
==== Queensland  ====


*[http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Government State Archives]
*[http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Government State Archives]
*[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh State Library of Queensland - Family and Local Historians]


A guide is ''Provenance Catalogue''. Queensland State Archives. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. (Family History Library microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=186003&disp=Provenance+catalogue&columns=*,0,0 1239122]– [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=186003&disp=Provenance+catalogue&columns=*,0,0 1239123]  
A guide is ''Provenance Catalogue''. Queensland State Archives. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. (Family History Library microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=186003&disp=Provenance+catalogue&columns=*,0,0 1239122]– [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=186003&disp=Provenance+catalogue&columns=*,0,0 1239123]  
==== South Australia  ====
==== South Australia  ====


*[http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/familyhistory/index.html?PHPSESSID=2b447f4d82023a79ae0ea574b32facc0 State Records of South Australia]
*[http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/familyhistory/index.html?PHPSESSID=2b447f4d82023a79ae0ea574b32facc0 State Records of South Australia]  
*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?area_id=15&nav_id=654 State Library of South Australia - Family History Service and Collection]
 
A guide is ''Ancestors in archives: a guide to family history sources in the official records of South Australia''. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: Government of South Australia, 1991. (Family History Library Call Number [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=577946&disp=Ancestors+in+archives&columns=*,0,0 994.23 A37a].)


A guide is <br> ''Ancestors in archives: a guide to family history sources in the official records of South Australia''. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: Government of South Australia, 1991. (Family History Library Call Number [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=577946&disp=Ancestors+in+archives&columns=*,0,0 994.23 A37a].)
==== Tasmania  ====
==== Tasmania  ====


*[http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/ Archives Office of Tasmania]
*[http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/ Archives Office of Tasmania]  
*[http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/whatdo/services/famhistory State Library of Tasmania - Family History Resources]
 
A guide is Watson, Lilian, and Neil Chick. ''The Archives office of Tasmania''. Research Note Series Number 7. Tasmania: Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1986. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=568628&disp=The+Archives+Office+of+Tasmania&columns=*,0,0 994.6 D27w])  
A guide is Watson, Lilian, and Neil Chick. ''The Archives office of Tasmania''. Research Note Series Number 7. Tasmania: Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1986. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=568628&disp=The+Archives+Office+of+Tasmania&columns=*,0,0 994.6 D27w])  
==== Victoria  ====
==== Victoria  ====


*[http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Public Record Office - Victoria's Archives]
*[http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Public Record Office - Victoria's Archives]  
A guide is Genealogical sources. Victoria, Australia: Public Record Office, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=562773&disp=Genealogical+sources+(Victoria)&columns=*,0,0 994.5/M1 D23g].)  
*[http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/information_for/genealogists.html State Library of Victoria - Genealogists and Family Historians]
 
A guide is ''Genealogical Sources.'' Victoria, Australia: Public Record Office, 1984. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=562773&disp=Genealogical+sources+(Victoria)&columns=*,0,0 994.5/M1 D23g].)  
 
==== Western Australia  ====
==== Western Australia  ====


*[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/community/family.asp State Records of Western Australia]
*[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/community/family.asp State Records of Western Australia]  
 
*[http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/for_me/page_two Northern Territory Library]
*[http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/family/ State Library of New South Wales - Family History Service]
*[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh State Library of Queensland - Family and Local Historians]
*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?area_id=15&nav_id=654 State Library of South Australia - Family History Service and Collection]
*[http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/whatdo/services/famhistory State Library of Tasmania - Family History Resources]
*[http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/information_for/genealogists.html State Library of Victoria - Genealogists and Family Historians]  
*[http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/famhist.html State Library of Western Australia - Family History Service]
*[http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/famhist.html State Library of Western Australia - Family History Service]


== General Guides  ==
== General Guides  ==


The following is an older general guide to the archives and libraries in Australia:
Printed guides may be helpful in locating family history material.


White, Olga, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, and Jennifer Nash, comp. ''Our Heritage.'' O’Connor, Australian Capital Territory, Australia: Australian Society of Archivists, 1983. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=423386&disp=Our+heritage&columns=*,0,0 994 J54w].)  
White, Olga, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, and Jennifer Nash, comp. ''Our Heritage.'' O’Connor, Australian Capital Territory, Australia: Australian Society of Archivists, 1983. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=423386&disp=Our+heritage&columns=*,0,0 994 J54w].)  
Another guide to the collection:


Australian Archives. ''Relations in records: a Guide to Family History Sources in the Australian Archives''. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988.&nbsp; (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=660067&disp=Relations+in+records&columns=*,0,0 994 A3r].) The following book contains a listing of indexes that are available in Australian libraries:  
Australian Archives. ''Relations in records: a Guide to Family History Sources in the Australian Archives''. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988.&nbsp; (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=660067&disp=Relations+in+records&columns=*,0,0 994 A3r].) The following book contains a listing of indexes that are available in Australian libraries:  


Henty, Margaret, and Rachel Jakimow. ''Indexes in Australian libraries''. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1995. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=769504&disp=Indexes+in+Australian+libraries&columns=*,0,0 994 A3h].)  
Henty, Margaret, and Rachel Jakimow. ''Indexes in Australian libraries''. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1995. (Family History Library Call No. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=769504&disp=Indexes+in+Australian+libraries&columns=*,0,0 994 A3h].) Additional listings are available by a [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=generallocalitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Place Search] (Locality) by entering an Australian State as part of Australia: "AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS" <br>


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