Victoria Newspapers

Victoria Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Getting Started Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Biographies Business and Occupation Records Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Convict Records Court & Criminal Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogies Land and Property	Medical Records Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Orphans & Orphanages Online Records Periodicals Probate Records Schools and Education Records Taxation Voting Records
Victoria Background
Cultural Groups	History Maps
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Australia

Victoria

Victoria Newspapers

Online Resources

• Victoria Histories including Newspapers at FindMyPast ($), index.
• Victoria Funeral Notices at FindMyPast ($), index. This index, built from funeral notices from the Melbourne Herald Sun, contains over 119,000 records for the period 1981-1997.

Police and Government Gazettes

• Victoria Government Gazettes at FindMyPast ($), index.
• Victoria Police Gazettes at FindMyPast ($), index.
• 1851 - Victorian Government Gazette 1851 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1854-1930 - Police gazette, 1854-1930 at FamilySearch, images.
• 1855, 1864-1924 - Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924 at Ancestry ($), index.
• 1858 - Victorian Government Gazette 1858 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1859 - Victorian Government Gazette 1859 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1863 - Victorian Government Gazette 1863 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1864 - Victorian Government Gazette 1864 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1865 - Victorian Government Gazette 1865 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1878 - Victorian Government Gazette 1878 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1887 - Victorian Government Gazette 1887 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1888 - Victorian Government Gazette 1891 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1889 - Victorian Government Gazette 1889 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1890 - Victorian Government Gazette 1890 at MyHeritage ($), index.
• 1891 - Victorian Government Gazette 1891 at MyHeritage ($), index.

New South Wales Records, Including Victoria Prior to 1851

• The Ryerson Index – Death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers

The Sydney Dead Persons Society began indexing death notices in the Sydney newspapers. This project has grown into the Ryerson Index which now (July 2013) indexes death notices and obituaries in 222 newspapers and has over 4,000,000 entries.

• 1776-1980 - Australia miscellaneous genealogical records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1776-1980 at FamilySearch, index. Browse images
• 1841-1987 Australia, New South Wales, Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings, 1841-1987 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Australia

• Australia Newspapers at MyHeritage($), index
• Trove digitized newspapers
• Australian Lutheran at FindMyPast ($), index.
• 1840-1845 - Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845
• 1851-1997 - Australia Newspaper Vital Notices, 1851-1997 at Ancestry ($), index, incomplete.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Some subscription websites are available for free at your local FamilySearch Center or Affiliate Library.

To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.