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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Queensland Intestacies & Wills at Findmypast, Index ($)
1857-1940 Wills 1857-1940, index.
1857-1940 Queensland Wills Index 1857-1940 at Findmypast - index ($)
1857-1940 Australia, Queensland Wills at MyHeritage - index ($)
1859-1900 Queensland Intestacies, Insolvencies & Wills, 1859 - 1900 at MyHeritage Index ($)
1889-1929 Queensland, Trustee Files 1889-1929 at Findmypast, Index ($)
1896-1916 Queensland Intestacy Returns Index 1896-1916 at Findmypast, Index ($)

New South Wales Records Including Queensland Until 1859[edit | edit source]

1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 at Ancestry, contains some probate records, images ($)
1790-1875 Probate Records - Supplementary Index, 1790 to 1875 at New South Wales Archives, index. This index is for supplementary (early) probate records that are not part of the main probate series. It records the name, date, item number and page number.
1790-1814 Probate papers 1790-1814, New South Wales Supreme Court at FamilySearch, images.
1800-1931 Registers of copy wills in New South Wales, 1800-1931 at FamilySearch, images.
1821-1937 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($).
1834-1958 Office copy of wills. New South Wales. Registrar-General. 1834-1958 at FamilySearch, images of index. Contains an index to the Registrar General's Office list of wills for 1834-1958. Each volume has an A-Z listing.

Contacting an Office[edit | edit source]

Queensland State Archives[edit | edit source]

For a comprehensive guide to wills in the court system and the State Archives, see Will and intestacy records, a research guide describing the wills and intestacies held at Queensland State Archives, deposited with the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Public Trust

Court Registrars[edit | edit source]

See Searches for wills and probate in Queensland Courts.

The Registrar
Southern District
Supreme Court of Queensland
QEII Courts of Law Complex
415 George Street
Brisbane
Queensland 4000
AUSTRALIA

(PO Box 15167, City East, Qld 4002)
Phone:1800 497 117
Email:ccu@justice.qld.gov.au

The Registrar
Northern District
Supreme Court of Queensland
Level B, 31 Walker Street
PO Box 1032
Townsville
Queensland 4810
AUSTRALIA

Phone:(07) 4781 8689 or (07) 4781 8688
Fax:(07) 4781 8692
Email:townsvillehcregistry@justice.qld.gov.au

The Registrar
Central District
Supreme Court of Queensland
Cnr East and Fitzroy Streets
PO Box 300
Rockhampton
Queensland 4700
AUSTRALIA

Phone:(07) 4887 1740
Email:rockhampton.hcregistry@justice.qld.gov.au

The Registrar
Central District
Supreme Court of Queensland
Level 3
5D Sheridan Street
PO Box 1110
Cairns, Queensland 4870
AUSTRALIA

Phone:(07) 4280 6000
Fax:(07) 4280 6036
Email: cairns.hcregistry@justice.qld.gov.au