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- Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
- If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
- Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
National
National Archives of Australia
National Archives of Australia
PO Box 7425
Canberra Business Centre
Australia Capitol Territory 2610, Australia
Tel: 1300 886 881 (from overseas: 61 2 6212 3900)
Fax: 1300 886 882 (from overseas: 61 2 6212 3999)
- A step-by-step guide to research at the National Archives
- Researching your family
- RecordSearch
- The National Archives holds Australian Federation or Commonwealth records since in 1901; Commonwealth people; and the High Court. Reading rooms are in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
Parkes Place
Parkes ACT 2600
Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1266
Fax: +61 (0)2 6273 5081
- Family history and genealogy
- Catalogue
- eResources to locate indexes, full-text ejournals, websites and guides.
State and Territory Archives and 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 Australian Libraries Gateway.
Australia Capitol Territory
ACT Heritage Library
ACT Heritage Library
Email: Library.customerinfo@act.gov.au
Phone: 02 6205 9000
Locations
New South Wales
The State Records Authority of New South Wales
The State Records Authority of New South Wales
Our Reading Room is at: 161 O'Connell Street, Kingswood NSW 2747, Australia
Postal address: PO Box 516,
Kingswood NSW 2747, Australia
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Phone +61 2 9673 1788
The State Library of New South Wales - Family History Service
State Library of New South Wales - Family History Service
1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Phone +61 2 9273 1414
- See 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. (FS Library book 994.4 A35g no. 13.)
Northern Territory
Library and Archives Northern Territory (LANT)
Library and Archives Northern Territory
GPO Box 42, Darwin NT 0801 Australia
Phone: (08) 8999 7177
Toll free: 1800 019155
Email: lant@nt.gov.au
Queensland
The Queensland State Archives
Queensland State Archives
435 Compton Road
Runcorn, Queensland 4113, Australia
Mailing address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills, QLD 4109 Australia
Telephone: (07) 3131 7777
Facsimile: (07) 3131 7764
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
The State Library of Queensland
State Library of Queensland
Stanley Place
South Brisbane QLD 4101 Australia
Phone: +61 7 3840 7666
- Family history
- A guide is Provenance Catalogue. Queensland State Archives. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. (FS Library film 1239122– 1239123.)
South Australia
The State Records of South Australia
State Records of South Australia
115 Cavan Road
Gepps Cross SA 5094
Phone: +61 8 8204 8791
State Library of South Australia
State Library of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
Phone: +61 8 8207 7250
- Family History
- 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. (FS Library book 994.23 A37a.)
Tasmania
Tasmania Archive and Heritage Office--Libraries Tasmania
State Library of Tasmania and Tasmanian Archives
Address: 91 Murray St.
Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia
Telephone: (03) 6165 5538
E-mail:wlinc@education.tas.gov.au
- A guide is Watson, Lilian, and Neil Chick. The Archives office of Tasmania. Research Note Series Number 7. Tasmania: Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1986. (FS Library book 994.6 D27w.)
Victoria
The Public Records Office - Victoria's Archives
Public Record Office - Victoria's Archives
99 Shiel St
North Melbourne VIC 3051 Australia
Phone:+61 3 9348 5600
Locations
- Family history
- A guide is Genealogical Sources. Victoria, Australia: Public Record Office, 1984. (FS Library book 994.5/M1 D23g.)
The State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston St
Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
Phone:03 8664 7000
Western Australia
The State Records of Western Australia
State Records of Western Australia
25 Francis St
Perth WA 6000 Australlia
Telephone: 61 8 9427 3600
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
The State Library of Western Australia
State Library of Western Australia
25 Francis St
Perth WA 6000 Australlia
Phone: +61 8 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
University Archives
Australian National University Archives (including Noel Butlin Archives Centre and Pacific Research Archives)
Other Archives
Family and Local History Societies
Australia Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc.
Library and Research Centre
Unit 1, 41 Railway Road
Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Telephone: (03) 9877 3789
Family History and Historical Societies in Australia lists family history organizations that are helpful to researchers.
Record Offices
For instructions, forms, fees, and addresses for writing for records, find your state at this website:
Each government state index listed above will be followed by instructions for ordering any record found listed in the index.
General Guides to Archives
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. (FS Library book 994 J54w.)
- Australian Archives. Relations in records: a Guide to Family History Sources in the Australian Archives. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988. (FS Library book 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. (FS Library book 994 A3h.)
FamilySearch Catalog
The FamilySearch Library has other guides. Call numbers for these can be found in the library's catalog by using the Place Search for:
AUSTRALIA - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS
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