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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[edit | edit source]
National Archives of Australia[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
ACT Heritage Library[edit | edit source]
ACT Heritage Library
Email: Library.customerinfo@act.gov.au
Phone: 02 6205 9000
Locations
New South Wales[edit | edit source]
The State Records Authority of New South Wales[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Library and Archives Northern Territory (LANT)[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
The Queensland State Archives[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
The State Records of South Australia[edit | edit source]
State Records of South Australia
115 Cavan Road
Gepps Cross SA 5094
Phone: +61 8 8204 8791
State Library of South Australia[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Tasmania Archive and Heritage Office--Libraries Tasmania[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
The Public Records Office - Victoria's Archives[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston St
Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
Phone:03 8664 7000
Western Australia[edit | edit source]
The State Records of Western Australia[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Australian National University Archives (including Noel Butlin Archives Centre and Pacific Research Archives)
Other Archives[edit | edit source]
Family and Local History Societies[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS