Histories & Directories
Published family histories and Local Histories
- Australian Dictionary of Biography – http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
- Dictionary of Sydney project – http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org
- Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia project – http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/home
- Royal Australian Historical Society – http://www.rahs.org.au
- Victorian Local History Index Database – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nuttall/vlhindex.htm
Primary Records & Unpublished Family Histories
- Documenting a Democracy – http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/ (digitized key documents in Australian history)
- Society of Australian Genealogists – http://www.sag.org.au
- State Library of NSW catalogue search – http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/webcat/
- State Library of NSW family history – http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/family/
Family History Journals (consider also genealogical societies' journals)
- Australian Family Tree Connection – http://www.aftc.com.au (magazine)
Newspapers
- Australian Newspapers online – http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers/ (Letters to the Editor, Death Notices, etc)
- Australian Periodical Publications 1840-45 – http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/ (digitised copies of journals which began in Australia between 1840-45)
- Ryerson Index – http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm (Contemporary death notices & obituaries in Australian newspapers, especially recent NSW)
- Sydney Morning Herald index – http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au:1083/search/ (index only, you need to visit eg State Library to see microfilmed newspapers)
- The Argus index (1870-1879) – http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/argus?action=Menu&type=home (Melbourne newspaper)
Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)
Directories
- Australian White Pages phonebook – http://www.whitepages.com.au
- Internet history resources (Sands) – http://www.ihr.com.au (costs)
- Post Office Directories & Government Gazettes on World Vital Records – http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/contentlisting.aspx?sb=c&p=australia (costs)
- Sands directories on Ancestry – www.ancestry.com.au (Sydney & NSW - costs)
- Sands directories on World Vital Records – http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/contentlisting.aspx?sb=c&p=australia&title=sands (Sydney, Melbourne, South Australia, Victoria - costs)
- Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949 – http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/pods/Post_Office_Directories_Contents.html
Electoral Rolls
- Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1936 – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs)
- Internet history resources – http://www.ihr.com.au (costs)