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Australian Government Archives on the Internet

Archives Offices

• National Archives of Australia – http://www.naa.gov.au
     Records Search – http://naa12.naa.gov.au
     For Family Historians http://www.naa.gov.au/services/family-historians/index.aspx
     Australian Screen http://australianscreen.com.au/
• Australian Capital Territory (Archives ACT) – http://www.archives.act.gov.au/    
• New South Wales (State Records New South Wales) – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au    (Select 'Indexes online')
• Noel Butlin Archives Centre – http://www.archives.anu.edu.au    (Select 'Noel Butlin Archives Centre')
• Northern Territory Archives Service – http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/ntas/
• Picture Australia – http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html    (Online catalogue of Australian photos, across many repositories)
• Queensland State Archives – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au
• South Australia (State Records of South Australia) – http://www.archives.sa.gov.au
• South Australian State Library Archival Database – http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1083/screens/opacmenu.html    (see also South Australiana database)
• Sydney (City of Sydney) Archives – http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au    (Select 'About Sydney', then 'History & Archives' or 'Image Galleries', etc)
• Tasmania (Archives Office of Tasmania) – http://www.archives.tas.gov.au    (Select 'Name Indexes')
• Victoria (Public Record Office Victoria) – http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide023/PROVguide023.jsp
• Western Australia (State Records Office of Western Australia) – http://www.sro.wa.gov.au

Other Archives Websites

• Australian Society of Archivists – http://www.archivists.org.au    (Select 'Directory of Archives')
• Local Councils websites – http://www.lead.org.au/Councils.html
• Understanding and Using Archives – http://www.archivenet.gov.au/Resources/ASA_docs/understanding.htm

• Australian War Memorial Soldiers Records - http://www.awm.gov.au/database/

Australian states – were part of New South Wales until: Tasmania (1825), South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), Queensland (1859). Northern Territory was part of South Australia (1863-1911). Western Australia (Swan River Colony) was settled in 1829.

Civil Registration began in: Tasmania (1838), South Australia (1842), Western Australia (1842), Victoria (1854), Queensland (1856), NSW (1856), Northern Territory (1870), Australian Capital Territory (1911). Before that you need to check church (parish) records for baptisms, marriages & burials.

• Australian BDM certificates (prices & addresses) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm
• Australian BDM certificates (links) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmau.htm
• Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) Department of Justice and Community Safety – http://www.ors.act.gov.au/    (to order your own certificate)
• Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) Historical Death Index – http://www.rgo.act.gov.au/bdm/bdm_deaths.html    (Death index available 1930-1973)
• Births, Deaths & Marriages Exchange  – http://iigs.rootsweb.com/bdm/
• NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au    (NSW Civil registration from 1^st March,1856.   Select 'Family History', 'Conduct your own search', 'View the Registry's online Historical Indexes', 'Search Now', 'search now')
• NSW Transcriptions –
  • Marilyn Rowan http://www.transcriptions.com.au    (PO Box 38 Menai Central, NSW 2234)
  • Joy Murrin http://www.joyinfamilyhistory.com    (PO Box 278 Oatley, NSW 2223)
  • Turtle Consolidated Services http://home.iprimus.com.au/lturtle/     (PO Box 144, Kurrajong, NSW 2758)
• Northern Territory Department of Justice (BDM) – http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/
• Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages Historical Index Search – https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m
• Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages home – http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/home.htm
• Ryerson Index – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm     (Contemporary death notices & obituaries in Australian newspapers, especially recent NSW)
• South Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm/
• South Australia transcriptions – http://www.saghs.org.au/research.htm#transcription    (From SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society, cheaper than official certificates)
• Tasmanian Archives Name Indexes – http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/nameindexes    (Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database and also Tasmanian Divorce index 1861-1920)
• Tasmanian Births, Deaths & Marriages (Department of Justice) – http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/family_history
• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages (costs) –  http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/servlet/bdm_home
• Victorian Divorce Index 1861-1900 – http://www.macbeth.com.au/indexes/divsearch.html
• Western Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.justice.wa.gov.au    (Select 'Family History', then 'Searching Western Australian Online Indexes', then 'Select the information you would like to search for')
• Western Australian Marriages to 1949 – http://www.openwindows.com/marriage/search.htm
• Western Australian State Records Office – http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/births.asp    (additional BDM records)