Genealogy & Local History Research - Selected
Sites
There is no king who has
not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king
among his
Helen Adams Keller
Australian
- AHRR: Australian Historic
Records Register. National Library of Australia. Listing of
archival material of historical significance held privately in Australia.
- Australian War Memorial
Collections Search Index to artworks, photographs, film,
sound recordings, diaries, letters etc held at the Australian War Memorial
- Australian War
Memorial Biographical Databases *** Roll of Honour, Nominal Rolls,
Embarkation Rolls (WWI), Honours & Awards, Red Cross Wounded & Missing
Enquiry Bureau Files (WWI), POW register (WWII) etc.
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Australiana Index. State Library of Victoria
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Cemeteries of SW Victoria Listing of people buried in cemeteries
in South-Western Victoria
- Debt of
Honour Register Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- RAAM: Register of Australian
Archives & Manuscripts. National Library of Australia. Listing
of personal papers and non-governmental records held by Australian libraries
and archives
- Record
Search*** National Archives of Australia. Lists more than 6 million
records (circa 10% of NAA holdings). Coverage includes naturalization,
military, politics... Extensive digitization project- view or request
digital copies of many records listed. e.g. a large number of 1st
World War military personnel records
- Victoria -
Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants 1839 - 1871 PRO
- Victoria -
Index to Unassisted Immigration 1852 - 1923 PRO
- Victoria -
Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ & Foreign Ports 1852-1861 PRO
*** indicates significant full-text content available
- Australian War
Memorial Biographical Databases Roll of Honour, Nominal Rolls,
Embarkation Rolls (WWI), Honours & Awards, Red Cross Wounded & Missing
Enquiry Bureau Files (WWI), POW register (WWII) etc.
- Pandora: Preserving
and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia.
Australia's Web Archive National Library of Australia.
- Picture Australia.
National Library of Australia. Images database (photographs and
artworks) indexing the combined digital holdings of Australian libraries,
archives and museums.
- Record
Search National Archives of Australia. Lists more than 6 million
records (circa 10% of NAA holdings). Coverage includes naturalization,
military, politics... Extensive digitization project- view or request
digital copies of many records listed. e.g. a large number of 1st
World War military personnel records
- SETIS: Sydney
Electronic Text & Image Service University of Sydney
International
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well
as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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