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Australia Land and Property Records Australia Research Guides Deeds and other land records are a potential source of information about family members, family ties, and other areas in which your ancestor resided, in addition to informing you what land your ancestors may

Australia Immigration Records Australia Research Guides For most Australians, the arrival of their ancestors is a pivotal moment in their family history. They may have travelled here alone or with family, as an unassisted or assisted passenger. They may have been a

Australia Hospitals, Infirm and Destitute Asylums Australia Research Guides Although not ideal for the ancestor, learning that an ancestor was hospitalised is valuable to the family history researcher since hospital, and infirm and destitute asylum, records may offer a wealth of information. Many

Australia Historic Newspapers Australia Research Guides Historic newspapers are an extremely valuable source for family historians. Local and rural newspapers in Australia provided a lot of information about people and families in their area. Because newspapers frequently provided information about persons that

Australia Electoral Rolls Australia Research Guides Electoral rolls are extremely useful to family historians as they can aid in finding an ancestor’s residence in a certain year or over a number of years, and changes of location throughout time. Electoral rolls can

Australia Criminal Records Australia Research Guides The large collections of criminal records available to family historians give us an in-depth insight into crimes and punishments in the past but also the everyday lives of working people, who are so frequently anonymous in

Australia Convicts Australia Research Guides From the arrival of the First Fleet at Botany Bay in January 1788 to the last shipment of convicts to Western Australia in 1868, over 162,000 convicts were transported to Australia. The First Fleet of eleven convict ships

Australia Church Registers Australia Research Guides Recording of Australian baptisms, marriages, and burials began on the voyage of the First Fleet in 1787 and continues to this day. The content in church registers differs depending on the historical period and the church official

Australia Census Records and Substitutes Australia Research Guides While the first country-wide census in Australia was taken in 1881, national censuses have only been regularly taken since 1911. However, to protect individuals’ privacy, all national censuses have been destroyed after the statistical

Australia — Cemeteries Australia Research Guides When a death certificate cannot be found, cemetery records can give information on the death of an ancestor. They may also offer more information on a deceased ancestor and their close family. There are two types of