Queensland State Archives (QSA) connects Queenslanders with their past – the histories of their families, the local community and the state – by ensuring that the significant records of government are available and accessible.

Their archival collection comprises millions of public records dating back to the early Moreton Bay penal settlement of 1823. On-site there are two main building each housing repositories and staff areas.

Their holdings include:

• Executive Council: Minutes
• Colonial Secretary/Home Office/Premier: Correspondence
• Government Resident, Moreton Bay: Correspondence
• Governor’s Office: Correspondence
• Immigration: Passenger lists and migrant files
• Land: Leasehold registers and files
• Cabinet: Minutes
• Education: Records relating to schools, children and teachers
• Supreme Court: Civil and criminal files, ecclesiastical files, intestacies, naturalisations
• Works: Government building plans and files
• Treasury: Correspondence
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs: Correspondence
• State Electoral Office: State electoral rolls.

Open Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm (excluding Public Holidays and the Christmas to New Year holiday period).

The public search room is also open on the second Saturday of every month from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm.

Book your spot in the Reading Room.

Order your digital copies or archival records for viewing in the Reading Room through ArchivesSearch.

For general enquiries and research assistance please email us at info@archives.qld.gov.au.

Postal Address:
PO Box 1397 Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109