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Online Databases
All
databases listed on this page are available online. They
are FREE (F) to view unless otherwise stated.
Those requiring a fee to view are marked with a
dollar sign ($).
Databases that are FREE to view but require payment for
further information, or fee-based look-up services, are marked (P).
FREE or donation-based
look-up services are marked (L).
Offline
databases and associated research files are listed on the resources
page. For convict
databases and resources go directly to the Convict
Heritage
page.
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Biographical
databases featuring famous and everyday Australians.
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Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index (ABI) |
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Personal name index to published material held in the
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Library. |
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Australian
Biography |
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A
web-based biographical resource profiling
extraordinary contemporary Australians. |
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Australian
Chronicles, The (QLD
residents only; FREE e-services card required to
view) |
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An index to sources
of Australian biography. |
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Australian Dictionary of Biography:
Melbourne University Press, 1966 |
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Volumes
1 and 2 (published in 1966-67),
1788-1850
Volumes 3 to 6 (published in 1969-76),
1851-1890
Volumes 7 to 12 (published in 1979-90),
1891-1939
Volumes 13 to 16 (published in 1993-2002),
1940-1980
Volumes 17 and 18 will cover people who died
between 1980 and 1990; a supplementary volume of
Australians not covered by the original volumes
was released in 2005. |
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Dictionary
of Australian Biography: by Percival Serle, Angus and
Robertson, 1949 |
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Contains
1030 biographies of Australians, or men closely
connected with Australia, and who died before the
end of 1942. |
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Features
select Australasian colonialists from 1855-1892;
fee-based look-up service. |
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OzLife
Index |
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Index to articles about prominent Australians appearing in major Australian newspapers from September 2000 to July 2005. |
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Births,
Deaths & Marriages in Queensland. In 1823, John Oxley sailed north from Sydney to inspect Port Curtis (now Gladstone) and Moreton Bay as possible sites for a penal colony.
In September 1824, he returned with soldiers and established a temporary settlement at Redcliffe. On December 2, the settlement was transferred to
the Central Business District (CBD) and Brisbane subsequently became a penal settlement for re-offenders.
In 1839 the transportation of convicts ended and by 1842 free settlement
was established.1
Civil
registration of births, deaths and marriages did not begin in Queensland
until 1 March 1856. Indeed, Queensland was still annexed
to New South Wales as late as 1859. Thus, when searching
Queensland's vital records, it is necessary to also search New
South Welsh records prior to this period.
Births,
Deaths & Marriages
in
Australia
vary according to the state or territory of
registration. Not all States are available online.
Births,
Deaths & Marriages in
the United Kingdom prior to 1837 were recorded in the parish registers as baptism, marriage and burial records.
All births, marriages and deaths post 1837 are recorded at the register office in the district where the event took place.
Births,
Deaths & Marriages
Worldwide vary according to the administration of the respective
country.
Census
Records Australia:
the first
organised survey of the New South Wales population occurred in 1795
in response to Governor Hunter's call for a muster of the inhabitants.
Musters provided both a population count and a formal record as
to whether the individual received provisions from the
Government. General musters, which included all the inhabitants of the Colony,
were generally held once a year between 1795 and 1825.
These were supplement by individual musters which counted
settlers, livestock, convicts, females and children. The first census was held in November 1828;
then 1833, 1836, 1841, 1846, 1851, 1856, 1861 and subsequent
decades till 1901. Unfortunately only the 1841, 1891 (no
names) and 1901 census have survived, at least within
Australia (a copy of the 1828 Census is available from the
National Archives in England.
Note: Indigenous Australians were not included in the
Commonwealth Census until a referendum saw the abolishment of
Section 127 of the Constitution in 1967.
Census
Records for the United Kingdom
are available from 1841 to 1901 at Ancestry.com.au
via subscription; GenSleuth.com
offers a fee-based look-up
service; while an incomplete index is available for FREE at FREECen; the 1881
British Census is FREE to view at Family
Search. A
number of Regional Indexes (Reg) are also available for FREE.
1841 -
Conducted on the night of 6 June 1841 (15
years & over had age rounded down to the nearest 5 years)
1851 -
Conducted on the night of 30 March 1851 (30/31 March
1851 in Scotland)
1861 -
Conducted on the night of 7 April 1861 (7/8 April
1861 in Scotland)
1871 -
Conducted on the night of 2 April 1871 (2/3 April
1871 in Scotland)
1881 -
Conducted on the night of 3 April 1881
1891 -
Conducted on the night of 5 April 1891
1901 -
Conducted on the night of 31 March 1901
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Islands | England | England
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Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg)
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(Reg)
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Islands | England | England
(Reg) | Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) |
Wales | Wales (Reg)
Channel
Islands | England | England
(Reg) |
Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) | Wales | Wales
(Reg)
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Bath
& Surrounding Area 1841 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Eggington 1851 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1841 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1851 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1861 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1871 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1891 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Great Barford 1901 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1841 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1851 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1861 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1871 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1881 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1891 Census Index |
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Bedfordshire,
Harlington 1901 Census Index |
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Cambridgeshire 1851 Census Index |
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Cheshire,
Cuddington 1851 Census Index |
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Cheshire,
Macclesfield Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index
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Cheshire,
Stockport Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index |
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Cornwall,
1841 Census by Hundreds |
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Cornwall,
1851 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cornwall,
1861 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cornwall,
1871 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cornwall,
1881 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cornwall,
1891 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cornwall,
1901 Census by Registration Districts |
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Cumberland,
Whitehaven Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index |
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Derbyshire, Stoney Middleton 1851 Census Index |
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Devon, Petrockstowe 1851 Census Index |
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Dorset,
Tarrant Crawford 1851 Census Index |
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Gloucestershire
1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by
district) |
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Hampshire 1851 Census Index |
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Royal Navy
Ships 1901 Census Index |
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Warwickshire
1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by
district) |
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Worcestershire
1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by
district) |
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(Reg) | Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) | Wales | Wales
(Reg)
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Islands | England | England
(Reg)
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Ireland |
Scotland | Scotland (Reg)
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Channel
Islands | England | England
(Reg) | Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) | Wales | Wales
(Reg)
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Islands | England | England
(Reg) | Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) |
Wales | Wales (Reg)
Channel
Islands | England | England
(Reg) | Isle of Man | Northern
Ireland | Scotland | Scotland
(Reg) | Wales | Wales
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