Scots Family. This site contains a list and description of 470+ unusual
occupations, jobs and work found on 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century
records, census returns, and gravestone inscriptions in Scotland. New
The Luyken Collection contains engravings from Dutch artist Jan Luyken and illustrates trades from the late 17th century. Each picture has a moralistic verse with it (in Dutch). New
Australian
Dictionary of Biography Online features 10,000+ biographies
of significant Australians who died before 1980. This can be browsed by
occupation.
State Records New South Wales - Short Guide No 10 -
Professions and Occupations: A select list of records.
Society of Australian
Genealogists Research Guide to Occupations, Trades and Apprenticeships.
There is an overview plus information on trade and
professional directories, old
occupations and terms, and records in Britain.
Glossary
of terms used in the work-diaries of Robert Boyle. This
glossary includes numerous Latin and English technical terms, and
obsolete words, used by this significant British scientist.
Artists
Dictionary of Australian
Artists Online. This ongoing site currently has 7370+
biographies online plus contextual information, commentary and images.
Brass
Bands
Family Treasures. Contains a name Index to
some members of Brass Bands in Victoria from 1890. Lists
surname, given name, year,
date, band name, position and notes. Also
details the musical history of Hilda Tansey (1901-1975) Australia's
first lady brass band conductor
in Sydney and the Trocadero's All Girls Band.
Business
State Records of New South Wales Index
to Registers of Firms 1903-1922. This index,
compiled from the Registers of Firms under the Registration of Firms Act of
1902, 1903-1922, lists name of firm, nature of business, place of business, date
of registration and persons carrying on business. In some cases only the name of
individuals operating the firm and the firm's name may be located. This is an
ongoing project with more material to be added.
Guide to Australian
Business Records. This gateway to Australian Business
Heritage, by the Australian Society of Archivists, can be browsed
alphabetically.
The
University of Melbourne Archives hold a business collection
that consists of records of businesses and the personal
papers of businessmen and women covering 150 years of Victorian
history. The collections are particularly strong in mining and metals
treatment and in manufacturing but cover a rich diversity f other
businesses such as architecture and building, law, primary industry,
publishing and transport. This site has an online list of over 220
companies with details of the company records.
Australian Securities
and
Investments Commission. This site offers searches of the
National Names Index which is an index of Australian corporate and
registered business names. A search returns the company registration
number (ABN, ACN, ARBN); current status (registered or deregistered);
the town or suburb of the registered office and a complete list of
documents lodged by the company since 1 January 1991.
Queensland
State Archives, Companies Index 1863-1959. This index
relates to company files for companies which are no longer in
existence. The documents held in these files include Memorandum and
Articles of Association; lists of shareholders; share capital and
office holders; and other documents related to the striking off of the
company.
Circus
Circus-Folk
Genealogy Resource Page.This US gateway site offers links to
a variety of sites.
Australian
Travelling Entertainers. This emerging site by Mark St Leon
is dedicated to Australia's circus history and to travelling
entertainers.
Civil
Servants
ACT Records by Ann Gugler includes the Commonwealth
Public Service Seniority List 1956 plus a list of house
construction for Public Servants and the allocation of these houses
1927. Other occupational lists are also available.
Queensland State Archives Index
to Civil Servants, Queensland (1865-1867). This index lists
name, position and birth date.
Dead Persons'Society Melbourne online databases include the Victorian Public
Service Board Return for 1884.
Dancers
AustraliaDancing.
This site is a directory of resources to current and historical
information about dance in Australia. The directory is arranged by
People, Companies, Performances and Oral Histories. There is also a
site search engine available.
Dentists
Queensland
State Archives, Dentists Indexes 1903-1932. These three
indexes are compiled from records created by the Home Secretary’s
Office which recorded the activities of the dental profession in
Queensland. There are indexes to Dentists, 1903-1932; to the Dental
Board, 1910-1932 and to Dentist’s Apprentices, 1903-1925.
Doctors
Was
your ancestor a doctor? site by Alex Glendinning with
detailed information on researching a doctor in the family. Includes
army, navy and East India Company doctors plus much more.
Australian
Medical Pioneers Index. This site features a database of over
3,000 pioneer doctors 1700s-1875. It lists doctors who were registered
or qualified in Australia, were resident in Australia, or visited here
in a professional capacity, before 1875. Ships' surgeons, convict
doctors, general practitioners and medical specialists are included.
The amount of information given varies but all historical references
are listed.
State Records of New South Wales Photos
Investigator, sample selection
of 57 Photographs
of Doctors (1889-1927) who applied for
registration as medical practitioners in New South Wales.
Entertainers
History of
Australian Theatre with articles about theatre history,
short biographies from newspapers, autographs , historic pictures of
theatres and performers and links to other websites. The online
database includes 18,500+ performers, managers, musicians, behind the
scenes personnel, and others associated with the Australian theatre
covering the years 1850-1960. There is also information about Houdini's
Tour of Australia and Australian Magic History.
Gold
Diggers
Family History South Australia. Gold Diggers from
South Australia 1852-1853. A
searchable database of gold diggers who brought or sent their gold home from the
Victorian goldfields. It includes those who deposited gold at the SA Gold Assay
Office in February 1852, the consignors and consignees associated with the first
three mounted police escorts, and those who lost their receipts or failed to
claim their gold by 29 October 1853. Updated
Goldminers of New
Zealand 1861-1868. This site, by Kae Lewis, has a searchable
database to 20,000+ gold-miners. Many of these gold miners
came for a short time from Australia.
Horse
Racing
Champions -
Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame. A great site for
information about the horse racing industry in Australia. The Hall
of Fame offers access to biographies for jockeys, horses, associates
and trainers.
Legal
Queensland State Archives online Index
to Justices of the Peace 1859-1880. Justices of the Peace are
required to sign an oath of allegiance prior to carrying out any duties
as Justices. The oaths have been numbered and bound into volumes and
this index will allow easy access to the documents. The index lists
name, date and QSA references. Copies of the documents are available
from QSA for a fee.
Magicians
State Library of Victoria, Research
Guides, Magic & Magicians. This guide is designed to help you find out
about magic, magicians and conjuring using magic resources from the W G Alma
Conjuring Collection held by the State Library of Victoria and other sources.
New
Miners
Victorian
Mining Accident Index by Dave Evans. Lists the names and some
details of over 5600 Victorian miners who were killed or injured in
mining accidents in Victoria early 1850s to 1940s.
State Library of Queensland
Online Index
of
Miners involved in Queensland Mining Accidents 1882 to 1900.
This index is compiled from mining accidents that were listed annually
in the Queensland Legislative Assembly Votes & Proceedings. It
is arranged alphabetically by surname and lists name, date, district,
name of mine, remarks (details of accident or death) and source.
Queensland State Archives Online
Index to Mineral Leases, Queensland (1871-1940). This
alphabetical index lists name and references to the source documents.
The source documents relate mainly to the printed lease documents which
have identifying information filled in by hand. Samples of these
documents are available on this site.
Australian Mining History
Association site contains an extensive Bibliographyof the
Mining History of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea compiled
by Mel Davies, University of Western Australia, 2002 with additional
material to 2008. This bibliography is arranged geographically. There
is also a useful links page.
The Coal
Mining History Resource Centre. This
comprehensive site covers the history of coalmining in the UK.
It includes a glossary of mining terms, photographs, maps and much
more. The searchable
National Database of
Mining Deaths in Great Britain by Ian
Winstanley contains over 164,000 names.
Mining
History Network.This site includes Mining History
Bibliographies for Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Japan plus
others. There is also an extensive list of mining links.
Nuns
Women of Vision. An index and history of Nuns
and Sisters of the Catholic church in Australia
(1838-1918). Lists over 14,000 entries plus the histories of religious orders
and congregations. Updated
Nurses
Nurses
who Died During or as a Result of War Service, since the Boer
War compiled by Phyllis Wilson.
Brave
Women.
This web site is dedicated to the nurses who served in the South
Pacific area. It features personal narratives of nurses (both military
and civilian) imprisoned by the Japanese forces of occupation during
WW2, as well as information on Australian nurses' involvement in the
Vietnam conflict.
Noeline Kyle's Writing Family History. This site offers access to a Midwives
Database which covers New South Wales North Coast Midwives and their
Hospitals 1890s - 1940. It covers Armidale/Uralla, Ballina,
Alstonville,Broadwater, Bangalow, Byron Bay, Nimbin, Bellingen, Dorrigo/Guy
Fawkes, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby, Casino and surrounding areas, Coffs
Harbour/Urunga, Kempsey, Smithtown, South West Rocks, Port Macquarie, Kyogle and
surrounding areas, Lismore and surrounding areas, Macksville, Maclean, Ulmarra,
and Murwillumbah/Tweed. Updated
Photographers
Marcel
Safier's Homepage includes details of early photographers of
southern Queensland; 19th century photographers of Victoria including
19th century photographers of Geelong. There are details of 19th
century card photographs in Australia & New Zealand and gem and
carte de visite tintypes plus
other relevant information.
Photohistory
SA A site dedicated to the history of South Australian
photography from 1845 to around 1915 by R J Noye. Includes information
on all aspects of photography including photographers, camera clubs,
magic lantern, hand colouring, daguerreotypes and much more.
Finding
Photographers. This site offers a worldwide index of books
and websites, including Australian, that list photographers and when
they worked.
Geelong
& District Photographers by Susie Zada. This
alphabetical list records photographer, studio, location, dates, notes
and links where available.
Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland
1840-1940.
This site records
the names and addresses of tens of thousands of photographers. There are
pictures of over 5,000 named sitters who could be your ancestors plus
information on census and other internet based research into
photographers.
Physicists
Physics
in Australia to 1945. A bibliography and biographical
register of over 400 Australian physicists.
Police
Genseek Genealogy by Jenny Fawcett. This site offers access to a
variety of Indexes
for researching Police History in Australia.
State Records
New South Wales online index to Police
Service
Registers 1857-1913. A search of
the index returns service number, names, date of birth, native of, date
appointed, references and remarks. The registers, held by SRNSW on reel 3043,
include registered number; name; mounted or foot; age; height; colour eyes/hair;
native place; marital status; calling; religion; general appearance; district;
date of appointment to each rank; date of leaving force and cause.
The Thin
Blue Line. This extensive site contains detailed information
on NSW Police history. It includes a chronology of early policing in
the state, information and photgraphs of NSW police uniforms plus much
more.
South Australian Police
by 1838 to 1920 by Maureen M Leadbeater. The Province of South Australia's
Police Force was founded in April 1838. This searchable database of more than
2,800 police who had left the force by 1920 includes Northern Territory police
until taken over by the Commonwealth Government in 1911, and gold escort
troopers. The search results may include brief biographical notes and dates of
joining and departing. Source details are given. New
South Australian
District Constables 1853 to 1920 by Maureen M Leadbeater. District
Constables were special constables appointed by South Australian District
Councils and sworn in for a 12 month term to maintain the law and protect life
and property in rural districts where there were insufficient officers of the
Police Force. In 1861 the Municipal Corporations Act authorized District
Constables in city districts. District Constables were not members of the Police
Force. This database contains more than 9,000 district constables appointed
1853-1920. New
South Australia
Police Historical Society. This site has
information on the Foot Police, Mounted
Police, Gold Escorts and Women Police. There is a list of Commissioners
of Police (1838-1997) which includes a brief biography and photograph.
A selection of photographs, including the various
uniforms, is available online.
State Records of
South Australia offers online name searching of selected
records using the collection search engine, ArchivesSearch. Records
available for police officers include the defaulter and good conduct
book (Mounted Police) 1838-1858.
Tall Trees Family History by Carolyn Harris. This site features a History of the
Victorian Police Force from 1836 and includes a Victoria
Police Timeline (1859-1987) and relevant links.
Politicans
Parliament
of Australia. This site includes Historical Parliamentary
Information dating from 1901 with detailed lists of senators, members
and other personnel. Current Parliamentary Information includes
alphabetical lists of senators and members with links to their
biographies and homepages.
Parliament of
New South Wales. This site lists the Parliamentary service
history and biographical details of all current and former Members of
the Parliament since the first Legislative Council was constituted in
1824. There are over 2000 former members listed.
Parliament of
Tasmania. This site includes a list of Parliamentary
Historical Resources which includes lists of and often photographs of
House of Assembly Clerks 1856 to date; Leaders of the Government -
Upper House; Legislative Council Clerks 1826 to date; Photographs of
Parliament 1856 to date Premiers 1856 to date; Presidents 1856 to date;
Tasmanian Labor Party Leaders 1901 to date; Tasmanian Liberal Party
Leaders 1945 to date; Tasmanian Green Leaders and Women
Parliamentarians.
Re-member. A
database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. This site is fully searchable
or can be browsed alphabetically. Details such as when and where born
and died, parents, marriage, occupation, religion, education, career
and party are given plus details of political career. Photographs are
also included.
Publicans
Hotels
and Publicans Licences (Western NSW) by Rusheen Craig. This
index 1865-1900 includes Balranald, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill,
Cobar, Hay, Nyngan, Walgett, Wentworth and Wilcannia. Part of Central
NSW 1865-1870 has been indexed and includes Albury, Carcoar, Corowa,
Cowra, Deniliquin, Dubbo, Forbes, Molong, Wagga Wagga, Warren and
Wellington. Information is arranged alphabetically by hotel name and
includes details of licensees some entries include further information
and photographs.
Mackay Historical Society and Museum site that details the history of Mackay
Hotels (QLD). There is also a biographical register of
publicans/hotel keepers from the Mackay area.
Public Record Office Victoria. Database indexes relating to early
publicans and pastoral runs includes an Index
to Treasurer's
Correspondence Regarding to Publicans (1838-1855). This
details publicans' names, hotel names, hotel addresses, and the
names of persons to whom hotels were transferred (if applicable).
State Library of Victoria Cole-Tetlow
Index
to 21,000+ names of hotel licencees taken from the Melbourne
city and metropolitan volumes of the Robert K Cole collection of hotel
records held at the State Library of Victoria.
Quarry
Workers
Stone
Quarries and Beyond by Peggy B Perazzo. This international
site has a massive amount of information focusing on quarries, quarry
workers, stone cutters, stone carvers, historical dealers of stone,
stone dealers and stone products. Includes an extensive A-Z online
bibliography which includes publications relating to quarries in
Australia.
Railway
Workers
TrainNet.org International
Railway Links. This links site lists over 8,600+ railway
related sites.
The Commissioner's Office. This
Gateway to Australian Railway sites includes the Link and Pin with
access to lists
of NSW Government Railway employees for 1872, 1887 1892,and 1902 plus
other
employee related records. There are also lists of employees who served
in the Boer and First World Wars.
New
South Wales Railways' Salaried Officers as at 31 December 1887.
This alphabetical list shows surname, given name, date of birth,
section, position/location, classification/grade, date of first
appointment, date of current appointment and present salary.
New
South Wales Railway & Tramway Institute List of Members as at
30th November 1897. This list was published in the December
1897 issue of The Railway Budget.
An
alphabetical list of NSW Government Railways Staff as at 31 Dec 1902.
New
South Wales Government Railways Staff Appointments, Transfers &
Resignations compiled from The Railway Budget
which was published from September 1892 to November 1917. This ongoing
project currently has September 1892 to December 1899 available for
searching.
State
Records New South Wales Online Indexes for Railway Employees includes an Index to
Railway Employment Records which lists entries
from the register of salaried officers working for the NSW Government
Railways and Tramways 1856-1890 and the personnel register for Darling
Harbour 1909-1932. Index
to the Railway Supply Detachment lists 65
names from a single photo (No 1331) now held by SRNSW. A search of the Index to the
Nominal Roll of the First Railway Section, (AIF)
1917-1920 returns surname, other names, age,
address, date of joining and
references. Index
to NSW Government Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour 1914-1919 lists those employees (1214) who lost their lives as a
result of their service in the First World War.
Queensland
State Library - Online indexes include Index to appointments
and removals of Queensland railway employees (1890-1901) and Index to
appointments and removals of employees of the Southern and Western
Railway, Traffic
Branch, Queensland (1866-1876).
Scientists
Bright
Sparcs. A register of over 4,840
people involved in the development of science, technology and medicine
in Australia including references to their archival materials and
bibliographic resources.
Soft
Drink Manufacturers
Mackay Historical Society and Museum. Resources online includes a
listing all known
aerated water/cordial/softdrink manufacturers of Mackay and
districts since first settlement. The history, photographs of bottles
and labels and caps for each manufacturer are also included.
Teachers
Queensland State Archives Index
to Teachers, Queensland (1860-1904) listing name and
references.
University of South Australia. Service
histories of SA State Teachers 1852-1960. This online
database, by Brian Condon, is searchable by name or can be browsed
alphabetically. Teachers can also be listed by school or service year.
The search results can include date of birth, date appointed school,
inspector's comments and other details.
Public
Record Office
Victoria - Online Resources include indexes to Teacher
Examination Papers (1863-1872) and Teacher Record Books (1863-1959).
Digitised records include Inward and Outward Correspondence, Board of
Education (1849-1851); Index to Special Case Files, Education
Department (1862-1977) and Register of Special Case Files, Education
Department, (1852-1977).
Workers
Queensland
State Archives Index to Coloured Labour and Asiatic Aliens
in Queensland 1913. This
index contains the names of non-British subjects who lived in various
Queensland Police Districts including Townsville, Normanton, Roma,
Rockhampton and Toowoomba. The index lists family name, given names,
birthplace, naturalized, age, occupation, year of arrival in Qld,
residence, police district and police subdistrict.
Writers
A
Celebration of Women Writers. This site recognizes the
contributions of women writers throughout history and aims to promote
awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing. Searches can
be made by several categories including name or country. There is a
comprehensive listing of Australian authors.
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