Medical

South Australian Medical Heritage Society – Society Website & Virtual Museum

The Main Galleries include medicine, surgery, anaesthesia, X-rays, hospitals and other organisations plus individuals of note. The Small Galleries include dentistry and nursing which includes nursing uniforms: history and evolution. The Gallery of Hospitals & similar organisations in South Australia…

University of Newcastle, NSW – Special Collections on Flickr

This collection of 76,923+ images has a lot of material for family history research including this small selection: • Anglican Diocese of Newcastle – Churches and rectories, 344 images • Coal mines and coal • Estate posters • Historical photographs…

University of Melbourne, University Library, Digital Collections

The Cultural and Special Collections includes the following material online:• Architectural Atelier Drawings• Library’s Special Collections – includes the Australian Medical Journal 1856-1921• Map Collections – Historic maps from around the world. Emphasis is on Australian and historic maps• Programs…

Findmypast – Australasian Records – Education & Work

Findmypast is a commercial family history site offering access to a worldwide collection of records. There are free searches available but a subscription or Pay As You Go is needed to access transcripts and/or copies of the digitised original records. The…

Judy Webster’s Genealogy Indexes & Advice

This site has 53,000+ names of local, interstate and overseas persons mentioned in records in Queensland, Australia. There is also 135+ pages of advice and indexes original records held by Queensland State Archives. Indexes to original records at Queensland State…

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

This gateway to the history of Australian science, technology, engineering & medicine brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work to form a register of the people and the many industries, corporations, research institutions, scientific societies and other organisations…

Brave Women – Nurses who served in the South Pacific area

This 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’…

Midwives Database

This database is on Noeline Kyle’s Writing Family History site. This database covers New South Wales North Coast Midwives and their Hospitals 1890s – 1940 including Armidale/Uralla, Ballina, Alstonville,Broadwater, Bangalow, Byron Bay, Nimbin, Bellingen, Dorrigo/Guy Fawkes, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby, Casino…