Queensland

The Prosecution Project – Criminal Trials in Australia 1850-1960

The Prosecution Project by the Australian Research Council and Griffith University is investigating the history of the criminal trial in Australia. The registers of Supreme Court cases from most jurisdictions are being digitised and the extended using other archival sources…

Queensland State Archives – Convicts and Early Settlers

Queensland State Archives hold records of early settlers pre and post separation from the colony of New South Wales in 1859. These include: • Chronological register of convicts 1824-1839 – Moreton Bay penal settlement• Monthly and Half Yearly returns for…

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…

Queensland State Archives – Courts

Queensland State Archives hold a variety of court records: like wills, inquests, murders, criminal depositions, also insolvency and liquidation files. Many of these court records have a restricted access period of 65 or 100 years. There are guides, videos and…

Queensland State Archives

Select Explore our collection > More ways explore. Use the categories listed to access online indexes and original records if available. • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders • Australian South Sea Islanders • Business • Convicts and early settlers •…