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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 … more
Family Search - Australia, Victoria, Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925
Inquest Deposition Files created by the Coroners Court of Victoria. The original records are held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. FamilySearch has an index and the original records online … more
Queensland Courts - Supreme and District Court - Civil files search
There is link to the search facility - Party search (eCourts) plus instructions on using the site. This site is useful for locating probate applications. The online search facility is not available … more
State Archives & Records New South Wales - Gaol Inmates / Prisoners Photos Index 1870-1930
The gaol photographic description books contain a photograph of each prisoner and the following information: number, prisoners' name, aliases, date when portrait was taken, native place, year of … more
State Archives & Records New South Wales - Webinars
State Archives & Records upcoming free live webinars will cover NSW Professions and Occupations; NSW Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence and Sources for Marriage in NSW. You need to … more
Queensland State Archives - Online Indexes - Convict / Prisoner
These indexes include: • Chronological register of convicts 1824-1839 (now providing free direct access to digital copies)• St Helena prisoners 1863-1936• Toowoomba prisoners 1864-1906 … more
Findmypast - Pentridge Prison, Victoria - Prison Registers 1871-1960
These records details prisoners from HM Pentridge Prison, the main prison in the Melbourne area. The records list the prisoner’s occupation, place of birth, physical description, crime, other … more
Queensland State Archives
Select Search the records and use these categories to access dropdown lists of online indexes and access to original records if available: • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders• … more
State Records of South Australia
State Records of South Australia has links to an A-Z for researchers; Aboriginal services; fact sheets; family history information; indexes and special lists plus passenger lists. There are online … more
Queensland State Archives - Online Indexes - Courts
These indexes include: • Criminal depositions 1861-1885• Divorces 1861-1894• Equity files 1857-1895• Inquests 1859-1902• Instruments of renunciation 1915-1983 - lists names, … more
Ancestry.com - Australia Convict Collection
This collection offers access to 24+ convict databases. The records are fully indexed with a free name search. A variety of subscription options offer access to digitised copies of the original … more
Decisions of the Nineteenth Century Tasmanian Superior Courts
Currently decisions 1824-1843 are available. Subject and case indexes are available plus an index to legal cases in Tasmanian newspapers. more
Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899
This site also includes Moreton Bay cases (1850-1859) and Port Phillip District cases (1841-1847). There are subject and case indexes plus information on how to use this site for family history … more
Linc Tasmania - Family History and eResources
Linc Tasmania - Family historyThis site is designed to explore Tasmanian ancestry using the following categories: Aboriginal Ancestry; Arrivals or departures; Birth, death or marriage; Convict life; … more
State Archives & Records New South Wales
State Archives & Records NSW manages and provides access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788. … more