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Public Record Office Victoria - Flickr photos

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:44:48 GMT

Among PROV’s records are hundreds of thousands of photographs. Most government departments, past and present, have taken photographs to document their activities, achievements and work in progress; for the promotion of government programs, publicity and marketing; and to illustrate government publications. These photographs are more than just a record of government activities and official employees: they provide a window into the life of ordinary Victorians. Currently there are 2,870 images online including school photos.
TIP: This photostream can be searched using the magnifying glass icon located under the menu bar on the right side

State Archives & Records New South Wales - Webinars

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:43:48 GMT

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 register to view these live. You can view previous webinars in the Webinar Library and these cover Bankruptcy and Insolvency records in NSW; Asylum records in NSW; Divorce records in NSW; NSW Probate Records; Tracing NSW Gaolbirds; Basics of conservation; NSW Shipping & Immigration records; Tracing NSW Convicts and Using the NSW State Archives website. New

Family History South Australia - FamilyHistorySA

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:05:13 GMT

FamilyHistorySA, by Barry Leadbeater, aims to provide free information for family history and genealogy research on South Australians and their ancestors at home and abroad. The searchable databases include:
• Pioneer family arrivals, births and marriages
• Early shipping arrivals and passenger lists
• Births 1836 to 1860
• Marriages 1836 to 1857
• Deaths 1836 to 1855
• Cemeteries and burials
• Gazetted deaths 1845 to 1941
• Returned servicemen deaths 1947 to 2018
• World War I SA servicemen deaths
• Persons lost and found 1838 to 1920 includes deserters
• Police 1838 to 1920
• District constables 1853 to 1920
• Gold diggers from SA 1852 to 1853
• Whalers 1844 to 1851
• Land purchases 1869 to 1890
• Naturalizations 1839 to 1903
The History Articles cover:
• South Australian history timeline
• Church photographs with historical notes
• River Murray mission boats
• SA counties and hundreds
• Credit selection of land
• Naturalization in SA
• German place names in SA - World War I
• Violet day - World War I
• Gold in SA's early days
• Water in SA's early days
• Whaling in SA's early days
• 1912 Roon voyage diary
• Leadbeater family tree
Ancestry/Genealogy Resources include:
• South Australian Shipping & Migration Directory - A detailed, list with links, of ship and passenger arrival and departure resources
• South Australian Birth, Death & Marriage (BDM) Certificates - Detailed information of what is included on the certificates over any given time period plus where to find the current locations of the original district records plus free access to birth indexes 1836-1860, marriage indexes 1836-1857 and death indexes 1836-1855
• South Australian Cemetery Directory - Burial and cremations resources. Search the cemetery database for the location and history of 1,170 SA burial places, and for burials up to 1855 plus more. New

Ancestry.com - UK & Ireland, Queen's Nursing Institute Roll of Nurses 1891-1931

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:14:52 GMT

These records contain name, date of birth or age, date of appointment and where educated plus they can contain details of hospital training and other hospital and nursing experience including midwifery and district training plus much more. Original images from the Queen's Nursing Institute Registers held at the Wellcome Library, London are linked. New

Parliament of New South Wales - First Legislative Council Documents 1824-1855

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:56:44 GMT

This site contains 60,000 digitised records of the First Legislative Council 1824-1855. These include tabled papers, bills, minutes of proceedings, correspondence and newspaper reports of debates. The documents have been indexed by document type and date.
The First Legislative Council, the precursor to the current NSW Parliament, is the oldest legislative body in Australia having been established in 1823 as an advisory body of five appointed members. Initially the Council's jurisdiction covered not only New South Wales but also the colonies of Victoria, Tasmania, parts of Queensland, South Australia and even further afield. New

South Australian Medical Heritage Society - Society Website & Virtual Museum

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:34:22 GMT

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 includes links to following:
• Calvary Hospital Medical Museum
• Damn The Dardanelles - Links to a PowerPoint presentation by Adjunct Associate Professor James Hawkins
• Glenside (Parkside Asylum) Mortuary and Z-ward
• Jamestown Museum
• Kapunda Museum
• Leeds Public Dispensary
• Middleton Tavern
• Newland House
• The Old Port Augusta Hospital
• The Old Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Parkside Mental Hospital, 1954-1963
• The Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital 1862-1980
• The Queens Home (now The Women's and Children's Hospital)
• Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park - The Museum
• The Royal Flying Doctor Service
• The Royal Flying Doctor Wireless
• Torrens Island Quarantine Station
• Woomera Hospital New

Ancestry.com - Tasmania, Australia, Railway Employment Records, 1903-1977

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 20:52:46 GMT

This collection consists of Railway Classification Lists of the Tasmanian Government Railway for the years 1903-1977. These lists were published annually in the Tasmanian Government Gazette from 1912 to 1977, and included the names of all employees of the railway. In addition, the lists typically provided the following details on each employee:
• Number
• Office
• Salary or other pay details
• Date of birth or age at last birthday
• Length of service
• Date appointed to present class or grade
• Classification of work (division and class)
• Maximum salary or wage of class or grade. New

Ancestry.com - Western Australia, Railway Records, 1879-1986

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 20:45:51 GMT

This database contains records for employees of the Western Australian Government Railways held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. Information given can vary but may include: name, age, birth date, event date, designation (job), location, salary or wage, remarks, particulars of a case and decision. New

Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Australia, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911

Sat, 07 May 2016 22:32:13 GMT

This collection contains muster rolls, ship’s company, and passenger lists for vessels departing from New South Wales (also from Sydney). The muster rolls provide general information and statistics about the ships, including when the company and passengers were organized and where. The ship’s company lists also provide details about the crew members, such as their name and rank, and passenger lists contain information about the booked passengers. Ancestry.com offers a free name search and various payment options to access the original records and images.
TIP: Ancestry.com and Findmypast are available for free, onsite, at some state, public and family history libraries. Check what is available near you. New

Findmypast - Queensland Ship Deserters 1862-1911

Sat, 07 May 2016 21:59:43 GMT

This is an index to the men and boys who deserted from ships at ports in Queensland. Most were from ships in Brisbane but there are also desertions recorded from Rockhampton, Maryborough, Cooktown, Bundaberg, Townsville, Bowen, Normanton and Gladstone. This index was complied from the Register of Seamen held by the Queensland State Archives. Findmypast offers a free name search and various payment options to access a transcript of this register. New

Australian National University - Australian Agricultural Company Online resources

Thu, 05 May 2016 22:31:30 GMT

These include:
• Letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural Company Volume 1 (1829-1832) and Volume II (1832-1834)
• Baptisms at Port Stephens (1826-1830), entered in Sir Edward Parry’s Letterbook. These list date of birth, child's name and parent's names, place of birth and father's position (occupation)
• Pure merinos and others: the "shipping lists" of the Australian Agricultural Company, by P. A. Pemberton, originally published in 1986 New

Australian Christian Church Histories

Wed, 17 Feb 2016 01:39:13 GMT

This site contains a contemporary collection of over 1,660 Australian Christian churches. The site has a searchable database which includes (where available) the date the church was built, identification of the architect and builders, a list of clergy 6,726+, the dates they served and details pertaining to certain specific fixtures. The focus is on Australian mainstream Christian churches of the 18th and 19th centuries however the site does contain some more recent denominations. Images of the churches are also included.

The National Archive (UK) - Merchant Navy 1915 crew lists

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:50:49 GMT

This National Archives volunteer project, in conjunction with The National Maritime Museum and the Crew List Index Project, has made details of surviving First World War Merchant Navy crew lists from 1915, available to search online. It details 36,000 voyages and personal details of 750,000 seamen. These are a must for any historian or genealogist researching this period as no records of individual merchant seamen and women survive for the First World War. New

Transport Heritage NSW

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:47:19 GMT

This organisation is committed to connecting the community with the State's transport heritage collection through both its museums and various events across Sydney and NSW. New

Australian Railway Historical Society Glass Plate Negatives Images on Flickr

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:27:59 GMT

There are 2,442 images scanned from original glass plate negatives held by the Society. They are on the University of Newcastle - Cultural Collections - Flickr Photostream.

Australian Railway Historical Society - New South Wales Division

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:10:31 GMT

The Society aims to enable people interested in the history and operations of railways and NSW tramways in Australia to associate with others with similar interests, for their mutual benefit and enjoyment. The Railway Resource Centre has a selection of guides available ($). Resourse Guide GRH-02 NSW Railway Employee History is available as a free download. New

Transport Heritage New South Wales - NSW Railways Remembers

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:33:22 GMT

This online exhibition has been created to commemorate the centenary of World War I and honour the contribution of the NSW Railways to the war effort both at home and abroad. At the outbreak of war in 1914 the NSW Railways and Tramways Department was the largest enterprise in the state, with 45,000 employees. Over the course of the war, 8,447 men from the department enlisted and 1,210 of these men died as a result of their service. There are photos, documents and much more to be found in on this site which is divided into the following parts:
Part One - Remembering World War I and the service of the NSW Railways
Part Two - Preparing for war
Part Three - NSW railwaymen abroad
Part Four - The 6th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Part Five - Life of a soldier
Part Six - Effect of war at home
Part Seven - The Amiens gun
Part Eight - Remembrance New

Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:10:17 GMT

This Dictionary aims to provide a range of authoritative entries about the multifaceted history of education in Australia and New Zealand, including histories of various types of schools and schooling; teachers and teacher training; curricula and pedagogies; childhood and youth; educational purposes and policies, and educational philosophies. The Dictionary is a work in progress which began in 2013. It relies on the voluntary contributions of scholars across the fields of educational, childhood and youth history. Over time the Dictionary is expected to develop as a comprehensive and reliable guide to most areas of educational history in Australia and New Zealand. New

Convict and emancipist teachers - New South Wales, 1789-1830

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 20:53:44 GMT

Between 1789 and 1830 approximately half of the teachers who taught in the schools of the colony of New South Wales arrived as convicts. This entry, in the Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand by Geoffrey Burkhardt, explores the use of convicts as teachers in early colonial schools and asks why there was a need for school teachers in what was founded as a penal colony. Why were convicts and emancipists employed as teachers during the formative years of the colony? Who were these convicts and emancipists? What were their crimes and what did they teach? New

Australian Playwrights

Thu, 21 May 2015 02:23:42 GMT

This site lists every playwright on the doollee database with Australian Nationality. Doollee is an online database of playwrights and theatre plays that aims to list every play written or produced in English since 1956. Click on the playwright's name for details of plays written plus cast details and a synopsis. New