Western Australian Police Historical Society
Over 12,000 men and women have served Western Australia as police officers. This site has links, photographs, stories and more.
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
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Victoria Police Historical Society
The Victoria Police Historical Society was formed in 1985. This site contains historical publications, valour awards database and more. The Journal of Police History has been published at irregular intervals since 1992 and a list of all issues published to…
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…
Black Gold: Aboriginal People on the Goldfields of Victoria, 1850-1870
The book Black Gold: Aboriginal People on the Goldfields of Victoria, 1850-1870, by Fred Cahir, ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated, 2012, is available in printed form or as a free download.
Connected Histories – British History Sources 1500-1900
This site brings together 25 major digital resources for Britain. It offers sophisticated searches by names, places and dates. There is a short video guide to introduce you to the key features. Many of the sites are free sites. Those…
Hall Genealogy Website – UK Mariners Page
This extensive gateway site offers links to a wide variety of resources for researching UK mariners. It is a must to visit.
Maritime History Archive
This Archive in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada holds 70% of the records of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen known as Agreements and Account of Crew of British Empire vessels. They hold records for 1863-1938 plus the majority of…
Public Record Office Victoria – Passenger Records and Immigration
Public Record Office Victoria – Passenger records and immigration. These consist of consist of inward and outward passenger lists. They include: • Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871. The online index search links to the original passenger lists. • Unassisted Passenger Lists…
Ancestry.com – Western Australia, Crew and Passenger Lists, 1852-1930
There is a free name search with subscription, or pay to view, options available to access the digitised records. This database covers the following records held by State Records Office of Western Australia. • Registers of Inward and Outward Passengers,…
Index to the Captains Registers of Lloyds of London
This index, held by the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section covers, 1869 (retrospective to 1851 for masters and mates still sailing in 1869) to 1911.