The State Library of Queensland has complied this database from The HO 11 Criminal  Convict Transportation Registers (HO 11) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Western Australia and Norfolk Island. These records mainly include those convicted in England and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These 'soldier convicts' may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada. View record page

Search for a grave in Gungahlin, Hall, Tharwa or Woden Cemeteries. View record page

"This page provides information to assist Care Leavers to locate and access records of their time in out of home care in New South Wales, and adoptees to locate New South Wales adoption records." View record page

Cemetery transcriptions from Australia and other countries. The transcriptions are compiled from submissions by volunteers. View record page

This website contains transcribed lists of publicly available records across Australia for people researching their Aboriginal heritage. You can browse by state, then by subject and open a list, or you can search the entire website by keyword. It contains sources such as archival records, research theses, and journal articles.

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This index will be of interest to those researching chemists, druggists and pharmacists who were registered between 1876 and 1920. It contains 3,000 entries. Search by name, location or year.

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Major sources from the collection of NSW State Archives relating to child care and protection, c.1801-1912

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Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) is a support group for people who were brought up in 'care': as state wards, foster children or Home children raised in orphanages, Children's Homes, and other institutions, and in foster care. Here you can search for your Home by name or address, or look by state. If you were in one of these Homes, you may be able to make contact with someone you knew or attend reunions. View record page

The Clarence Valley Council online cemeteries register covers ashes internments and burials within the Clarence Valley. This register will be updated in the months of August and February with new ashes internments and burials plus any amendments/additional information received. The Council also has many historical and private family cemeteries in the Clarence Valley and they also maintain a separate list of these on their website. View record page

The College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants. The College maintains registers of arms, pedigrees, genealogies, Royal Licences, changes of name, and flags and carry out genealogical and heraldic work for clients View record page

Published by the NSW Department of Community Services this guide to NSW records from 1900 onwards is aimed at helping people separated from their birth families to locate their records. The guide includes : a brief history of child welfare in NSW; a chronology of key events in NSW child welfare; listing of records at NSW Government welfare agencies, non government agencies, public hospitals and NSW Government non-welfare agencies. View record page

Conservation and preservation tips by the State Archives & Records NSW View record page

Conservation experts produced by the State Library of Victoria including Caring for Family History Documents. View record page

This database from State Records NSW combines six Indexes: Certificates of Freedom, 1823-69; Convict bank Accounts, 1837-70; Tickets of Exemption from Government Labor, 1827-32; Tickets of Leave, Certificates of Emancipation and Pardons, 1810-19; Tickets of Leave, 1810-75 and Ticket of Leave Passports, 1835-69 View record page

A guide to searching for a convict at State Archives NSW includes historical background, a Convict Family History Worksheet and links to online resources. Includes the following indexes: Certificates of freedom, 1823-69; Convict Bank accounts 1837-70; Convict exiles 1849-50; Pardons, 1791-1825, 1837-41; Tickets of exemption from government labour, 1827-32; Tickets of leave, certificates of emancipation and pardons, 1810-1819; Ticket of leave passports, 1835-1869. Index of Bench of Magistrates 1788-1820; Index to (NSW) Quarter Session cases 1824-1837.

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Links and information on researching Australian family history including: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; births, deaths and marriage records; child migration, occupations and service personnel records.

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A major resource with links to information arranged by country and by specific topic area.

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This index has been compiled from NSW State Archives Duty Paid files. See the Guide for further information. 

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University of Leicester digitisation of local and trade directories which include names, addresses and occupations of the inhabitants of counties and towns. View record page

A daily newsletter/blog for genealogy consumers. View record page