PressReader (formerly Library PressDisplay) is a web-based portal which provides access to 60-day back issues of over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 82 countries in 60 languages.
This site provides a directory of information about the association, events and activities (for members) and for non-members, information on applying for membership, a consultants' register, information on professional activities and a monthly calendar of events.
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Project Gutenberg produces books in electronic form which are freely available to the public. This site provides access to over 10,000 texts. Includes books about Australia and by Australian authors and also some first fleet journals.
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ProQuest Central contains a broad range of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. It covering over 160 subjects including business, health, technology, social science and literature.
ProQuest Research Library provides access to thousands of full-text periodicals. Search scholarly journals, professional and trade publications and magazines covering over 150 topics including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, medicine and science.
ProQuest Psychology Database encompasses clinical and social psychology and provides coverage of the related disciplines from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications.
(Public Health Information Development Unit, Australia) Data on health and its determinants in Australia. Maps, graphs and tables at national, state and regional levels.
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This index of New South Wales publicans' licenses contains around 20,000 entries covering the period 1830-1861.
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name
hotel
locality
year.
Check the Publicans' licenses guide by the State Archives which provides a historical overview and a list of main record series held in the State Archives.
PubMed comprises more than 29 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Allows you to search historic Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriage records for births that took place more than 100 years ago, marriages that took place more than 75 years ago and deaths that occurred more than 30 years ago.
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QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTQI+ peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.
Queen Victoria reigned as Queen from 1837 to 1901 and as Empress of India from 1877. These diaries cover the period from Queen Victoria's childhood days to her Accession to the Throne, marriage to Prince Albert, and later, her Golden and Diamond Jubilees.
Removed as 1922-1954 on TROVE and its not a NSW newspaper and the heading is now called Newspaper indexes. KSP 19/10/12 The Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser was first published 31st July 1903 and continued as the local newspaper for the Sunshine Coast until 1983. Currently, 1903 to 1958 has been digitised. Access is free but registration is required for full text. 1922-1954 is on Trove.
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Text Queensland is a collection of full text, searchable, digitised sources on QLD colonial & state history. Full text journals include the Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (1914-1994) Pughs Almanac (1859-1927) and Queensland Government Gazette (1859-1900).
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Queensland State Archives is custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other area of special interest.
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The Rare Book Hub is a resource for information on rare, antiquarian, and collectible books and related ephemeral material – manuscripts, letters, maps, posters, broadsides, photographs, and prints (works on paper). It has over 11 million records of rare book transactions and 122 searchable upcoming auctions.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
This archive brings together sources to examine the challenges faced by individuals forced to flee their homes and homelands and the obstacles posed to government departments and relief agencies that sought to resettle and repatriate refugees. Material includes pamphlets, ephemera, government documentation, relief organization publications. Covering the onset of the Cold War and the rise of independence movements that followed decolonisation in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Use this index to find owners of firms Registered under the Firms Act, 1902. Search by name of firm, nature and/or place of business, year, and persons carrying on a business. Check the Business and company records guide by the State Archives which provides a historical overview and a list of main record series held in the State Archives.
ProQuest Religion Database has a comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and formal theological studies. Document supply available.
Contains 1.5 million pages of documentary materials for the exploration of religious and philosophical movements brought on by the dramatic changes in culture and society. Collections within the Archive cover literature of Theology and church history.
An online repository of works printed in English between the 1477 and 1799. Although produced with care and attention, the texts are not represented by the publisher as scholarly editions.
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Research Data Australia helps you find, access, and reuse data for research from over one hundred Australian research organisations, government agencies, and cultural institutions.
Research Data Australia is the data discovery service of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program.
Comprehensive site about the historical and Shakespearean Richard III. Contains articles, historical documents, teachers' resources and fictional works about the controversial king.
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The Richmond River Historical Society produces indexes to books on the district's history, including Australia's Fighting Sons, Men and a River, and Sword and Lance. There are also indexes to the society's holdings of local cemetery registers and obituaries and death notices.
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Search for a Grave at Rookwood. Our Deceased Search facility provides information on the interments that have taken place within Rookwood General Cemetery, including the former Jewish, Muslim, Anglican, General and Independent cemeteries.
This site provides information about the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) and its activities. It also contains information about Australian and New South Wales history, historic Sydney landmarks, and lists of contents of the RAHS journal.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) is the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession and the RIBA British Architectural Library, established in 1834, is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the UK for research on all aspects of architecture. The Library's online catalogue is fully searchable by keyword, author, title, subject and series and provides: (1) an index to articles in over 300 of the world's architectural periodicals and details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the RIBA Library. (2) the holdings of the RIBA Library Photographs Collection. (3) drawings, manuscripts and archives acquired by the RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection. (4) a biographical database of architects. The RIBA British Architectural Library holds a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from prehistory to the present and is international in scope. In addition to architectural theory, practice and history there is material on allied subjects such as building and construction, civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, interior design and decoration, the decorative arts, town and country planning, and construction law.
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One in every five Sands & McDougall Melbourne and Victoria directories from 1860 to 1974 are available through the State Library Victoria. Keyword searching available.
John Sands Ltd (Printers and Stationers) published their directory most years from 1858-59 to 1932-33. Digitised by the City of Sydney Archives, the household and business information it contains has become a fundamental source for research into Sydney history, especially family history.
The Scanned Card Catalogue contains photographic images of the cards in the State Reference Library's Card Catalogue. It contains published material received by the Library before 1980.
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Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.
Collections of journals and monographs, covering nineteenth-century science: electricity and electromagnetism, mathematics and engineering, astronomy and astrophysics, color theory and the theory of natural selection, geology and mineralogy, chemistry and medicine.
The Highland and Island Emigration Society was set up by private subscription to alleviate destitution in the Highlands by promoting and assisting the emigration of almost 5000 Highlanders to Australia. Their passenger lists for the years 1852-1857 have survived and are organised by ship and by family and record the name, age and residence of each emigrant (HD4/5) as well as occasional notes on their health and situation.
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The National Library of Scotland lists resources for anyone researching their Scottish family history. The list includes FamilySearch, Records of births, deaths and marriages, Old parish registers, Scottish Parish Records and The McKirdy Index.
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"This brief guide covers: the main records for tracing Scottish ancestors; where and how you can access them; and our guides and services to aid your family history research."
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ScotlandsPeople is the official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives. Search to apply for copies of official certificates and to research family history, biography, local history and social history. Fees apply for services.
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Search historical Scottish records ranging from prison records to property records, health records and court records and find out more about searching the records in the Scottish Genealogy Learning Zone.
This website offers guidance in the deciphering of manuscripts and other old documents that were printed in old typefaces or written in old handwriting styles. Languages covered here include English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The content of this website may be useful for genealogical, historical, and literary research.'
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State Records NSW has digitised and indexed the Convict Indents which list the convicts transported to New South Wales from 1788-1800. Early indents provide name, date and place of trial and sentence while the later indents usually include physical description, native place, age and crime.
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