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Index to NSW Convict Tickets of Leave, 1810-1875Society of Australian Genealogists: An index to NSW Convict Tickets of Leave. A Ticket of Leave was evidence that a convict was allowed to work outside the assignment system. Each butt gives the following information: prisoner's number, name, ship arrived on, master of ship, year of arrival, native place, trade or calling, offence, place of trial, date of trial, sentence, year of birth, complexion, height, colour of hair, colour of eyes, general remarks, the district prisoner is allocated to, the Bench who recommended him, and the date of issue of ticket. There are also notes of change of district, conditional pardons, etc. on most of the butts. The index contains references to the Ticket of Leave Butts: 1827 - 1867 (SR Reels AO 909-65, 2688A) available in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room on Open Access.
Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825State Records of New South Wales: The index contains entries on records maintained by the Governors' Secretaries reflecting all aspects of the administration of the Australian colony from 1788 to 1825. The approach of the Index is primarily a personal one, concentrating on the early inhabitants of our nation - the convicts, settlers, indigenous Australians and colonial officials. However, the Index does contain many entries relating to ships, subjects, towns and localities. The index contains references to material available on microfiche (mc N 763) or microfilm (mfm N 257) on Open Access in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room.
Chadwyck-Healey: Index to the British House of Commons parliamentary papers from 1801+
Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: This resource covers a range of papers tabled before both the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council including: Reports from Government Departments; Select Committee Inquiries into a variety of matters; Civil Service Lists which include government employees; and Government Tenders, accepted and rejected. The purpose of this index is to gain access to the many instances in which the 'ORDINARY' person is referred to in government papers. In a very few cases, the information provided is little more than name, date, and district, however a careful reading of the source document may fill in pertinent details. In many cases, the information is more detailed and provides valuable leads to other material, however it must be remembered that the references are to government business, not church or private business matters.
It's an Honour: The Australian Honours SystemInformation on the Australian Honours System, and a database giving names of recipients of Australian and Imperial awards.
Making of the Modern WorldThomson Gale: The Making of the Modern World : The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850 is the most comprehensive collection in existence for the study of early economic, political, business, and social history, and for researching the literature of economics from this period. The Making of the Modern World digital collection presents more than 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials. In almost 12 million pages, it focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Searching is available in both basic and advanced modes and users can browse by author or title of works.
MEMSO : Medieval and early modern sources onlineTannerRitchie in collaboration with the Library and Information Services of the University of St. An: A collection of digitized editions of texts concerning economic, political, legal, and ecclesiastical history, such as Calendars of State Papers, treasury accounts, chronicles and papal registers. Most are from England, Ireland, and Scotland, although some are from Milan and the New World. This database represents a rich resource of primary documents from the medieval and early modern period.
Informit: MIHILIST is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published material on pre-1980 Australian, New Zealand and Papua-New Guinean military history and related topics. Source documents are 14 major periodicals for articles on pre-1980 Australian, New Zealand, and Papua-New Guinean military history plus any published monographs wholly or largely about the MIHILIST subject areas. The MIHILIST database includes a large proportion of records that exceed the indexing scope identified above. They include newspaper articles and retrospective runs of live and dead military history periodicals. These records date from MIHILIST's initial period when the available resources allowed for a broader indexing scope. The more restricted MIHILIST activities date from the beginning of 1991.
National Archives Catalogue [Great Britain]National Archives (Great Britain): Formerly the Public Records Office catalogue (PROCAT), this resource contains millions of descriptions of documents from central government, courts of law and other national bodies, including records on family history, medieval tax, criminal trials, UFO sightings, the history of many countries, and many other subjects. When a relevant reference is found, the records can be viewed at the National Archives free of charge, or copies can be sent for a fee.
National Archives of AustraliaNational Archives of Australia: The records in the collection of the National Archives of Australia trace the events and decisions that shaped the nation. Papers of Governors-General, Prime Ministers and Ministers are held as well as Cabinet documents, Royal Commission files and departmental records on defence, immigration, security and intelligence, naturalisation, and many other issues involving the federal government. The main focus is on records created since the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. There are also some nineteenth-century records relating to functions that were transferred by the colonies to the Commonwealth government, including shipping and post offices. Most records in the collection are files, but there are also significant holdings of photographs, posters, maps, architectural drawings, films, playscripts, musical scores and sound recordings.
The Library holds a large range of primary and secondary resources relating to the history of Australia. This guide contains selected print works only.
These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They lead to a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites.
Mura Gadi is an online catalogue of the National Library of Australia's manuscript, pictorial and oral history resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Though it does not list the many books, periodicals and other publications in the Library relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these materials can be found using the Library's online catalogue at http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/
Ship and passenger records are found throughout the National Library in books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, microform, pictures, maps and electronic media. Material includes information on ships, voyages, shipping companies, shipping and passenger lists and registers, shipwrecks, whaling, shipping arrivals and departures in Australian ports, logs, journals, diaries and voyage narratives, and ships' illustrations.