Australia

General

  • AGCI Australasian Genealogical Computer index.
    The main records indexed in the AGCI include cemetery transcriptions, especially for New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand, newspaper cuttings, Irish Transportation Records 1788-1868 and (some) shipping into New South Wales and South Australia. AGCI contains entries that predominantly relate to Australia and New Zealand, but some overseas entries are included. Entries relate only to individuals.
    Consult the guide to this material for abbreviations and instructions for obtaining a full listing of item indexed.  The guide may be found at RM mc N 923 in the Reference Collection. Some sources indexed may be available in the National Library.
    The latest edition, available on the stand-alone computer in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room, does not include NSW government gazette entries; see AGCI Vol. 2 at Nmt 6706 for gazette entries.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 2; Call no. mc N 923, (earlier edition with gazette references)
  • Australasian Biographical Archive
    An alphabetically arranged list of c. 95,000 biographical entries, 1866-1982.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 21; Call no. mc N 957

Armed Services

  • See Australian War Memorial website for:
    Roll of Honour,
    Commemorative Roll,
    Honours and Awards,
    Nominal and Embarkation rolls, for WW,  WW2 and other conflicts
    Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, and
    Australian Military Forces [AMF] Prisoner of War and Missing, Far East and South West Pacific Islands
  • British Army in Australia 1788-1870-index of personnel
    This index shows names and regiment/s for each serving person.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 1; Call no. mc N 1440
    See also Soldiers and Marines 1787-1830 (index) at http://web.ecorner.com.au/epages/sag.storefront/?ObjectPath=/Shops/sag
  • Redcoats Down-Under 1788-1870
    1. 39th Dorsetshire Regiment. of Foot
    2. 46th 5th Devonshire Regiment of Foot
    Microfiche Drawer no. 3; Call no. mc N 752
    See also Australia’s Redcoat Settlers at: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~garter1/ and Soldiers and Marines 1787-1830 (index) at http://web.ecorner.com.au/epages/sag.storefront/?ObjectPath=/Shops/sag
  • WO 97 Soldiers Service Documents
    An incomplete series of attestation and discharge papers. Before 1883 this series mainly relates to servicemen who were pensioned off.
    Enter name of service man under Name or Phrase and “WO 97” under Department or Series Code for a brief summary of individual’s record
    Available on The National Archives (UK) website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp?j=1
  • Muster Books and Pay Lists WO12, Australian Joint Copying Project
    These lists were compiled quarterly and are arranged by regiment annually. The lists can provide pay and rank details and the names of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates and details of men detached for other duties such as Mounted Police duties or other postings.  It also provides details of men who were discharged or who died or deserted, including place of birth, trade on enlistment and date of enlistment.
    The soldier’s regiment is required; see British Army in Australia 1788-1870, above, for index of names and regiments.
    A callslip is required. See the Issues Desk after consulting AJCP Handbook Part 4 War Office page 16, at RX 994.0016 A938 on the NMRR reference shelves, for appropriate reel for regiment and time period.
  • First to Fall: Killed in Action 15 April 1915
    Provides the only comprehensive list and details of the 621 men of the AIF who were killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign.
    Networked on eResources
  • Official History, 1914-1918 war, biographical cards
    Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1992
    To assist in compiling the official history, the Official Historian's staff, kept a large card index of basic biographical data on persons mentioned in the publication, persons consulted in its preparation, and persons otherwise associated with it. The cards also cover ship names, geographic place names, code names and other information.
    Introduction and index, 1 microfiche. Biographical cards, 223 microfiche. AWM Series no. 140.
    A callslip is required. See the Issues Desk, Call no. mc N 1342
  • Official History, 1939-1945 War, biographical cards
    Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1992?
    To assist in compiling the official history, the Official Historian's staff in Australia, kept a large card index of basic biographical data on persons mentioned in the publication, persons consulted in its preparation, and persons otherwise associated with it. The cards also cover ship names, geographic place names, code names and other information.
    Introduction and index, 1 microfiche. Biographical cards, 160 microfiche. AWM Series no. 168.
    A callslip is required. See the Issues Desk, Call no. mc N 1343
  • Riders of Destiny, the 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance in the Palestine campaign 1917-1918
    A callslip is required. See the Issues Desk, Call no. mc N 800
  • Debt of Honour Register (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
    This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars. A record some 60,000 civilian casualties of the Second World War is provided without details of burial location. This database makes it possible to identify the exact location, by cemetery plot or memorial panel, where any given name is commemorated.
    Available at http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp

Electoral Rolls

  • Alphabetical list of polling places-see individual State's listings.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 46; Call no. various
  • Commonwealth of Australia: State of New South Wales maps of the federal electoral districts-NSW 1900.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 46; Call no. mc N 977
  • Electoral rolls: All States-see individual State.
    Microfiche Drawers marked 'E' in Open Access area.

Shipping

  • Index to Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia: 1850-1878
    Microfiche Drawer no. 10; Call no. mc N 1065
  • Log of Logs: a catalogue of logs, journals, shipboard diaries, letters, and all forms of voyage narratives, 1788 to 1988, for Australia and New Zealand and surrounding oceans
    At RX 387.5099 N625 in Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room Reference Collection.
  • Index to Ships’ Logs found in the Australian Joint Copying Project
    Booklet available at the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room desk. (no call number)
  • Registers of Certificates of Competency, Masters and Mates 1870-1921 BT 128, Australian Joint Copying Project
    Registers of  certificates of competency to masters and mates employed on colonial (Australia and New Zealand) vessels
    A callslip required. See the Issues Desk, Call No. mfm PRO 6894 - 6895
    Indexes are available at http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=89&c=166
  • Ships' Pictures Index: 1491-1991, an index to ships' pictures in print
    Microfiche Drawer no. 10; Call no. mc N 1310
    See also Picture Australia at http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html and the Pictures Section of the National Library of Australia.

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