See also my talk handout 'Australian government archives'.
Archives
From 1901 National Archives hold Commonwealth Government documents, while state or territory government archives hold state or colonial government documents.
Exceptions: Immigration before 1923 was a function of state governments, as was naturalisation until 1903. Some military and naturalisation records before 1901 are now held in National Archives.
Commonwealth government archives
- National Archives of Australia – https://www.naa.gov.au
State / territory archives
- Australian Capital Territory (Archives ACT) – http://www.archives.act.gov.au
- Images ACT – https://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/search/photographs
- Museums of History NSW, State Archives Collection – https://mhnsw.au/collections/state-archives-collection/ (Search 'Collection' to search across site or scroll down to select subject)
Webinars – https://mhnsw.au/search/?query=webinars&type=website - Mariners & Ships in Australian Waters – http://marinersandships.com.au
- New South Wales 'Family History at the State Records of NSW' – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j2nwT2A3gs&feature=related (film)
- New South Wales Historical Land Records Viewer – https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au (historical land maps and records, some can be searched for free)
- New South Wales State Archives & Records digitised records on Ancestry.com.au – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs)
- New South Wales transcription agents who visit NSW State Archives & Records reading room to obtain documents
Marilyn Rowan – http://nswtranscriptions.com.au
Turtle Consolidated Services – http://home.iprimus.com.au/lturtle/
- State Library of NSW – https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au
- Libraries & Archives NT (LANT) – https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/heritage,-libraries-and-archives/library-and-archives-nt
- Queensland State Archives – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au
- Queensland Globe – https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au
- Open Data Portal – https://www.data.qld.gov.au
- State Library of Queensland – https://www.slq.qld.gov.au
- Text Queensland – https://textqueensland.com.au
- South Australia (State Records of South Australia) – https://archives.sa.gov.au
- SAILIS (Land Services SA) – https://sailis.lssa.com.au/home/auth/login (historical land documents)
How to use SAILIS – https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=901581 (State Library South Australia) - South Australiana – https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/collections/south-australiana (State Library South Australia)
- Tasmanian archives – https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives/
- Victoria (Public Record Office Victoria) – https://prov.vic.gov.au
- Historic Plans collection – https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/researching-land-and-property
- List of Parishes in the State of Victoria – https://prov.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/List%20of%20Parishes%20in%20the%20State%20of%20Victoria%20-%20ListofParishes.pdf
- PROV Map Warper – https://mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au
- State Library of Victoria – https://www.slv.vic.gov.au
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works detail plans – https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/MMBWplans - Western Australia (State Records Office of Western Australia) – https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia
- Dead Reckoning: a guide to family history research in WA – https://slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning/#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20a%20novice,history%20research%20in%20Western%20Australia.
- Landgate WA – https://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/ (Land & Property information WA)
- State Library of Western Australia – https://slwa.wa.gov.au
Local government archives
- Australian Local Government Association (Council Maps & Boundaries) – https://alga.com.au/resources/council-maps-boundaries/
- Brisbane City Archives – https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/council-venues-and-precincts/libraries/facilities-services/brisbane-city-archives
- Melbourne (City of Melbourne) Art and Heritage Collection – https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/art-and-heritage-collection
- Melbourne (City of Melbourne) Local history – https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/local-history
- Mosman NSW Library Trace (Digital Archive) – https://mosman.nsw.gov.au/library/Local-Studies/images
- Northern Beaches History Hub – https://northernbeaches.recollect.net.au
- Penrith (NSW) City Local History – https://penrithhistory.com
- Sydney (City of Sydney) Archives – https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
- Sydney "A History of Sydney Streets" – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFKkK2fw_Q&feature=related (film)
Other
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association – https://www.amaga.org.au
- Australian War Memorial – https://www.awm.gov.au
- Australian Women's Archives Project – https://www.womenaustralia.info/awap.html
- Charles Sturt University Regional Archives – https://library.csu.edu.au/archives
- Coraweb: Australian Archives – https://coraweb.com.au/websites/archives/ (gateway site)
- Dictionary of Sydney – https://dictionaryofsydney.org
- Directory of Archives in Australia – https://directory.archivists.org.au
- eMelbourne – http://www.emelbourne.net.au
- FamilyHistorySA – http://www.familyhistorysa.org (searchable SA databases)
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia – https://www.nfsa.gov.au
Australian Screen – https://aso.gov.au - Noel Butlin Archives Centre – http://archives.anu.edu.au/collections/noel-butlin-archives-centre (union records & big companies)
- Helen Doxford Harris's Victorian Indexes – https://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes
- Judy Webster's Queensland Indexes – http://www.judywebster.com.au
- Moreton Bay Region (Qld) – https://library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRNGEN/WPAC/DIGLOCALHISTORY?HOMEPRMS=UD_DIGLOCALHISTORY
- Oral history and folklore – https://www.nla.gov.au/collections/what-we-collect/oral-history-and-folklore (National Library of Australia)
- Oral History and Sound Collections – https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/oral-history-sound/local (State Library NSW)
- Royal Australian Historical Society – https://www.rahs.org.au
- Trove 'Pictures, photos, objects' – https://trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q= (Australian photos, etc from many repositories)
- University of New England (NSW) & regional Archives – https://www.une.edu.au/library/visit-us/une-archives-and-heritage-centre