See also my talk handout 'Historical photos online'.
Family / local histories & historical image collections
- Aussie Towns - Why Are We Here? – http://www.aussietowns.com.au (history & tourist information)
- Australian Dictionary of Biography – http://adb.anu.edu.au
- Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO) – http://affho.org (umbrella organisation for family history societies)
- Australian History – https://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/culture-and-arts/history (see especially sections on convicts, bushrangers and more)
- Australian Local History Resources – http://www.coraweb.com.au/categories/local-history (Cora Num's collection)
- Australian Screen – http://aso.gov.au/ (Australia's audiovisual heritage online)
- Australian War Memorial – https://www.awm.gov.au (see Collection)
- Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia – http://www.bonzle.com/c/a (historical images, taken from a range of sources)
- Book Depository.com – http://www.bookdepository.com (free shipping worldwide)
- Brisbane Images – https://library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/client/en_AU/BrisbaneImages/ (Brisbane City Council)
- Campbelltown: Our Past in Pictures – http://pictures.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/OPIP/scripts/home.asp
- City of Adelaide (Council) Archives – https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/your-community/culture-history/city-archives/
- City of Sydney (Council) ArchivePix – http://www.photosau.com.au/Cos/scripts/home.asp
- City of Sydney (Council) Archives – http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/history/archives
- City of Sydney (Council) Historical photos and maps – http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/search-our-collections/historical-photographs-and-maps
- Companion to Tasmanian History – http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/
- Convict Artists – http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/convict-artists-time-governor-macquarie
- Convict Creations – http://www.convictcreations.com/history/
- Dead Reckoning: a guide to family history research in WA – http://cms.slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning
- Dictionary of Sydney – http://home.dictionaryofsydney.org
- Documenting a Democracy – http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au
- eMelbourne ("the city past & present") – http://www.emelbourne.net.au (online encycopedia of Melbourne)
- Facebook – https://www.facebook.com (eg 'Lost Melbourne', 'Pictures from the Past', 'History in Swan District and History in Western Australia')
- Federation of Australian Historical Societies – https://www.history.org.au (links to regional societies)
- Flickr – https://www.flickr.com (photo collections - eg Explore 'The Commons')
- Finishing Touch Gallery: Historical WA Photos – https://finishingtouchgallery.com.au/art-prints/historical-wa-photos/
- Family History South Australia – http://www.familyhistorysa.org (SA databases & history articles)
- Family Tree Oz – http://www.familytreeoz.com (SA Motor Vehicle registration, car owners, various states' directories and more)
- Free Settler or Felon – https://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm
- Geelong & District (Victoria) – http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php
- Glebe Society – https://www.glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?page_ide=6353
- Gould Genealogy – http://www.gould.com.au (purchase books etc online)
- Hawkesbury on the net – http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/church/ (church registers)
- Hawkesbury People and Places – https://www.hawkesbury.org
- Historic Tasmanian images – https://libraries.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/images.aspx
- Historical Atlas of Sydney – http://atlas.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
- Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia – http://www.cwah.uwa.edu.au/publications/encyclopedia
- Historical Society of the Northern Territory – http://www.historicalsocietynt.org.au/index.htm
- Historical Society of South Australia – http://www.hssa.org.au
- History Australia – http://www.historyaustralia.org.au (Internet Family History Association of Australia)
- Historypin – https://www.historypin.org (historical images positioned on Google maps)
- Images ACT – http://www.images.act.gov.au (digitised photos of ACT & region)
- Indigenous culture and history – https://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/culture-and-arts/indigenous-culture-and-history
- It's an Honour – https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour (Australian awards and honours)
- Lacemakers of Calais (Australian Society) – https://www.lacemakersofcalais.com.au (information about lace making and migration)
- Mackay (Qld) Historical Society and Museum – http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/research.html
- Manaro Mercury – http://members.webone.com.au/~sgrieves/manaro_mercury.htm (Cooma and Monaro Districts)
- Manning Index of South Australian history – http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/
- Milton Ulladulla History – http://www.ulladulla.info/history
- Monaro Pioneers – http://www.monaropioneers.com
- Mosman Local Studies – http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library/local-studies/
- Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Sydney) Photo Library – https://maas.museum/research/photo-library/
- National Archives of Australia: Search the collection – http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/ (ReccordSearch then PhotoSearch)
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia – https://www.nfsa.gov.au
- National Library of Australia pictures – https://www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/pictures
- Newtown Project – http://www.newtownproject.com.au
- Northern Beaches Local History (NSW) – https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/local-and-family-history/local-history
- NSW State Archives & Records – https://www.records.nsw.gov.au
- NSW State Archives & Records: Digital Gallery – https://gallery.records.nsw.gov.au
- NSW State Archives & Records: Magazine: Galleries – https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/galleries
- One-Place Study Register – http://oneplacestudy.org (includes Australian places)
- Outback Family History – http://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au (Western Australian goldfields area)
- Perth DPS Book Indexes – http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps//books/ (book indexes to WA histories & biographies)
- Picture Coffs Harbour – http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Local-Heritage/Picture-Coffs-Harbour/Pages/Picture-Coffs-Harbour.aspx4
- Picture Queensland – http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland
- Picture Victoria – http://www.pictures.libraries.vic.gov.au
- Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com.au (online 'pinboards' of photos of interest)
see also Chrome web store: Pinterest Save button – https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pinterest-save-button/gpdjojdkbbmdfjfahjcgigfpmkopogic?hl=en - Project Gutenberg Australia – http://gutenberg.net.au (free public domain ebooks)
- Public Record Office Victoria Photographic collections – https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/photographic-collections
- Pyrmont History – https://pyrmonthistory.net.au
- Queensland Indexes (eg to railway employees, persons called before Qld government committees) – http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history
- Queensland Online Name Indexes – http://www.judywebster.com.au (Judy Webster's indexes and information)
- Queensland Places – http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au
- Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) – https://www.rahs.org.au
- RAHS Osborne Photograph Collection – https://www.rahs.org.au/exploring-city-sydney-life-wars-rahs-osborne-photograph-collection-c-1920-c-1939/ (Sydney Life Between the Wars)
- Royal Historical Society of Queensland – http://www.queenslandhistory.org
- Royal Historical Society of Victoria – http://www.historyvictoria.org.au
- Royal Western Australian Historical Society – https://histwest.org.au (see Services)
- South Australia (SA) Memory – http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm
- State Library of South Australia collections – http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1105
- State Library of South Australia Photographs – http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=878
- State Library of Victoria Pictures – https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/pictures
- State Library of Western Australia Heritage – https://slwa.wa.gov.au/explore-discover/wa-heritage/
- State Library of Western Australia Photographs – http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/explore-discover/wa-heritage/photographs
- State Library of Western Australia 'WA Stories' – https://slwa.wa.gov.au/wa-stories
- Sydney Benevolent Asylum – http://www.sydneybenevolentasylum.com
- Sydney Streets – http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/sydneys-history/people-and-places/streets
- Tasmanian archives + heritage – https://www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/default.aspx
- Tasmania Gen Web – http://www.australiagenweb.org/tas/
- Territory Stories – http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/handle/10070/4 (PictureNT)
- Text Queensland – http://www.textqueensland.com.au
- Trove: 'Pictures, photos, objects' – https://trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q=
- Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997 – http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au
- Victorian Places – http://www.victorianplaces.com.au
- WA Now and Then – http://www.wanowandthen.com
- Western Australian Government Gazette – https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf
- Western Australian Heritage – http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/explore-discover/wa-heritage
- WorldCat – http://www.worldcat.org (search for books world-wide)
- YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/?gl=AU (videos, including historical news reels, search place name and 'historical' )