See also my talk handout 'Australian Government Archives Online'.
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