Australian Government 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 records before 1901 are now held in National Archives.
- National Archives of Australia – http://www.naa.gov.au
Records Search – http://naa12.naa.gov.au
For Family Historians http://www.naa.gov.au/services/family-historians/index.aspx
Australian Screen http://australianscreen.com.au/ - Australian Capital Territory (Archives ACT) – http://www.archives.act.gov.au/
- Mariners & Ships in Australian Waters – http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au
- New South Wales (State Records New South Wales) – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au (Select 'Family History' then 'Keyname Search' or 'Indexes Online')
- New South Wales "Family History at the State Records of NSW" – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j2nwT2A3gs&feature=related (film)
- New South Wales State Records digitised records on Ancestry.com.au" – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs, includes immigration records, Registers of Land Grants & Leases, Public Service Lists & more)
- Noel Butlin Archives Centre – http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/index.php (union records & big companies)
- Northern Territory Archives Service – http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/ntas/
- Picture Australia – http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html (online catalogue of Australian photos, across many repositories)
- Queensland State Archives – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au
- Queensland Researching the archives – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Pages/Default.aspx
- Queensland Archives Indexes – http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au (compiled by Judy Webster)
- South Australia (State Records of South Australia) – http://www.archives.sa.gov.au
- South Australian State Library Archival Database – http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1083/screens/opacmenu.html (see also South Australiana database)
- Sydney (City of Sydney) Archives – http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au (Select 'About Sydney', then 'History & Archives' or 'Image Galleries', etc)
- Sydney "A History of Sydney Streets" – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFKkK2fw_Q&feature=related (film)
- Tasmania (LINC Tasmania) – http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/ (includes Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, select 'Tasmania's Heritage')
- Victoria (Public Record Office Victoria) – http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/
- Western Australia (State Records Office of Western Australia) – http://www.sro.wa.gov.au
Other Archives
- Directory of Archives in Australia – http://directory.archivists.org.au/
- Australian Women's Archives Project – http://www.nfaw.org/women-s-history/
- Australian Local Government Association (Council Maps & Boundaries) – http://alga.asn.au/?ID=7030&Menu=56,199,415
- Understanding and Using Archives – http://www.archivenet.gov.au/Resources/ASA_docs/understanding.htm
- Australian War Memorial Soldiers Records - http://www.awm.gov.au/database/