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Australia Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Helps For Using This Research Outline
Introduction
Record Selection Table
Archives And Libraries
National Archives And Libraries
Branches Of The National Archives Of Australia
National Library
State Archives
State Libraries
Other Libraries
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Familysearch™
Biography
Business Records And Commerce
Cemeteries
Census
Census Substitutes
Church Directories
Church History
Church Records
Information Recorded In Church Registers
Locating Church Records
Indexes To Church Records
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Indexes To Civil Registration Records
Locating Civil Registration Records
Records At The Family History Library
Convict Records
Correctional Institutions
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Encyclopedias And Dictionaries
Gazetteers
Finding Place Names In The Family History Library Catalog
Modern Place Names
Historical Place Names
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Genealogical Collections
Genealogical Indexes
Research Coordination
Heraldry
Historical Geography
History
Local Histories
Land And Property
Finding Land Records In Australia
Finding Land Records In The Family History Library
Languages
Language Aids
Maps
Using Maps
Finding The Specific Town On The Map
Finding Maps And Atlases
Medical Records
Military Records
Minorities
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Obituaries
Occupations
Orphans And Orphanages
Periodicals
Indexes
Obtaining Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Schools
Societies
Genealogical And Family History Societies
Historical Societies
Family Associations And One-name Societies
Locating Records At The Family History Library
Records Not At The Family History Library
Taxation
Voting Registers
Other Records Of Australia
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIOGRAPHY A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you may find an individual’s birth, marriage, and death information. You may also find the names of the individual’s parents, children, or other family members. Use this information sparingly, because it may sometimes be inaccurate.
Some brief biographies have been gathered and published in collective biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. Often these collective biographies only include biographies of prominent citizens of Australia. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people, such as Aborigines.
The following are significant biographical encyclopedias:
Who’s Who in Australia. Melbourne, Victoria: Herald and Weekly Times, 1906, 1912, 1922, 1927, 1935, 1955, 1997. (Call numbers vary with years; computer number 273409.)
The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. 8 vols. Nedlands, W.A.: University of Western Australia, 1988–1994. (FHL book British Ref 994.1 D36bd; computer number 642966.) This work includes three volumes on Aborigines.
The Family History Library does not generally collect individual biographies, but they do have many collective biographies that are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Records or histories of businesses and commercial companies seldom contain dates or places of birth, marriage, or death. There are, however, some Australian business records that contain valuable genealogical information. For example, some bank ledgers in Australia give the name, occupation, residence, age, place of birth (by county and country), year of immigration and name of ship, and a physical description of depositors. Lawyers at the time kept detailed records for their clients. Included in these records are probate material, adoption records, insurance papers, lawsuits, and other sources that may help you trace your ancestors.
In addition, pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed. Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then published in the Government Gazette. For further information about gazettes, see the “Court Records” section of the outline.
Many business records, such as the ones previously described, are deposited in Australian national archives, state archives, and other local repositories. For further information, see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline.
The Family History Library has few business records. To find business-related records in the Family History Library, look in the Family History Library Catalog under:
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You can also find some biographical information in Australian encyclopedias. For more information see the “Encyclopedias and Dictionaries” section of this outline.
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BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE
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