Victoria
A.I.G.S. cemetery transcriptions
This CD-ROM is an index to headstone inscriptions from 258 cemeteries, mostly
Victorian. Searchable by surname or place. Does not include Western Australia,
Northern Territory or Queensland.
Computer: 2
Box: 30
QCFS 929.5 2002
All-Australia Memorial: Victoria
This CD-ROM is a historical record of national effort during the Great War. It includes over 1,000 doubletone illustrations from original photographs, drawings, maps, portraits, etc. It is divided into 4 parts: 1.
Exploits of the ANZACS (historical account); 2. ANZAC honoured dead - thousands of Victorians who
died in service 1914-16; Australia's fighting families - a biographical record of service and photos of
hundreds of Australia's fighting men; and 4. Regimental register - record of approximately 30,000
Victorian men and women.
Computer: 3
Box: 34
QCFS 940.394 2007
Anglican marriages within the districts and parishes of Yea & Alexandra Victoria : 1859-1959
This CD-ROM contains details of the marriages that occurred in the districts and Parish of Yea and
Alexandra, Victoria between the years 1859-1949. The marriage entries give the following information:
surname, given names, year in register and month in register. If you click on the surname an actual
image of the marriage certificate is then displayed. Alexandra includes entries for St Peter's Jamieson
(1904-1905), as well as St John's Alexandra, Christ Church Marysville, St Paul's Eildon Weir, St Paul's
Kanumbra, St Thomas Buxton and St Albans Thornton.
Computer: 4
Box: 29
QCFS 929.39452 ANG
Argus newspaper index Victoria
An index to birth and marriage notices published in the Argus (Melbourne) newspaper. Birth notices
cover 1914-1931 and marriages 1931-1941.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 2002
Australian state directories c1904 compendium (Wise)
This compendium includes: New South Wales Post Office Directory 1904, Queensland Post Office
Directory 1903, South Australia Post Office Directory 1903, Tasmania Post Office Directory 1904,
Victorian Post Office Directory 1904, and Western Australia Post Office Directory 1905. The Wise’s
Post Office Directories are divided into three main sections: Towns, Alphabetical and Trades and
Professions. These three classifications enable the enquirer to see at a glance the Householders or
Traders in any one Town; the Business and Address of any resident in the State; and the Firms engaged
in any trade or profession.
Computer: 4
Drawer 4
QCFS 919.4025 2007
Bailliere’s Victoria gazetteer and road guide (1879)
SEE
Australian Bailliere’s gazetteer set (under Australia)
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Victoria
Ballarat and Ballarat East directory 1865-66
This easily searchable directory contains an alphabetical directory of residents as well as a street and
trades directory.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.4570025 2004
Ballarat and district directory 1904
This directory contains the names and address of all residents (over the age of 21) in the Ballarat district.
It also contains a trade (business) directory. This CD-ROM is keyword searchable.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.4570025 2004
Ballarat cemeteries index
This CD-ROM contains an index of over 130,000 names from the Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat New
Cemetery and Crematorium for the years 1856 to 2004. The information listed for each entry is
surname, first name/s, burial and age. The index is fully searchable by surname, or first name, and can
be narrowed down to cemeteries as well.
Computer: 4
Box: 33
QCFS 929.5099457 2005
Ballarat East rate books index : 1872-1882 and 1911-12
This CD-ROM contains nearly 40 000 entries transcribed from 11 rate ledgers.
Computer: 2
Box: 7
QCFS 336.200994 2010
Ballarat petitions 1860-1866 : index to petitions and memorials in Ballarat Council files
Compiled, transcribed and published by Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc. this CD-ROM
includes an index of 10 000 names of signatories to petitions, links to digital images of petitions to
Ballarat Council 1860-66, and background information with early Ballarat photographs.
Computer: 3
Box: 12
QCFS 388.122099448 2007
Bendigo Compendium 1
This is a 2 CD-ROM set that “…consists of ten (i.e eleven) books and one large map relating to Bendigo
and the surrounding districts" -- Container. Disk one holds: Bendigo and vicinity; Bendigo electoral roll
1922; Bendigo goldfield; Bendigo goldfield 1936; Bendigo goldfield map 1913; Bendigo goldfield registry
1872 and History of Bendigo 1891. Disk two holds: Annals of Bendigo volume 1, 1851-1867; Annals of
Bendigo volume 3 1892-1909; Bendigonian annual 1908; Bendigonian annual 1908 and Index to disk 2.
Computer: 3
Box: 36
QCFS 994.54032 2008
The Carroll index / by Dianne Carroll
There are three indexes, each on a separate CD-ROM. The first index contains over 60 000 references
from more than 60 resources to the Alpine and Sub-Alpine Region of Victoria and NSW. The second
index contains over 40 000 references to more than 78 cemeteries in the Alpine and Sub-Alpine Region
of Victoria and NSW. The third index contains over 5 000 references to approximately 20 000 people
extracted from the Alpine Observer and the Myrtleford Times.
Computer: 4
Box: 26
QCFS 929.39455 2002
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Victoria
Combined Anglican baptisms, parish's [sic] of Yea & Alexandra
This CD-ROM contains details of the combined Yea and Alexandra Parish Anglican Baptisms 18681882, as well as the Yea St Luke's Parish 1881-1930, and the Alexandra St John's Parish 1883-1930
baptisms. The baptism entries give the following information: number, baptized, born date, christian
names, parents names, surname, abode, and profession.
Computer: 4
Box: 29
QCFS 929.39452 ANG
Crown land licences Victoria 1856
This CD-ROM contains digitized images of the original document. "This publication lists approx 3500
licenses for the years 1851, 1852, 1854 and 1855. It was presented to Parliament in 1856. It is arranged
by district and includes summaries for each district by year ... "--Container.
Computer: 4
Box: 6
QCFS 333.309945 2007
Cyclopedia of Victoria 1903
SEE
Australian Cyclopedias Compendium (under Australia)
Death index Victoria 1921 to 1985: index to deaths in Victoria
An index to over one and a half million deaths registered in Victoria from 1921 to 1985. Provides the full
name of the deceased, the year and place of death, age at the time of death and the names of the
deceased's parents, with a reference number for the death certificate.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1998
Early Australian electoral rolls – Volume 2
Contains: Victoria 1903 – Queensland 1903 – South Australia 1909
The data acts as a census substitute for the States covered with the advantage of providing a direct
name search rather than a search of each electorate.
Computer: 4
Drawer 4
QCFS 324.640994 2003
Edwardian index: Victorian 1902-1913: indexes to births, deaths & marriages in Victoria
An index to almost 800,000 records of births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria between 1902
and 1913. Birth records provide the child's full name, parents' names including mother's maiden name,
and year of birth. Death records provide full name of the deceased, parents' names if known, year of
death and age at the time of death. Marriage records provide the name of spouse and year of marriage.
All records provide the reference number for the registration certificate.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1997
Federation index: Victoria 1889-1901: indexes to births, deaths & marriages in Victoria
An index to 556,000 records of births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria between 1889 and
1901. Birth records provide the child's full name, parents' names including mother's maiden name, and
year of birth. Death records provide full name of the deceased, parents' names if known, year of death
and age at the time of death. Marriage records provide the name of spouse and year of marriage. All
records provide the reference number for the registration certificate. Title also held on microfiche.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1997
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Victoria
Footscray cemetery register and memorial inscriptions burial register 1860-1970 and memorial
inscriptions to c1996
"This DVD contains indexes which draw on the Footscray cemetery burial register 1860-1970, copying of
which was kindly allowed by the cemetery authorities some years ago; and transcriptions of memorials in
the Footscray Cemetery to circa 1996 published by the GSV in 1998. One index of names in the burial
register and in the transcriptions has been built by GSV volunteers, with each name hyperlinked to the
relevant source. Read more about the transcriptions of the memorials and see a map of the cemetery on
page three. Knowing if there is more than one person buried in the same grave, and if other relevant
burials are in adjacent grave(s), is of genealogical value, and two other indexes are included to enable
this question to be examined."--Introduction.
Computer: 3
Drawer 4
QCFS 929.509945 2008
Great War index: Victoria 1914-1920: indexes to births, deaths & marriages in Victoria
An index to over 517,000 records of births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria between 1914
and 1920. Birth records provide the child's full name, parents' names including mother's maiden name,
and year of birth. Death records provide full name of the deceased, parents' names if known, year of
death and age at the time of death. Marriage records provide the name of spouse and year of marriage.
All records provide the reference number for the registration certificate. Title also held on microfiche.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1997
Hatches matches dispatches: an index of over 31 000 names from baptismal, marriage and
burial/death records of Ballarat and surrounding areas
An index of over 31,000 names from the baptismal, marriage and burial records from Ballarat and
surrounding areas. The date range extends into the mid-1900s. These records have been culled from
church records and a transcript of the records is contained on the CD.
Computer: 2
Box: 30
QCFS 929.39457 2000
Immigration to Victoria 1852-79: index to inward passenger lists, British and foreign ports
The State Library of Queensland also holds the passenger lists indexed in this CD-ROM.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1999
Index to newspaper deaths in Victoria 1988 to 1992
This CD-ROM has been compiled from information found in obituary, funeral, law and other notices
taken from Victorian Newspapers and Gazettes. The majority of info comes from the "Herald-Sun"
newspaper and most (but not all) the probate comes from the "Age" newspaper. Some information is
taken from the "Government Gazette" and some from regional newspapers. The index contains full
names and date of death and each year has around 30,000 entries.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1988
Index to the parliamentary papers for the colony of Victoria 1852 – 1869: an index to the ‘Ordinary
People’ they uncover.
The parliamentary papers provide a wealth of information on ordinary people. This database provides a
direct, easy way of finding them when otherwise it could be difficult or nearly impossible.
Computer: 3
Box: 36
QCFS 994.52 2003
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Index to Victorian goldfields hospitals' admissions: at Amherst, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Creswick,
Dunolly, Kyneton, Maldon and Maryborough
This index contains a compilation of admission records from eight hospitals near Victorian goldfields.
Each entry includes name of patient, birthplace, single or married, occupation, address and source.
Computer: 3
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 2003
Lands guide: a guide to finding records of crown land at Public Record Office Victoria
The 'Lands Guide' is a comprehensive resource for accessing records relating to Crown land in the State
of Victoria, and will be an indispensable finding aid for anyone doing research into Victoria's land
records.
Computer: 4
Box: 6
QCFS 333.109945 2009
The land tax register and valuation for Victoria 1888
Originally published in Victorian Government Gazette in 1888 this digitized reproduction includes the
names of landowners, their address, situation of the land, class of land, valuation and much more.
Computer: 4
Box: 7
QCFS 336.2209945 2005
Marine births, deaths and marriages, Victoria 1853-1920
This index contains records of births, deaths and marriages on board coastal and international ships
bound for Victoria between 1853 and 1920. The index contains over 6,200 entries and the records are
accompanied by over 3,380 digital images of the original Marine registers. Over 1,350 ships can be
searched using the ship’s name, and some of the records have additional information, such as an
inventory of the deceased’s belongings or personal papers.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 2001
Marriage index, Victoria 1921-1942: index to marriages in Victoria / Registry of Births Deaths and
Marriages, Victoria Department for Victorian Communities
The new release of Victorian marriages is only available on CD-ROM. The ‘digger’ format allows easy,
familiar, flexible searching.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 2003
Melbourne general cemetery: index and transcriptions of monumental inscriptions to 1989
The index contains the date of death and the age of the deceased if it was on the inscription. Each
name points to the full transcription. The index contains about 119,600 names from approx. 42,500
memorials. It is in a searchable database which also contains burial plot identification (where known)
and a map of the cemetery.
Computer: 3
Box: 31
QCFS 929.509451 2003
Melbourne directory (Sands and McDougall) 1871-1875
This CD-ROM contains digital images of the original books. The directories are divided up in to 3 main
sections: street directory (Melbourne and suburbs, alphabetical directory (state-wide) as well as trade
and professional directory. Other sections including names are: Commerce management; societies,
lodges and institutions; government; consuls; clergy; courts and municipalities.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.451 2008
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Victoria
Middleton & Maning's Gippsland directory 1884 - 1885
Original title: Middleton & Maning's Gippsland directory 1884 - 1885 containing alphabetical directory of
north & south Gippsland, tourist guide to the lakes, with illuminated map and a large amount of general
information.
This CD-ROM contains high quality scanned images of the original book. The directory starts with
advertisements from local businesses of the time, and is followed by a short gazetteer of places around
the region, as well as general information on the districts of Gippsland. The main part of the Directory
consisting of about 100 pages, is the Alphabetical Directory. Listed alphabetically by surname under
each region, this lists heads of household (mostly male but there are a few females mentioned), together
with their occupation and address. It also includes a tourists' guide and map to the Gippsland Lakes
which shows some travel routes.
Computer: 2
Box: 19
QCFS 919.456 2009
Passenger Lists - Victoria, Australia, Outwards to New Zealand 1852-1923
This CD-ROM contains transcriptions of passenger lists of the ships leaving Victoria, Australia for New
Zealand ports, as contained in VPRS 948 Outward Passenger Lists 1852-1923. It contains all the data
from the four previously published sets of fiche plus remaining data transcribed up to and including 1923.
There are a total of 368,481 passenger records and 5040 ship records covering years 1852-1923.
Computer: 4
Box: 24
QCFS 929.393 2009
Patients in Melbourne Hospital 1856-1905
This CD-ROM is an index is of 49 552 names in 451 Ward Books for the Melbourne Hospital (now The
Royal Melbourne Hospital). Every indexed name is hyperlinked to a set of details extracted from that
patient's medical records in the Ward Book. These details contain the patient's name, age, and
admission date together with some or all of the following: the patient's biography, birth place; the ship on
which the person travelled to Australia and its arrival date; whether married, widowed or single;
occupation; religion; residence and the result of treatment. Each set of details includes the full reference
to the relevant Ward Book's location at PROV.
Computer: 2
Drawer 4
QCFS 362.110994 2009
Pioneer index: Victoria 1836-1888: index to births, deaths and marriages in Victoria
An index to 1,700,000 records of births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria from 1836-1888.
Birth records provide the child's full name, parents' names including mother's maiden name, and year of
birth. Death records provide full name of the deceased, parents' names if known, year of death and age
at the time of death. Marriage records provide the name of spouse and year of marriage. All records
provide the reference number for the registration certificate.
Computer: 2
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 1998
Police gazette : Victoria (includes 5 year compendiums)
The CD-ROMs for the years listed below, are issues of the Victoria Police Gazette. The CD-ROMs
contain high quality scanned images of the whole of each year’s issues. They include lists of warrants
issued, changes in the police force which are all listed (promotions, demotions, resignations, dismissals,
retirements, deaths etc). Information is also given on housebreak-ins, robberies, arson, murders, lost
horses and cattle, deserters, escaped prisoners, missing friends, and reports on those released. Notices
from interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Years: 1864, 1871-1875, 1886-1924
Computer: 3
Boxes: 10 & 11
QCFS 364.9945
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Police Gazette : Victoria compendium select years 1855-1885
The CD-ROMs for the years listed below, are issues of the Victoria Police Gazette. The CD-ROMs
contain high quality scanned images of the whole of each year’s issues. They include a list of all officers
at the beginning of the year, lists of warrants issued, changes in the police force which are all listed
(promotions, demotions, resignations, dismissals, retirements, deaths etc). Information is also given on
housebreak-ins, robberies, arson, murders, lost horses and cattle, deserters, escaped prisoners, missing
friends, and reports on those released. Notices from interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Years: 1855, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1876 and 1885
Computer: 3
Box: 9
QCFS 364.9945 2009
Sands, Kenny and Co’s Melbourne directory 1861
This directory consists of a trade directory (listed alphabetically by name, and by trade) for much of
Melbourne and suburbs. It also includes a street guide, street directory, societies directory, government
and official directory, ecclesiastical and legal directory and a municipal directory.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.451 2005
Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and suburban directory for 1865
This is a digital reproduction of the original book. Its 600 pages divided into a directory arranged by
street, a directory arranged alphabetically, a trade and professional directory, a miscellaneous directory
and ads. The whole directory, including most text in the ads, is searchable.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.451 2004
Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne and suburban directory 1892
Sands and McDougall's primarily consists of a trade directory (listed both alphabetically by name, and by
trade) for Melbourne and its suburbs. It also includes is a street guide, street directory, government and
official directory, ecclesiastical and legal directory as well as a municipal directory. This is a digital
reproduction of the original book and is searchable.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.451 2005
Tanner’s Melbourne directory for 1859
This CD-ROM is a digital reproduction of the original book. It covers the areas of Melbourne proper,
East and North Melbourne, Collingwood, Richmond and the business portions of Emerald Hill, Sandridge
and Williamstown. It is divided into three sections. The first contains a street guide and directory
indicating shop names, owners and where they’re located. There is also an alphabetical directory sorted
by surname giving occupation and address. Thirdly, there is a professions and trades directory, also
giving names and addresses.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.4510025 2005
Victoria Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1939 (2 copies)
Keyword searching provides direct access to name, occupation, residence, division and subdivision
without the lengthy searching which would otherwise be necessary. As this roll was taken on the eve of
WW11 it provides information on those who would be going to war.
Computers: 3 & 4
Box: 5
QCFS 324.6409945 2010
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Victorian Crown grantees index. Part 2 1838 to the present day
This CD-ROM has a searchable database of approximately 148,00 names and dates from 700 parishes.
It includes records of early colonial and Gold Rush settlers in Victoria, linked maps for easy location of
land and parishes, File Number of the Grant thus enabling research in related Correspondence Files
held at Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV), plus Section and Allotment Numbers.
Computer: 4
Box: 29
QCFS 929.3945 2008
Victorian directory 1918 (Sands & McDougall)
This CD-ROM contains high quality scanned images of the original book. It is divided into 5 sections: city
streets directory, country commercial directory, alphabetical directory (covers all Victoria), Melbourne
and suburban professional and trade directory; and a country professional and trade directory. There are
also a number of other subject specific directories and a large number of advertisements.
Computer: 2
Box: 19
QCFS 919.451 2010
Victorian mining accident index
This CD-ROM contains the names over 7500 injured and killed miners mainly during the mid to late
nineteenth century. The indexes contain such details as name of miner, date of accident, age and martial
status, name of mine or district and the cause of accident.
Computer: 3
Box: 13
QCFS 622.809945 2003
Voters rolls : City of Bendigo / Compiled by Pamela Houston
The voters rolls for the Bendigo Wards have been reproduced from copies of the original rolls. This CDROM spans 19 years from 1896 to 1914 and includes a surname list.
Computer: 3
Box: 36
QCFS 994.54 2007
War services old Melburnians 1914-1918
This CD is a digital reproduction of the original book that features members of the ‘Old Melburnians
Society’ who served in World War 1. The Society was founded in 1879. It contains details of all 1353
members who fought in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Salonkia, France, Belgium, Africa, and
Rabaul. It includes details of members’ war service history, obituary notices, editorials, a glossary, and
letters from those overseas, and approximately 200 portrait photographs.
Computer: 3
Box: 34
QCFS 940.39451 2007
West Gippsland early settlers 1900-1925
This CD-ROM is a register of early settlers to the district. It includes an index to settlers featured in the
book as well as an index to all Family names mentioned in the book. The State Library also holds
voume 1 and 2 of the West Gippsland pioneers and settlers : pre 1900.
Computer: 3
Drawer 4
QCFS 929.2099456 2008
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Tasmania
Australian state directories c1904 compendium (Wise)
This compendium includes: New South Wales Post Office Directory 1904, Queensland Post Office
Directory 1903, South Australia Post Office Directory 1903, Tasmania Post Office Directory
1904, Victorian Post Office Directory 1904, and Western Australia Post Office Directory 1905. The
Wise’s Post Office Directories are divided into three main sections: Towns, Alphabetical and
Trades and Professions. These three classifications enable the enquirer to see at a glance the
Householders or Traders in any one Town; the Business and Address of any resident in the State;
and the Firms engaged in any trade or profession.
Computer: 4
Drawer 4
QCFS 919.4025 2007
Bailliere’s Tasmania gazetteer and road guide (1877)
SEE
Australian Bailliere’s gazetteer set
Carr Villa Memorial Park burial and cremation records
This CD-ROM contains details of approximately 59,000 people buried or cremated at the Carr Villa
Cemetery, Tasmania, between 1905 and 23 January 2001.
Computer: 2
Box: 31
QCFS 929.509465 2001
Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania
Vol VIII – Sorrell District consists of the CD-ROMs covering the following cemeteries: Carlton,
Copping, Dunalley, Forcett, Marion Bay, Sorell - Henry Street, Scots Uniting and St Thomas
Churches and cemeteries; and St Georges Anglican Church and Cemetery, Gordon Street, Sorell.
They include a brief history of each one, a plan and a list of identified individuals. All identifiable
interments to the end of 2003 have been included and, wherever possible, each individual has a
photograph of the grave and/or headstone, transcription, and plot number. The State Library of
Queensland holds the earlier volumes in book format on the shelves near the Family History desk
on level 3.
Computer: 2
Drawer 4
QCFS 929.509946 1997Cyclopedia of Tasmania 1900
SEE
Australian Cyclopedias Compendium (under Australia)
Early Australian electoral rolls – Volume 1
Contains: New South Wales 1903 -- Tasmania 1903 -- Western Australia 1901
The data acts as a census substitute for the States covered with the advantage of providing a
direct name search rather than a search of each electorate.
Computer: 4
Drawer 4
QCFS 324.640994 2003
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Exiled three times over! : profiles of Norfolk Islanders exiled in Van Diemen’s Land 18071813 / [Irene Schaffer, Thelma McKay]
This CD-ROM contains high quality scanned images of the original book. It is a comprehensive
story of the lives of men and women who found themselves exiled - unbelievably - for the third time
in early nineteenth century to Van Diemen's Land. The exiled sailed first to Port Jackson, then to
Norfolk Island, and from there to the fledgling colony of Van Diemen's Land. The 'Lady Nelson'
and H.M.S. 'Porpoise' were two of the ships that carried the exiles, many of whom by now were
free settlers, on their enforced journey. The story of the exiles has been extensively researched
and uncovers many fascinating and hitherto unpublished accounts of hardship and survival.
Computer: 2
Box: 30
QCFS 929.3946 2007
Hobart Town Gazette
It contains high quality scanned images of the original book. It contains an immense amount of
historical and genealogical information about people and localities of the time. Unique to the
Hobart Gazette is an immense wealth of information specific to the convicts that were sent to
Tasmania.
Years: 1844, 1861, 1870 & 1880
Computer: 4
Box: 36
QCFS 994.4 2007
Index to passenger arrivals and departures from early Launceston newspapers 1829-1865 /
compiled by Sandra Duck and Maureen Martin
This CD-ROM has been compiled from passenger lists published in the Shipping Intelligence
columns of local newspapers of the time including The Cornwall Chronicle, The Independent, The
Examiner and The Launceston Advertiser.
Computer: 3
Drawer 4
QCFS 929.3099465 2007
MacPhail's directory of Tasmania 1867
This directory lists over 18,000 names from 23 districts in Tasmania. The CD is keyword
searchable.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.460025 2003
Notorious strumpets and dangerous girls : convict women in Van Diemen’s Land, 1803-1829
/ Phillip Tardif
This CD-ROM is an electronic publication of an original book. It tells the story of more than 1,600
convict women who came to Van Diemen’s Land before 1830. It includes more than 1600 fully
searchable biographies, a gallery of maps, pictures and documents from the period, as well as a
'highlights' section which points out some of the more fascinating, unusual and extreme events
uncovered in compiling there biographies.
Computer: 3
Drawer 4
QCFS 364.374 2006
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Tasmania
Police Gazette: Tasmania
The CD-ROMs for the years listed below, are issues of the Tasmanian Police Gazette. Earlier
issues were known as “Reports of crime”. The CD-ROMs contain high quality scanned images of
the whole of each year’s issues. They include lists of warrants issued, changes in the police force
which are all listed (promotions, demotions, resignations, dismissals, retirements, deaths etc).
Information is also given on housebreak-ins, robberies, arson, murders, lost horses and cattle,
deserters, escaped prisoners, missing friends, and reports on those released. Notices from
interstate police gazettes are sometimes included.
Years: 1886-1933
Computer: 4
Box: 9
QCFS 364.109946
Police Gazette : Tasmania
SEE ALSO
Reports of crime : Tasmania
Reports of crime : Tasmania compendium
"Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. You can
expect the Tasmanian Police Gazettes (in the earliest years called Reports of Crime) to include the
following information that will usually list names and some times personal details, descriptions with
photograph, addresses and/or occupations may be an added bonus for the researcher:
apprehensions; convict returns; disciplining of police; escapees and absconders from custody;
housebreakers and burglars; licensed carriers, hawkers, oyster fishers, and tanners; deserting
wives, families, etc; deserting from military service; deserting from merchant vessels; inquests;
missing friends; murderers and their victims; police resignations; prisoners discharged from gaols;
prisoners released on tickets of leave; property and stock recovered; rewards - names of persons
offering a reward; victims of arson; victims of horse and cattle stealing or straying; victims of lost or
stolen property; victims of sheep stealing or straying". -- Cover.
Years: 1861-1885
Computer: 4
Box: 9
QCFS 364.109946
Tasmania : collection of records 1830s to 1930s / compiled by Kiama Family History Volunteers
Group
It contains over 175,000 references to people in Tasmania up to 1950. It was compiled from
material held in Mitchell Library N.S.W. and in the Archives Office of Tasmania. The records
include musters, immigration, church records to 1950, convicts, hotel licences, court, hospital,
prison and land among others. Some of the records are from 1792 Norfolk Island and 1823-1848
N.S.W. This CD-ROM has 3 separate databases.
Computer: 3
Box: 30
QCFS 929.3946 2002
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Tasmania
Tasmania post office directory (Wise’s)
Wise’s Tasmania Post Office Directory is divided into three sections: towns, alphabetical, and
trades and professions. These three classifications enable the enquirer to see at a glance the
householders or traders in any one town; the business and address of any resident in the state;
and the firms throughout Tasmania engaged in any trade or profession. The directory, including
most of the text in the ads, is searchable.
Years:
1904
QCFS 919.46025 2004
1907
QCFS 919.460025 2008
1917, 1923,
QCFS 919.460025 2005
1926-1930
QCFS 919.46 2009
1931
QCFS 919.460025 2005
1935
QCFS 919.460025 2009
1947
QCFS 919.460025 2005
Computer: 4
Box: 19 & 20
Tasmania post office directory 1890-1900
This CD-ROM contains high quality scanned images of the whole of each original book. It holds all
volumes from 1890 to 1900. It contains an Alphabetical directory (colony-wide); a Towns directory;
a Street directory (Hobart and Launceston only) and a Trades directory, which all list addresses. It
also holds other sections that list names but not addresses.
Computer: 4
Box: 19
QCFS 919.46 2008
Tasmania telephone directory 1953
This CD-ROM is a digital reproduction of the original book. It covers all of Tasmania and includes
separate sections for the Hobart, Launceston and country exchanges. Listing thousands of names,
addresses and telephone numbers for 1953, it arranged in a similar way to today’s telephone
books. Each section includes a list of people and companies together with their address and
telephone number and are sorted alphabetically. The country section is sorted alphabetically by
town. It also has separate business and government departments sections.
Computer: 4
Box: 18
QCFS 919.4360025 2006
Tasmania's war record, 1914-1918
This CD-ROM contains high quality scanned images of the original book. It is a comprehensive
record of Tasmanians in the First World War.
Computer: 2
Box: 34
QCFS 940.409946 2005
Tasmanian convicts: the complete list from the original records / produced by the Archives
Office of Tasmania with the Genealogical Society of Victoria. Hobart: Archives Office of Tasmania
with the Genealogical Society of Victoria, 2000. “The basis of the index is the entries made by the
Convict Dept. in what is known as the 'Comprehensive Index to Convicts''.
Computer: 2
Box: 30
QCFS 929.3946 2000
Tasmanian Cyclopedia 1931
SEE
Australian Cyclopedias Compendium (under Australia)
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Tasmania
Tasmanian federation index: births 1900-1919; deaths and marriages 1900-1930
"This publication contains over 221,000 records of births, deaths, marriages registered in
Tasmania and war deaths (WW1) of those who enrolled in Tasmania to serve with the Australian
Imperial Forces and who died in service. The index was compiled by volunteers of the Tasmanian
Family History Society Inc. The births include 1900-1919, marriages and deaths 1900 to 1930 and
WW1 deaths. Compulsory registration in Tasmania was introduced in December 1838."--Booklet.
The State Library also holds some of this time period on microfiche.
Computer: 3
Box: 30
QCFS 929.3946 2006
Tasmanian pioneers index 1803-1899
The database covers all birth, death and marriage records for the period 1803-1899 recorded by
the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Box: 30
QCFS 929.3946 1993
Computer: 1
QCFS 929.3946 2003
Computer: 3
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac 1889
This is a reproduction of the original document, “Walch's Tasmanian almanac for 1889”. The
almanac contains information on government, calendar of events, shipping details, obituaries,
trades and professions, institutions, schools, ecclesiastical, and a reference to the rural
municipalities and municipal districts in Tasmania for the year 1889.
Computer: 4
Box: 36
QCFS 994.6 2002
Walch’s Tasmanian almanac compendium
These CD-ROMs contain high quality scanned images of the original books. They were published
yearly and contained detailed information about Tasmania for the year it was published, with
information about all regions and towns of the state. This included lists of registered medical
practitioners, dentists and chemists, as well as those in law departments, coroners and ministers
of religion, and the government and military forces, as well as details of obituaries that were
published during the previous year's newspapers, to name a few.
Years: 1896-1900, 1901-1905 & 1906-1910
Computer: 4
Box: 1
QCFS 032.02 2007
Family History CD-ROMs – A Guide to the collection : Victoria & Tasmania
Last revised: Jan 2014
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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