This course includes newspapers, maps, directories & almanacs, electoral rolls, government records, local council records, sewerage and utilities, libraries, universities and museums, cemeteries, local area studies, including regional histories, business records, membership records, and records relating to land and its uses.
A study of local history informs us about how our ancestors lived as part of a community as well as where they lived. This course first examines the records that can identify those locations, and then proceeds to the regional sources that allow us to see ancestors in the context of where they lived and who lived near them and what that can tell us about their lives.
Some of these sources include lists of names, while others provide background information about places as well as the lives of the people who lived and worked there.
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction
• Websites
Introduction to Local Sources
• Websites
Searching Tips
Remote Access to Records
Sources for Local History
• Email Mailing Lists
• FamilySearch
• Ancestry.com.au
• FindMyPast
Historical Background
• Federation
• 1901 to 1945
• After World War II
Where is it?
Newspapers
Module 2
Determine Where They Lived
• Websites
• Suggested Book
Birth, Death and Marriage Records
• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Divorce Records
Inquests
Probate: Wills and Intestacies
Cemeteries
Directories and Almanacs
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Electoral Rolls
Census
Immigration and Naturalisation Documents
Convicts and Criminals
Military Records and Soldier Settlement
Module 3
State & Territory Government Records
• Websites
• Suggested Books
• Suggested eBooks
Government Gazettes
Colonial Secretaries
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Western Australia
Transport
Education
• New South Wales
• Australian Capital Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Health and Welfare
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Occupations
Law and Order
Indigenous Records
Module 4
Municipal and Community Records
• Websites
• Suggested Books
Local Government Authorities and Libraries
Regional Archives
Community Centres
Public Utilities
Clubs, Societies and Charities
Places of Worship
Business Records
Resources within the Home
Module 5
Local Histories
• Websites
• Suggested Books
Historical and Genealogical Societies
Local Museums
Local Histories
• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
School Histories
Images
Oral History
Module 6
Places
• Websites
• Suggested Books
Land Records
• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Suggested Reading
Additional Websites
Appendix
• Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office - Private Researchers
• South Australian District Registers
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