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Libraries

 

Archives : Historical Societies : Guides to Indigenous Family History Records

 

Below is a listing of major libraries with collections relating to Indigenous family history. If these libraries have produced special guides, they will be listed as well.

 

You can also use the Australian Libraries Gateway to find libraries by their name, place or the subject of their collections. Just select "Local/Family History" from the Library Type box and select the State required from the Location box and click on the "search" button. 

 

Libraries Australia  - with one search you can access the combined holdings of most major Australian libraries. Libraries Australia lists more than 40 million items including books, maps, pictures, journals, films and videos, CDs, DVDs, government reports, newspapers, talking books, musical scores and much more.

 

You can use Libraries Australia not only to find library resources, but also to help you locate a library in Australia that holds the item and to place a request using the service. Contact details for libraries are also accessible. Some items are available in full text online. There are also links to Australian and overseas online book shops.

 

 

 

 

 

General - All Libraries

 

ATSILIRN: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Library & Information Resource Network. Useful links to library services.

 

Australian Libraries Gateway 

 

RAAM: Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts is a guide to collections of personal papers and non-governmental organisational records held by Australian libraries and archives.

 

  

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - and their Family History Unit pages

 

 

National Library of Australia:

 

New South Wales

 

State Library of NSW - and their  Australian Indigenous Services

 

 

Moree - Northern Regional Library and Information Service:

 
Indigenous Unit

Holds Dawn Magazines, Tindale's Genealogies, Robin Howell's Genealogies. Aboriginal Family History Specialist is on staff

 
Phone: 02 6757 3367

 

Broken Hill City Library:

 

Family History assistance will assist inquiries for $15.00/hour with material held in the Library's collection.
Email: bhcl@ruralnet.net.au
Phone: 08 8088 3317

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Territory

Northern Territory Library & Information Service

 

 

Queensland

State Library of Queensland - their Indigenous Libraries Service

 

 

South Australia

State Library of South Australia and their Aboriginal Family History Guide 

 

Tasmania

State Library of Tasmania and their Family History Resources

 

 

Victoria

State Library of Victoria and their Genealogy Centre

 

  

Western Australia

J. S. Battye Library of WA History and their Indigenous Records Guide and a list of Key Resources held in the Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated: April 2007

 

 

 

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