Discover the many different resources that are available to help you trace Australian family history records for Family History Month.
Australian family history research has its own quirks, shaped by colonial settlement and state-based record-keeping. This session will help you navigate the key sources for tracing free settlers, gold miners, assisted migrants, and post-war arrivals, with practical strategies to access birth, death and marriage records, immigration and naturalisation files, land grants, and newspapers.
You’ll also learn how to compensate for the lack of national census data using electoral rolls, directories, rate books, and other creative substitutes. Knowing where to look, and how to access what’s available, is just as important as knowing what to look for.
Whether you’re just starting out or tackling a tricky brick wall, this session will give you the tools, strategies, and confidence to dig deeper into your Australian ancestry.
Accessibility
⚠️ This event will be held in the Conference Room on Level 2. Due to lift maintenance from late July onward, Level 2 is accessible only via 4 flights of stairs.