State Library indexes free online
Indexes available through State Library's website
The following can be searched through the One Search catalogue State Library Family History Indexes:
- Convict transportation registers database (1787-1867)
- *NEW* Persons called before Queensland Government Committees 1860-1920
- Queensland mining accidents (1882-1945)
- Queensland Police Gazettes Inquests (1875-1885)
- Queensland Railway Employees Index (1866-1876, 1890-1915)
- Queensland Victuallers Licence index (1900-1914)
- South African War (Boer War) soldier index (1899-1902)
- First World War soldier portraits
- Portraits of WW1 soldiers from The Australasian Traveller
- Tindale Genealogical Collection name index
- Margaret Lawrie Genealogies
These indexes are also available through the Queensland Government Open Data Portal.
State Library's collection of over 16,000 documents of Colonial Secretary's correspondence provides insight into Queensland's early British settlement history. Discover what information is available and how to access it.
eresources accessible with a library membership anywhere
These eresources can be accessed for free, both at State Library and at home, if you are a library member.
- The Sydney Morning Herald archives (1 January 1955-2 February1995)
- The Age : library edition (2006-2025)
- The Sydney Morning Herald : library edition (2006-2025)
- British Library Newspapers
- Times Digital Archives (London Times newspaper 1785-2019)
- Irish Newspaper Archive
- Illustrated London News 1842-2003
eresources accessible and free onsite only at State Library
These eresources can be accessed onsite only at State Library.
- Ancestry (Library Edition)
- FindMyPast (Australia, UK, Ireland and USA)
- The British Newspaper Archive (You have to create an account to view search results)
- FamilySearch (Affiliate records) (Access with your personal FamilySearch membership)
Check the One Search online catalogue for specific titles.
Useful websites for family historians is a collection of quality websites selected by information professionals for family and local historians. It includes sites from across Australia and overseas. Links to the most important parts of a website are included.
