RAHS Useful History Links

Piecing together Australian history is an absorbing and fascinating study and the Internet is rich in resources for all types of historical research.

Below are listed are links to various websites about libraries and archives, heritage and land titles, family history, and kindred organisations. Also included are some useful resources, electronic journals, and funding sources.

 

Search site for archives, libraries and museums

Australian Cultural Network - http://www.acn.net.au

 

Libraries and Archives

State Records NSW (formerly Archives Office of NSW) - http://www.records.nsw.gov.au

National Archives (formerly Australian Archives) - http://www.naa.gov.au

Mitchell Library, Dixson Library, Dixson Galleries and State Library of NSW - http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au

National Library of Australia - http://www.nla.gov.au/home.html

Heritage and Land Titles

NSW Heritage Office - State Heritage Inventory - http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/

Australian Heritage Commission - Register of the National Estate - http://www.ahc.gov.au/

NSW Department of Lands - http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/default.htm

National Trust of Australia (NSW Branch) - http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/

Family History

Australian Family History and Genealogy on the Internet - http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html

NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages - http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

Society of Australian Genealogists - http://www.sag.org.au/

 

Kindred Organisations

National

Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations - http://www.historians.org.au

Australian Historical Association - http://www.theaha.org.au

Federation of Australian Historical Societies - http://www.history.org.au/

American Association for State and Local History - http://www.aaslh.org

Regional

Canberra and District Historical Society - http://www.canberrahistory.org.au

History Council of NSW - http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/

Professional Historians Association NSW Inc - http://www.phansw.org.au

Royal Historical Society of Queensland - http://www.queenslandhistory.org.au

Royal Historical Society of Victoria - http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/

Royal Western Australian Historical Society - http://www.git.com.au/~histwest/index.htm

Resources

Australian Family History and Genealogy on the Internet - http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html

Australian History on the Internet - http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html

Documenting a Democracy - http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/

History of Australian Theatre - http://www.hat-archive.com/

NSW War Memorials - http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/

Picture Australia - http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

Public History Site - http://www.publichistory.uts.edu.au

Teaching Heritage for secondary school history and geography teachers - http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au

 

Electronic Journals

Access: History - http://www.uq.edu.au/access_history/

Australian Humanities Review - http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR

Public History Review - http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/phrj/

Sydney Journal - http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/sydney_journal

Funding Sources

Community Development and Support Expenditure (Registered Clubs)

Project Funding (NSW Heritage Office)

Other Heritage Funding (NSW Heritage Office)

Western Sydney Regional Information and Referral Service