Electronic resources beginning with ‘T’

This site provides information about TAFE NSW courses, apprenticeships and traineeships, and links to sites for individual TAFE campuses.

Search a network of more than 100 TAFE libraries in NSW.

This American site provides an introduction to Taoist philosophy, as well as the translation of sacred texts and discussions about Taoist practices.

Website of the historic site in South Hobart. Includes convict articles,links, photo gallery, timelines, female convict database,events etc.

Compiled by the Kiama Family History Volunteers Group and published by Macbeth Genealogical Services in December 2002, this CDROM contains 175,000 references to people in Tasmania up to 1950, compiled from material held in Mitchell Library, NSW, and the Tasmanian archives.

Records include musters, immigration, church records to 1950, hotel licences, court, hospital, prison, land etc. Some records are from 1792 Norfolk Island and 1823-1848 NSW.

The CDROM has 3 separate databases, as follows:

(1) Tasmanian Miscellaneous Parish Records 1837 to 1953 - an index to a miscellaneous collection of Tasmanian microfilms containing approximately 10,000 baptisms, marriages, burials and other records from Hobart and country Tasmania. Locations include St David's Hobart, Ross District, Dorset Mission, Port Esperance and Brighton. Also version on 2 fiche for period 1837 to 1972 in ML at MAV/FM6/837.

(2) Tasmanian Colonial Index 1816 to 1889; Norfolk Island 1792; NSW 1823 to 1848 - this is a collection of over 89,000 individuals shown in various Tasmanian records loosely titled ML (Mitchell Library NSW) Tasmanian Papers represented by microfilms CY 11, 97, 367, 368, 878, 957, 958, 1273, 2142 and 2356. The entries relate to free citizens and convicts and is from material as diverse as jury lists, letter books, supreme court records, prisoners, musters, land grants etc and cover 1816 to 1889. Some records from Norfolk Island (NFI) and Sydney, Liverpool and Newcastle regions of NSW are included. Also version on 6 fiche in ML at REF 1/MAV/FM6/688.

(3) Tasmanian Colonial Collection 1803 to 1923 - an index to a miscellaneous collection of information from Tasmanian microfilms. The list contains over 76,000 entries and includes such diverse material as Ships Officers' Exams, Army Records, Hotels and Licencees, Immigration (both bounty & unassisted), Land Selections and hundreds of names of passengers leaving Tasmania for the mainland and overseas ports to name a few. Also available on 20 fiche in SRL at REF 10/RAV/FM6/631 and in ML at REF 1/MAV/FM6/828

Any female convict who spent time in Van Diemen's Land is included in the database. Thus, it not only includes those women transported directly to VDL, but also those who came free and were convicted here during the period of transportation (1804-1853), or those who were transported to NSW and later came to VDL (many of whom came via Norfolk Island).

Includes links to Acts, Regulations, Bills and Parliamentary Dabates or Hansard.

Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls by author Phillip Tardiff was originally published by Angus & Robertson in 1990 as an 1,800-page book. It has long-since been out of print. It tells the story of more than 1,600 convict women who came to Van Diemen's Land before 1830.This CDROM version was produced in 2004.

Features include:

(1) Biographies of all convict women sent to Van Diemen's Land before 1830. The biographies are searchable. Information typically includes their crime, sentence, physical description, age, literacy, behaviour on the voyage out, offences in Van Diemen's Land, marriage and how they won their freedom.

(2) A detailed interpretive essay on what these biographies reveal about the convict experience

(3) A gallery of pictures, maps and documents from the period.

(4) A reading of the poignant letter that convict Elizabeth Payne wrote to her husband, who she had left in England.

(5) Transcripts of select documents, including the rules and regulations of Hobart's Female House of Correction, and an account of the first hanging of a woman in Van Diemen's Land

The book itself is located in SRL at REF 10/N364.3740994/2 and in ML at 364.3740994/2

This 2007 CDROM incorporates 2 books on early colonial Tasmanian records by Irene Schaffer. 'Exiled Three Times Over' primarily profiles Norfolk Islanders exiled in Van Diemen's Land between 1807 and 1813. 'Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists' covers the period 1803 to 1822.

Information available includes biographies, copies of official government records, lists, facts and statistics, information on population, transportation, exiles, institutions, stocks, health and government.

The original 1992 print version entitled 'Exiled Three Times Over' by Irene Schaffer and Thelma McKay, is held in the Mitchell Library at REF 1/994.402/32. The 1991 print version entitled 'Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists, Van Diemen's Land 1803-1822' edited by Irene Schaffer, is also in the Mitchell Library at REF 1/994.602/11.

Irene Schaffer's website has a list of passengers who arrived on the seven ships from Norfolk Island to VDL between 1807 and 1813, including ship's name and year. The author estimates that 700 people took this journey. Other early colonial Tasmanian information included covers Convict women at Macquarie Harbour 1821-25; a List of early settlers up to 1832 and their land grants from New Town to Bridgewater; and various individual ship passenger lists. ( see Irene Schaffer's Website).

This site provides links to Tasmanian government information. It includes a listing of government agencies and links to local government, tourism and business information. The site also includes the full text of current Tasmanian legislation.

In this directory you can expect to find people, their address, and occupation.

Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. You can expect the Tasmanian Police Gazettes to include information that will usually list names and some times personal details, descriptions with photograph, addresses and/or occupations may be an added bonus for the researcher.

Gazettes are published by governments and their agencies as a means of communication to officials and the general public. As such they are useful, not only to monitor the actions of the government, but also as far as family historians are concerned, they are valuable primary source documents.

Archives Office of Tasmania records relevant to genealogists include : records of the Governor's Office and Colonial Secretary's Office; Immigration and Emigration; Naturalisations; Birth, Death, Marriage, and Inquest Records; Property and Census Records; Education; Wills and Probate; Employment; Medical & Welfare Records; Police & Court Records; Private or Organisation Records; Photographs & Newspapers. The AOT provides an on-line search utility to find information on its publicly available holdings at Tasmanian Archives Online. You can search by Function, Agency, Series or Item number.

This website also offers the following on-line name and other indexes to records it holds. These indexes generally provide the name of the person in the specified record, some additional identifying information, and references to the actual record held.

(1) Index to Tasmanian Convicts - indexes all convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system.

(2) Index to Convict Applications For Permissions to Marry 1829-1857 – covers convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts.

(3) Index to Departures 1817 - 1867 - indexes people leaving Tasmanian ports.

(4) Index to 19th Century Passengers & Ships Arrivals - indexes passengers & ships arriving, mainly in Hobart.

(5) Index to Census Records 1837 - 1857 - covers people (householders) in the 1840s and 1850s.

(6) Index to Naturalisations 1835-1905 – covers people applying to become citizens up to 1904.

(7) Index to Wills & Letters of Administration from 1824 – indexes wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate up to 1989.

(8) Index to Inquests - indexes records of inquests from the 1820s to the 1920s.

(9) Index to Tasmanian Divorces 1861 - 1920 – covers people getting divorced up to 1920.

(10) General Index - indexes contents of a range of records, mainly names, but some subjects.

(11) Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database - is not a direct index to records but contains a large amount of information (not necessarily verified) about Tasmanian families.

(12) Index to Photographs - photographs of Tasmanian interest from the 1850s to the present.

(13) Index to Public Works 1877-1935 - covers all public works that were approved by the Tasmanian Parliament to commence construction during the indicated year.

There are also brief topic guides to some of the major series of records at List of brief guides and 3 detailed online guides to records of The Colonial Secretary's Office , The Governor's Office and The Convict Department . These three guides each has a detailed introduction outlining the role, functions and administration of the government organisation which created the records covered by the guide and provides detailed descriptions of the arrangement and content of each series of records, including references to a number of original documents which are held in the Mitchell Library at the State Library of New South Wales.

Records of people (passengers, crew, ship's masters) and ships arriving were kept in the 19th century at various levels of detail and the records that are indexed here reflect this variety in terms of the amount of information they provide on individual people or ships. Most arrivals are for the port of Hobart as few records have survived for arrivals of ports outside Hobart. This index is gradually being added to from conversion of an existing Archives Office card index.

Information relating to immigration can be found among the records of several agencies. The Marine Board of Hobart has a large series of passenger lists which commences in 1829 [MB 2/39]. The lists are arranged chronologically by date of the ships arrival. Information given includes a brief description of the ship, port and date of departure and on most occasions names of passengers. The information given on each passenger is very brief, often without given names. Similar records do not exist for ports in the northern part of Tasmania.

In 1837 Governor Franklin suspended assisted immigration, his reasons being lack of finance and too little demand for labour. However by 1840 the settlers were complaining about the rapidly diminishing labour supply caused by Franklin's decision in 1837 and the cessation of the convict Assignment System. In August 1840 Franklin instituted the Bounty System of immigration. Between 1840 and 1886 the System was reviewed and amended both administratively and in terms of the benefits and conditions applying to immigrants. The Board maintained quite detailed records of the immigrants including name, age, marital status, religion, education, trade and native place of each person plus details of employment in the colony [CB 7/12]. Most nominal records created by the Immigration Board have been indexed and the cards are in the Arrivals Index in the search room. Other less complete series of records listing passengers can be found among the records of the Governors office, Colonial Secretary's office and the Customs Department.

The AOT has produced 'Brief Guide 30: records relating to Immigration' which lists chronologically Tasmanian agencies responsible for immigration and immigration records which are most frequently used, as follows:

* The following agencies had responsibility for Immigration :

(1) Immigration Agents Department 1841 – 1855; (2) Immigration Board 1855 – 1885; (3) Chief Secretary’s Department - Immigration Committee 1886 - 1910; (4) Immigration Bureaux, which in 1908 were established in Hobart and Launceston, took over work from the Immigration Committees and operated in conjunction with the Tourist Associations in each city; (5) Immigration Branch, Agricultural Department 1911 – 24; (6) Industrial Department 1924 – 1930; (7) Charitable Grants /Social Services – 1930 - 1946; and (8) State Immigration Office 1946 – 1982.

* Records most frequently used for information on immigrant arrivals :

(1) MB2/39 Marine Board of Hobart – Reports of ships arrivals with lists of passengers March 1829 – June 1957

(2) CB7/9 Immigration Agents Department – Nominal register of arrivals under the Bounty System May 1841 – Dec 1843

(3) CB7/12 Board of Immigration - Descriptive lists of immigrants arriving in Hobart and Launceston Aug 1851 – Aug 1867 July 1883 – Mar 1889

(4) CB7/16 Board of Immigration – Register of the hiring and disposal of immigrants July 1853 – Jan 1862

(5) CB7/23 Board of Immigration - Lists of Bounty Immigrants who arrived in Tasmania via Melbourne Jan 1867 – Jan 1884

(6) CB7/28 Immigration Board – Register of immigrants arriving from Germany Aug 1870 – May 1872

(7) SWD4 Industrial Department/Social Welfare Department - Correspondence of the Immigration Office concerning the nomination, arrival and settlement of migrants. 1920 - 1943

(8) AA59 State Immigration Office – Migrant files (M1 – M7371) Files of British migrants arriving under the Joint Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Australian Government 1946 - 1981

(9) AA344 State Immigration Office – Index to Migrant files 1946 – 1982

(10) AA78 Index to Swiss Migrants 1965 – 1966

For a complete list of the records and a history of free immigration and a description of the records to 1946 the AOT has a 'Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania: Records Relating to Free Immigration' which is only available in print format. A complete list of all records held can be found by using Tasmanian Archives Online.

Other related brief guides: (1) Brief Guide No. 5 Records relating to Child Migrants; (2) Brief Guide No 10 Records relating to Naturalisations; and (3) Brief Guide 13: records most frequently used for personal information about convicts.

Index to Archives Office of Tasmania census records. Most Tasmanian census returns have not survived but some are available for the following years and are indexed: 1837, 1838, 1842, 1843, 1848, 1851, and 1857. Many of these years do not have complete returns and the information varies for some years.

Each census contains similar questions which were to be answered by the proprietor or householder. These include the name of the householder; name of employer of servants; name of person in charge; place of residence, the name of the head of the house or establishment, its proprietor, whether the house was built of stone, brick, or of wood, whether it was complete or unfinished, whether it was inhabited or not; when the proprietor was present, number of persons generally residing there; and the number of these persons who were free. The return also contains a statistical form showing the age, sex, religion, occupation, condition and trade or calling of the persons residing in the house. There is an example of an 1848 census return ('CEN1' references) at Example.

A census for the district of New Town was taken in 1837. Each return records the names of male and female free persons over the age of fourteen, the religious sect to which each belongs, the same particulars about free persons under fourteen, and is signed by the householder or head of the family. The form states that only the number of convicts employed or assigned need to be given, but in many cases they are named. The address of the house (and sometimes its name) is also shown [POL 361].

Assessment and Valuation Rolls which give the location, area and description of a property plus name of occupier and name and address of proprietor are published annually in the Hobart Town Gazette 1825-1880. The first roll is for Hobart only published in 1847, the next list, including both Hobart and Launceston, appears in 1853 and from 1858 all districts are included more or less annually.

People who were convicts in Tasmania were not permitted to marry either each other or free people without approval from the Convict Department authorities. This index is to applications for permission to marry and it is important to keep in mind that not all applications were approved and therefore the people applying may not have married. The actual applications have not survived and registers (CON45, CON52) have been the source for this index. These registers have a two-line entry for each application.

The information listed is: applicant's surname given name; an extra identifier (if two convicts arrived on the same ship and had the same name); the name of the ship the convict arrived on, or 'free' if the person was not a convict or had become free by the time of the application made by the person who was still a convict; (these four fields are repeated for the other person); the date of the application; the reference number for the application; and the reference number (RGD37/...) for the marriage record if this has been included.

This Archives Office of Tasmania index covers most available departure records before 1860 and some beyond that date, and it is being added to gradually.

The Government, as a general rule, did not keep records of departures, although for some periods such as the 1850s such records are fairly complete. There are several series of Police records which do list crew and passengers departing from Launceston for the period 1833 - 1837 [POL 458] and 1848 to 1854 [POL 220]. The information supplied includes the ship to the Colony and the status of the passenger (ie whether crew or ex-convict). The Archive Office card index to departures also includes references from early newspapers and from several records of passengers leaving Hobart for the period 1817 - 1833 [CSO 63; CUS 33; Crowther's Port Officers Book L11].

Examples of the content and format of records indexed in the ‘departures index’ can be found at Examples.

This is an index to records relating to petitions for divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1860, that were heard in the Tasmanian Supreme Court. The Archives Office holds records relating to these cases, which vary from a few to many pages of documents, but has indexed them only up to 1920. There are about 450 records arranged by petitioner's surname.

This is an ongoing project to index records of inquests held by the Archives Office of Tasmania. Records vary from full files documenting the process to only the formal statements of the coronial findings. Those with a reference beginning with ‘SC’ are the formal statements ( see Example SC195 ) ; those beginning with ‘AGD’ are the full file; those beginning with ‘POL’ refer to the notification of the inquest in the Police Gazette.

'Brief Guide 27: records relating to coronial inquests' describes the key records held in the Archives Office relating to inquests held in Tasmania, as follows:

SC197 - Sheriffs register (as Coroner) of findings in inquests throughout the island 1828 - 1841

SC499 - Index to findings, depositions & associated papers relating to Coroners inquests 1865 - 1961

SC195 - Findings, depositions and associated papers relating to Coroners inquests 1828 - 1977

AGD58 - Index to registered coronial inquests 1914 – 1982

AGD59 - Register of coronial inquests 1944 – 1982

AGD20 - Inquest files 1868 – 1990

AGD23 - Preliminary coronial reports about deaths and fires which did not require inquests 1942 - 1984

AGD21 - West Coast – Depositions & other papers relating to Coronial inquests on the West Coast 1892 - 1913

Local Tasmanian newspapers often have detailed reports of inquests and The Archives Office holds an almost complete sets of all colonial newspapers published in Tasmania. Most have now been microfilmed and copies of the microfilms can be purchased. Also, inquest findings can be found in the Tasmanian Police Gazettes.

The Tasmanian Archives Office holds records relating to the application by non-British subjects for certificates of denization and naturalization for the period 1835 to 1905, after which time naturalisation became a function of the Commonwealth Government. The applications can be found in the files of the Colonial and Chief Secretary's Department and the Oaths of allegiance and the copies of certificates are among the records of the Supreme Court [SC 218; SC 415; SC 416].

The first Act enabling the Lieutenant Governor to grant letters of Denization was passed in 1835. This legislation was repealed in 1861 by the Aliens Act. It was predominantly males who applied for naturalization probably because any women married to a natural born subject or person naturalized was deemed to be naturalized herself and thereby have all the rights and privileges of a natural born subject.

This naturalisation index provides the names of these applicants (approximately 1,200) in alphabetical sections. The information listed is: surname, given name (where provided), date of application and the Tasmanian Archives Office reference number for application/certificate details.

The Archives Office of Tasmania has also produced 'Brief Guide 10: records relating to naturalisation' which lists all the records it holds and the identifying prefixes, as follows.

(1) CSO & CSD entries usually appear in the indexes to the Colonial Secretary’s Office under Denization and Chief Secretary’s Department under Naturalisation. 1835 - 1905

(2) SC218 Oaths of allegiance and associated papers subscribed to by aliens to whom letters of denization were granted. 25 Aug 1835 - 18 Oct 1877. 1899 - 1904

(3) SC416 Index to copies of certificates of denization and naturalisation enrolled in the Supreme Court 14 May 1835 - 22 Oct 1905

(4) SC415 Copies of certificates of denization and naturalisation enrolled in the Supreme Court 14 May 1835 - 27 Oct 1905

This index of all convicts transported to Tasmania and those who were convicted (through the convict system) in the colony was created by indexing all original records held by the Archives Office of Tasmania from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased. The latest entry in the database for the locally convicted convicts is 1893. About 76,000 people are indexed.

Information provided by this index includes the name of the convict ship, port of departure, the departure and arrival dates and Tasmanian Archives Office CON reference numbers relating to any indent, description, appropriation, conduct or other convict records that may be held. Such records can provide more specific details about the convict.

Examples of some of the main series of convict records, giving an outline of their content and format, can be seen at Examples of convict records. You can also go to 2 Tasmanian Archive Office convict record guides at Brief Guide 13: records most frequently used for personal information about convicts and Brief Guide No. 20: convict records - explanation of format and frequently used abbreviations. Copies of convict records not available online can be obtained by completing the Tasmanian State Archives online copy request form.

More than 74,000 convicts were transported to Tasmania between 1803 and 1853. It was not until Governor Arthur’s arrival that detailed records were kept of all convicts. In 1825 Edward Cook, a law-stationer who arrived in 1825 under a life sentence was employed to compile a series of Black Books containing particulars of convicts who had arrived since the Calcutta. Cook worked at the Chief Police Magistrate's residence at New Norfolk under the direction of Josiah Spode, the Muster Master. It was this officer who had the responsibility of maintaining these records now to be found in CON 31 and CON 40. (Conduct registers of male/female convicts arriving in the period of the Assignment System 1803 - 1843.)

Until June 1840 convicts were either assigned to settlers or sent to work on public works. The assignment system was replaced with the probation system and the records for this system can be found in CON 33 and CON 41. (Conduct records of male/female convicts arriving in the period of the probation system 1843 - 1858.) The idea was that on arrival the convicts should go into gangs to work. The length of time in the gang depended on the length of their original sentence. Various modifications were proposed to this system during succeeding years until transportation ceased in May 1853. The information contained in the conduct records (Black Books) can be supplemented by using other series of records such as indents, descriptions and muster rolls.

The Convict Department in Tasmania did not retain butts of indulgences such as Tickets of Leave and Conditional Pardons but simply noted the fact that the indulgence had been granted on the conduct record. However, the AOT does have records of convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts. See Index to Convict Applications For Permissions to Marry 1829-1857.

The Archives Office of Tasmania holds records relating to probate including wills, 'grants of probate', and Letters of Administration up to the mid 1990s. These are indexed here up to 1989.

There are three main series of records -

(1) Records relating to the granting of probate which includes a copy of the will

(2) Records relating to the granting of Letters of Administration authorising the administration of intestate estates and recording the granting of probate

(3) Records relating to Elections to Administer for small intestate estates.

In the index references with an AD960 prefix refer to wills, references with an AD961 prefix refer to Letters of Administration, references with an AD962 prefix refer to Tasmanian 'reseals', and references with an AD963 prefix refer to 'elections to administer' small interstate estates

The Archives Office of Tasmania has also produced 'Brief Guide 12: records relating to the administration of probate' which provides a copmplete list of records held and the identifying prefixes, as follows:

(1) AD906 Index to records relating to the granting of Probate (For later index see AD910) 1824 – 1989

(2) AD960 Copies of Wills recording the granting of probate 1824 – 1999

(3) AE241 Documents relating to the granting of probate (Access to Wills contained in these documents will usually be provided via the copies AD960. These documents will only be accessed under exceptional circumstances) 1824 – 1950

(4) AD907 Index to records relating to Letters of Administration (For later index see AD910) 1825 – 1989

(5) AD961 Copies of Letters of Administration authorising the administration of intestate estates, and recording the granting of probate 1825 – 1997

(6) AE242 Documents relating to the granting of Letters of Administration authorising the administration of intestate estates, and recording the granting of probate 1825 – 1950

(7) AD908 Index to records relating to Reseals (For later index see AD910) 1951 – 1989

(8) AD962 Copies of Wills or Letters of Administration where Probate was filed outside Tasmania certifying Probate was sealed for a second time in Tasmania (Reseals) 1950 – 1992

(9) AD909 Index to records relating to “Elections to Administer” (For later index see AD910) 1913 – 1989

(10) AD963 Copies of “Elections to Administer” for small intestate estates 1913 – 1962

(11) AE243 Documents relating to the issue of “Elections to Administer” for small intestate estates 1913 – 1950

(12) AD910 Index to records relating to the granting of Probate, Letters of Administration, Reseals, and 'Elections to Administer' 1966 - 1994

Index of Archives Office of Tasmania records of convicts transported to Tasmania, from the beginning of transportation in 1804 to 1853 when transportation to Tasmania ceased.

Index also contains references to locally convicted individuals (up to 1893) who may have arrived free, were born in Tasmania or were former convicts whose original sentence had expired.

Produced by the Archives Office of Tasmania with the Genealogical Society of Victoria.

This site contains links to websites with content related to Tasmanian family history. Includes a number of Tasmanian indexes. Co-ordinated by Meryl Yost.

This site allows you to search an online database which contains records of births, deaths, and marriages held in the Archives Office of Tasmania. It also provides indexes of census records, wills, divorces and other indexes.

Index to 221,000 Tasmanian registered records of Births (1900-1919) Deaths and Marriages (1900-1930) and war deaths(WW1) of those who enrolled in Tasmania to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces and who died in service. Certificates can be purchased from the Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Compulsory registration was introduced in Tasmania in December 1838. This index was compiled by the Tasmanian Family History Society Inc.

This site provides information on the history of the Tasmanian flag and includes a link to information on Tasmanian historical flags for the period 1875.

Produced by the Archives Office of Tasmania in conjunction with Macbeth Genealogical Services in September 2003, this is an index of birth, death and marriage records for Tasmania between 1803 and 1899.

It covers civil records for 1838-1899 and parish records for 1803-1833 for baptisms, 1803-1838 for marriages and 1803-1933 for burials. Compulsory registration was introduced in Tasmania in December 1838.

It includes: surname; given name/s; sex; event; age; father & mother or spouse; place; event date & references.

The Tate gallery, UK website includes over 65,000 images of works held by the gallery, as well as research papers, art history, exhibition information and education.

Telephone directories for selected Asian countries.

Indian telephone directories.

Italian telephone directories, available in Italian language only.

This site provides information about world time and dialling codes.

This site provides a searchable database of more than eight million residential, business and government telephone listings in Australia. The database also includes maps for listings in most capital cities as well as the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

This site provides a searchable database of business telephone listings in Australia. The database can be searched by business name or by product or service.

Access to books online from the Universal Library Project, Project Gutenberg, the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project, International Children's Digital Library, and many libraries in Canada and the United States.

The Flinders papers website contains transcripts of over 150 documents about English navigator and chartmaker Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) that are currently held by the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library (UK).

The collection consists of three main groups :

(1) Flinders's papers, correspondence, charts and journals; narratives of his voyages; service papers and technical notes. This includes letters to and from Sir Joseph Banks and the explorer Sir John Franklin

(2) His wife Ann Flinders's letters and correspondence - some written while Flinders was imprisoned on Mauritius

(3) Sir William Flinders Petrie's miscellaneous collection of biographical material, notes, memoirs and news cuttings relating to his grandfather’s career; and correspondence with J F Shillinglaw about a biography of Flinders which Shillinglaw never completed.

This collection, currently on long-term loan to the Museum from Lisette Flinders Petrie, is the residue of those documents presented to the Mitchell Library in Sydney by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942), grandson of Matthew Flinders. These family papers form part of a larger State Library holding on Matthew Flinders, such as the following original materials.

The official website of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team provides to up-to-date information on our Olympic Team.

A selection of articles and photographs from the last 150 years to mark the newspaper's anniversary.

This site provides basic bibliographic references to more than 700 periodicals in the Museum of Mankind.

The Official website of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team provides detailed biographies of team members and a statistical analysis of Australia's performances at past Games. A detailed history of Australia's achievements in each Olympic sport is accompanied by current Olympic and world records in each event. A special feature of the site is the 'Beijing Interactive Explorer' for information about the Olympic city.

Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Provides the latest news from the Olympic city including a detailed schedule of events, progress of the torch relay and venue information. An Olympic hall of fame and database of past medal winners also included.

A blog that collects and interprets stories that help to foster a sense of belonging and acceptance. Recommended for the HSC English Area of Study.

Comprehensive listings of award-winning books in various fields.

This is the official site for the British royal family. It provides historical information about the monarchy including information about Princess Diana and the royal palaces and castles.

An educational site about Australian bushrangers. The site is hosted by the University of New England's School of Curriculum Studies server.

This site provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars. A record of some 60 000 civilian casualties of the Second World War is provided without details of burial location.

The Companion to Tasmanian History is a comprehensive website providing information about every important aspect of Tasmania’s history, covering all periods and all places, published by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.

White pages in Greek and English.

This site provides the full text of all of William Shakespeare's plays and some of his poetry. The plays are listed according to their category (history, tragedy or comedy) and includes links to other Shakespeare pages.

Free interactive access to dictionaries and encyclopedias, including subject specific dictionaries and a thesaurus.

An academic site devoted to Chaucer's Canterbury tales and his life and times with an extensive bibliography.

This site provides information from the BBC on World War I. It includes information on battles such as those at Verdun, the Somme and Passchendale, and information on war memorials, the Russian revolution and the war poets.

Based on the PBS documentary series, the site features an expanded map and battle section, dramatized audio recordings of letters and poems written by combatants and non-combatants in the war, as well as streaming video of archival footage taken during World War I.

(NSW Health, Australia)

A report on the health of the people in NSW which shows trends, health inequalities and emerging health priorities.

A searchable archive of ancient and modern history websites.

The Official website of the Olympic Movement. It provides information on the Olympic Games. Links to Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Olympic Museum Lausanne, National Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations, the International Paralympic Committee, Olympic Studies Centre, Olympic Television Archive Bureau and the World Anti-Doping Agency.

This site provides a searchable collection of more than 400 classical Greek and Latin texts (in English translation).

The official site of the Man Booker Prize, providing information about the prize and a list of the winners, shortlisted authors, and judges every year since the first award in 1969.

A guide to everything you need to know about train travel world wide, including timetables, ticketing, bookings, routes and links.

(Merck & Co., USA)

Internet version of popular medical textbook.

(National Institutes of Health, USA)

General information on using complementary and alternative medicine. Also information on specific therapies, herbs and dietary supplements.

This site provides an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, and most provide references to additional related information.

A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. Includes an index of online books, pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts, and special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books.

This site provides information about British patents, trademarks, design and copyright. It also includes a fee-based patent search service.

A Community Relations Commission compilation of ethnicity data for each local government area in New South Wales. Provides statistics on ethnicity, birthplace, language and religion from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

This site provides comprehensive contact details for personnel, facilities and services in the Australian film, television, advertising and multimedia industries. A search facility is provided or you can browse by category. Subscription only.

This site provides a list of the latest Pulitzer Prize winners and also includes a timeline of all winners since 1917 and an archive of recent prize winners which contains the full text of winning articles.

Excellent student resource for information about the Roman Empire from the American Public Broadcasting Service. Includes lots of reference material, reading lists and web links.

The Scout Report is an alerting service for significant new resources on the Internet.

This site provides a UK telephone directory.

This site provides links to material safety data sheets.

This site provides details of holdings of archival records relating to the New England region of New South Wales.

The mission of the Dennis Wolanski Foundation is to facilitate management, presentation and appreciation of the performing arts. The Foundation focuses on management of performing arts information resources in New South Wales. The website provides a directory of institutions holding material from the former Dennis Wolanski Library, and a selective catalogue of the collection. Holds important historical information about the Sydney Opera House.

The National Library of Scotland's online collection of nearly 1800 broadsides — printed notices for public distribution — between 1650 and 1910. Crime, politics, romance, emigration, humour, tragedy, royalty and superstitions are covered by these precursors to the modern newspaper.

This is the official site of the World Bank. It provides information about World Bank programs, news, details of World Bank publications and links to some full text documents.

A soccer website produced by SBS Television. Includes the latest results, fixtures and tables for the National Soccer League and the world.

This site provides a list of acronyms and abbreviations which can be searched or browsed. The index is cross-referenced allowing the user to search by acronym or full meaning.

This site provides a directory of world wide museums and exhibitions.

Official website of the Theosophical Society founded in 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Provides a history of the society, its major tenets and publications, as well as an international directory of its offices.

(Federal Department of Health and Ageing, Australia)

Provides information about the regulations and control of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and medical devices within Australia.

Online dictionary and reference guide on the origin and meaning of first names, including popular, unusual, and unique baby names from around the world.

A directory of 700,000 manufacturers and distributors from 28 countries, classified by 11,000 products and services categories.

This site provides a searchable database of US and Canadian companies. Registration required.

Use this site to find the day and date in any year, times around the world, and other time and calendar information.

Timeframes is an online database of more than 20 000 heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, a division of the National Library of New Zealand. The picture collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library cover the social and natural history of New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica, from the earliest European contact to the present.

A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, written by the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and illustrated by Museum's collection.

British medieval history covering the period 800 AD to 1499 AD with detailed timelines, key medieval episodes, biographies of medieval people, photographs of medieval places, maps and 3D reconstructions of ruined castles and abbeys.

This site provides daily news, features, opinion, arts, business, obituaries and sports sections.

The London Times newspaper has been captured, with all articles, advertisements & illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Particularly useful to genealogists for searching shipping notices.

This site provides excerpts from the Times Literary Supplement. It also contains a subscription based service.

The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Centenary Archive contains the complete edition of the TLS from 1902-1990 and the TLS Index.

To search for a specific article, you can search this database by author, book or article title, contributor/gender, publisher name/place, subject, item description, date or year(s).

To search for a specific contributor, you can search this database by name/gender, year of birth, occupation, subjects reviewed, languages reviewed or non-TLS journalism.

Identities of contributors to the TLS -- reviewers, and writers of essays, letters and poems are disclosed in this database, their biographical information is included.

This site provides information on the history of the Torres Strait Islander flag.

This site provides information on the history of the Torres Strait Islander flag.

This site provides information on the history of the Torres Strait Islander flag.

Commentary to the law of torts from CCH. Contains cases, legislation and discussion on all aspects of tort law in Australia

Australian Federal Government tourism and travel portal. Includes links to useful travel sites such as travel tips and advice, customs, bird flu information, medications and health.

The New South Wales Government's tourism organisation provides information for visitors to Sydney and New South Wales, and corporate information for the tourism industry. Includes some research papers and tourism statistics.

Australian Federal Government site which links to all Australian State and Territory official tourism websites. Includes links to Australian cultural and heritage sites as well.

English-language Yellow pages site.

(National Library of Medicine, USA)

An introduction to toxic substances found in the environment such as chemicals in the home and workplace as well as pollutants in the air and water.

(ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, USA)

Fact sheets on a wide range of hazardous substances and their impact on human health.

A cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. It is managed by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) in the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The databases are updated when new information becomes available.

This site, provided by the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, contains a collection of resources designed to assist those wishing to trace their Scottish ancestry.

The Trading Post website provides on-line distribution and publication of information about items advertised for sale.

Products covered include: Motor Vehicles; Art & Crafts; Books & Publications; Business & Office; Collectibles; Computers; DVDs, CDs, Videos, Records & Tapes; Employment; Entertainment & Electronics; Family & Baby; Fashion & Beauty; Garden & Outdoor Living; Home Renovations; Household; Marine; Musical Instruments & Equipment; Noticeboard; Pets & Horses; Phones; Real Estate; Rural & Machinery; Sport, Leisure & Recreation ; Toys & Games.

Links to Australian Federal government departments that deal with all aspects of transport in Australia.

Links to transport information produced by the NSW State Government. Includes links to driving tests, information about types of transport, commercial transport, road tolls and fares.

Provides an overview of how to search for specific types of records such as petitions for clemency and assize records. Most of the records are available through the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), a complete set of which is held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia. Other major Australian libraries hold parts of the AJCP. Detailed guides to the records are held at the Mitchell Library Information Desk.

Provides an overview of how to search for specific types of records such as petitions for clemency and assize records. Most of the records are available through the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), a complete set of which is held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia. Other major Australian libraries hold parts of the AJCP. Detailed guides to the records are held at the Mitchell Library Information Desk.

This site provides information about international and domestic travel. It contains a searchable database of airline schedules and airfares and provides links to other travel-related sites.

Use this site to plan travel within Australia. Includes route planners and information on destinations, accommodation and transport.Site managed by Australian Online Travel Pty Ltd.

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. The project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history and characteristics. Find out about flies, beetles, frogs and toads.

Provides a searchable database of 750,000 businesses across Australia and is searchable by product, service and locality with links to online maps. Information sourced from News Limited's local papers network.

Compiled by Dr Liu Luxin, the Tung Wah newspaper index covers the Tung Wah News (1898-1902) and the Tung Wah Times (1902-1936) both held by the State Library of NSW. The names of people, organisations and places in the index have been translated into mandarin pinyin.

The Tung Wah newpapers are among the most important publications in the history of Australia's Chinese communities and provide resources for the study of Chinese communities in Australia ( such as the Australian Chinese Empire Reform Association and the NSW Chinese Merchants' Society ), for researching events in China and for tracing the history of other Chinese communities around the world.

This website also provides an article on the history of Chinese Newspapers in Australia from the Turn of the Century, notably the Chinese Australian Herald which is also held by the State library of NSW.

Turkish white pages in Turkish only.