Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
See Libraries and Mechanics' Institutes.
See Booksellers.
WORLDCAT
A global catalog of library collections.
TROVE - BOOKS AND LIBRARIES
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GOOGLE BOOKS
Google Books is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database. Books that in the public domain (out of copyright or if the copyright owner has given permission) are available for "full view" and can be downloaded for free. Scanned books are mainly from American, English and European libraries.
PROJECT GUTENBERG
Project Gutenberg offers over 58,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
PROJECT GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA
Download free ebooks in the public domain in Australia. Includes classics, fiction and nonfiction on a variety of subjects, including Australian history.
INTERNET ARCHIVE
It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain (out of copyright or if the copyright owner has given permission) books. Scanned books are mainly from American, Canadian, European and Indian libraries.
HATHITRUST
In the HathiTrust Digital Library collection, you can find titles on everything from African History, Economics, and French Literature to Solar Energy, Public Health, and materials published in more than 400 languages. The digital library of 18+ million digitized items brings together the collections of more than 60 academic and research libraries from across North America and other countries (including Australia). Users from around the world use the digital library for their undergraduate and graduate studies, personal research, genealogy, and professional purposes such as law and journalism.
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FINDMYPAST - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH DIRECTORY
This Genealogical Research Directory Set contains each directory from 1981 to 1993. Each directory includes 35,000 to 100,000 entries of family names which are all listed in alphabetical order from contributors in 30 countries. They are searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/international-genealogical-research-directory
FAMILYSEARCH - BOOKS
The Family History Library sponsored by FamilySearch is the largest genealogical library in the world. The Family History Library is actively digitizing its family histories, local histories, and other collections to make them searchable and available online to researchers worldwide.https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/
See Directories and Handbooks.
See Biographies.
PROJECT GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA
Download free ebooks in the public domain in Australia. Includes classics, fiction and nonfiction on a variety of subjects, including Australian history.
FAMILYSEARCH - BOOKS
The Family History Library sponsored by FamilySearch is the largest genealogical library in the world. The Family History Library is actively digitizing its family histories, local histories, and other collections to make them searchable and available online to researchers worldwide.https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/
FAMILYSEARCH - RAMBLES AND OBSERVATIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES BY JOSEPH PHIPPS TOWNSEND PUBLISHED 1849 BY CHAPMAN AND HALL, LONDON
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2819589?availability=Online
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP
James Bonwick. Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip. Melbourne, Australia: Goodall & Demine, 1856. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30317
FINDMYPAST - CHRONICLES OF EARLY MELBOURNE 1835-1851
This is under “Victoria Histories”. It is searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/victoria-histories
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE UPPER MURRAY, 1835 TO 1845. WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OVER TWO HUNDRED RUNS, 1835-1880
Dr. Arthur Andrews. The First Settlement of the Upper Murray, 1835 to 1845. With A Short Account of over Two Hundred Runs, 1835-1880. Sydney, Australia: D.S. Ford Printers, 1920. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30315
ANCESTRY - THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW ZEALAND
The Rise and Progress of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand in Which Will Be Found a Colonial Directory; Increase and Habits of Population; Tables of Revenue and Expenditure; Commercial Growth and Present Position of Each Dependency; Intelletual, Social & Moral Condition of the People, &c., Gathered From Authentic Sources, Official Documents, and Personal Observation in Each of the Colonies, Cities, and Provinces. London, England: Saunders & Otley, 1857. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30370
ANCESTRY - FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS IN AUSTRALIA 1878-1928
Aidan De Brune, ed. Fifty Years of Progress in Australia 1878-1928. Australia: Halstead Printing Company Ltd, 1929. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=34445
FINDMYPAST - VICTORIA AND ITS METROPOLIS 1888
This is under “Victoria Histories”. It is searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/victoria-histories
FAMILYSEARCH - A JUBILEE HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA BY ROBERT HAMILTON
Published by M. L Hutchinson in Melbourne in 1888.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/239850?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - BALLARAT AND VICINITY: A CONDENSED BUT COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF HER FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES; HER PROGRESS AND POPULATION IN THE PAST AND POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE. EDITED BY W.B. KIMBERLY PUBLISHED 1800s.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/412839?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - NOTES ON COLAC'S HISTORY COVERING THE PERIOD ABOUT 1840 TO 1930 BY ISAAC HEBB
Typescript in possession of Colac & District Historical Centre, Colac.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/391277?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - THE HISTORY OF WARRNAMBOOL, CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN PORTS OF VICTORIA FROM 1847 UP TO THE END OF 1886 BY RICHARD OSBORNE PUBLISHED 1887
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238192?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - EARLY AUSTRALIAN HISTORY: CONVICT LIFE IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, PARTS I & II, THE STORY OF THE TEN GOVERNORS AND THE STORY OF THE CONVICTS BY CHARLES WHITE. PUBLISHED IN 1889 BY C. AND G.S. WHITE, FREE PRESS OFFICE, BATHURST.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2636604?availability=Online
FAMILYSEARCH - COACHES CALLED HERE: A HISTORY OF BUANGOR AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY TIM ALLENDER AND DES BRENNAN PUBLISHED C1996.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/690332?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - CROATIAN AND SLAV PIONEERS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND VICTORIA BY MARY STENNING PUBLISHED 1997
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1280337?availability=Family%20History%20Library
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