Minorities

These are records related to anyone from ethnic minorities except for indigenous Victorians. For these records see Indigenous Victorians.

For non-British people living in Australia or visiting Australia and who were not naturalized see Aliens.

Also see Internees and Prisoner of Wars.

For non-British people who were naturalized see Naturalization.

RECORDS

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA

The following is Fact Sheet 217 from the National Archives of Australia.

https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-217-the-jewish-experience-in-australia.pdf

FAMILY HISTORY CONNECTIONS - EARLY AMERICANS AND CANADIANS IN AUSTRALASIA

This database may be viewed online at the Family History Connections website. For members only.

https://familyhistory.asn.au/layout.php?mod=aigsindexes&i=5

NEWSPAPERS

TROVE NEWSPAPERS - ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS

A large number of ethnic newspapers may be found on Trove Newspapers mostly catering for post World War 2 emigrants. Pre World War 2 ethnic newspapers include the following:

SCANDINAVIAN NEWSPAPER

Norden (Melbourne, Victoria: 1914-1918)

JEWISH NEWSPAPERS

The Australian Israelite (Melbourne, Victoria 1871-1875)
The Dialectic: Jewish Monthly (Fitzroy, Victoria 1875)
Jewish Herald (Victoria 1879-1920)
The Australian Jewish Herald (Melbourne, Victoria 1920-1933,1935-1955)
Australier Leben = Australian life (Melbourne, Victoria 1931-1933)
The Jewish Weekly News (Melbourne, Victoria 1933-1935)
The Australian Jewish News (Melbourne, Victoria 1935-2020)

The Australian Hebrew Times (Sydney, New South Wales 1894)
The Australasian Hebrew (Sydney, New South Wales 1895-1896)
The Australian Jewish Chronicle (Sydney, New South Wales 1922-1931)
The Australian Zionist Pioneer (Sydney, New South Wales 1929)

CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS

Chinese Advertiser (Ballarat, Victoria: 1856)

English and Chinese Advertiser (Victoria: 1856 - 1858)

Chinese Times (Melbourne, Victoria: 1902 - 1922)

Guang yi hua bao = The Chinese Australian Herald (Sydney, New South Wales: 1894 - 1923)

Chinese Republic News (Sydney, New South Wales: 1914 - 1937)

Trove Newspapers is located at:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

MAGAZINE

FINDMYPAST - SCOTTISH AUSTRALASIAN MAGAZINE 1910-1918

The magazine has articles on a wide range of topics relating to Scotland - articles on well known Scots in Australasia, Home news, missing friends, "personal paragraphs', obituaries, the clans, and much more.

https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/scottish-australasian-magazine

BOOKS

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS: RECORDS ON TRAVEL, MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT 1860-1975 BY PAUL JONES, 2005.

This research guide traces the records of Chinese migrants in Australia over more than 100 years.

https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/chinese-australian-journeys-records-travel-migration-and-settlement

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SAFE HAVEN: RECORDS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA BY MALCOLM J TURNBULL, 1999.

https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/safe-haven-records-jewish-experience-australia

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS AND RECORDS

This website aids in finding World War 1 Australian veteran information. It includes a number of digitized books: the All Australia Memorial Book, Victorian Edition, the Education Department's Record of War Services, Some of Australia's Fighting Families, Australian Jewry Book of Honour, and the National Bank of Australasia Ltd. Record of War Service of Bank and Staff 1914-1919.

https://australianmilitarymemorialsandrecords.com/

FAMILYSEARCH - CROATIAN AND SLAV PIONEERS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND VICTORIA BY MARY STENNING

This was published in 1997.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1280337?availability=Family%20History%20Library