Minority Records

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

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

Also see Internee and Prisoner of War Records.

For non-British people who were naturalized see Naturalization Records.

DATABASE

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://www.familyhistoryconnections.org.au/index.php/resources

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 NEWSPAPER

Jewish Herald (Victoria: 1879-1920)

CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS

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

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATED MUSEUMS

AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF CORNISH ASSOCIATIONS

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~kevrenor/afca.html

AUSTRALIAN INDIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

http://australianindianhistory.com/

AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

https://www.ajhs.com.au/

AUSTRALIAN LEBANESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

http://alhs.org.au/

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF POLISH JEWS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

https://www.polishjews.org.au/

CHINESE AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY BALLARAT INC.

http://www.chineseballarat.org.au

CHINESE AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORIANS OF VICTORIA INC.

http://www.cafhov.com/

CHINESE AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. (SYDNEY)

https://chineseaustralianhistory.org/

CHINESE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INC. (SYDNEY)

http://www.chineseheritage.org.au

CHINESE HERITAGE INTEREST NETWORK

The network is interested in the Chinese heritage of regional Victoria.

http://chinese-heritage.tripod.com/

CORNISH ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA INC.

http://www.cornishvic.org.au/

DESCENDANTS OF THE LACEMAKERS OF CALAIS

https://www.lacemakersofcalais.com.au/

GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM (BENDIGO)

http://www.goldendragonmuseum.org

GUM SAN CHINESE HERITAGE CENTRE (ARARAT)

http://www.gumsan.com.au

HELLENIC MUSEUM

https://www.hellenic.org.au/

THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

https://huguenotsaustralia.org.au/

ITALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

https://www.coasit.com.au/italian-historical-society

MUSEUM OF CHINESE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY (MELBOURNE)

http://www.chinesemuseum.com.au

POLISH MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES IN AUSTRALIA

https://www.polishmuseumarchives.org.au/

SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL

http://www.scottishaustralianheritagecouncil.com.au/

WENDISH HERITAGE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA

http://www.wendishheritage.org.au/