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.

RECORDS

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - WORLD WAR 1 INTELLIGENCE SECTION CASE FILES 1914-1923 (MP16/1)

These files include investigations into complaints made against people of German or enemy origin for suspected spying or disloyality during World War 1.

https://www.naa.gov.au/

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 NEWSPAPERS

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

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

CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS

Chinese Advertiser (Ballarat, Victoria: 1856)

English and Chinese Advertiser (Victoria: 1856 - 1858)

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

Chinese Times (Melbourne, Victoria: 1902 - 1922)

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