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A list of resources to assist applicants in locating family history information and other research.

Family history resources in WA
Family history resources around Australia
Additional resources

Family history resources available in WA

Link-up organisations in WA

Organisation	Details
DPLH South Hedland Office	Address: Lot 2, 18 Tonkin Street, South Hedland WA 6722 Phone: 61 8 9160 2200 Fax: 61 8 6551 8088
Find and Connect Support Services Western Australia – Lanterns House	Address: 23 Southport Street, West Leederville, WA 6901 Freecall: 1800 161 109 Phone: 61 8 9489 6388 Email: lanterns@wa.relationships.com.au Website: www.relationshipswa.org.au/services
Kimberley Stolen Generations Committee Service	Address: 28 Barker Street, Broome WA 6725 Mailing Address: PO Box 2775, Broome WA 6725 Phone: 61 8 9193 6502 Fax: 61 8 9193 5693 Email: reception.ksgac@iinet.net.au Website: www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au/about-us
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Address: Corner Hamilton and Throssell Road, South Hedland WA 6722 Mailing Address: PO Box 2736, South Hedland WA 6722 Phone: 61 8 9172 2344 Website: www.wangkamaya.org.au
Yorgum Aboriginal Corporation	Address: 176 Wittenoom Street, East Perth WA 6004 Mailing Address:PO Box 236 Northbridge 6854 Website: www.yorgum.org.au

Native Title service providers

Organisation	Details
Central Desert Native Title Services	Address: 76 Wittenoom Street, East Perth WA 6004 Phone: 1800 189 936; 61 8 9425 2000 Fax: 61 8 9425 2001 Email: reception@centraldesert.org.au Website: www.centraldesert.org.au
Goldfields Land and Sea Council	Address: Level 4, 251 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Mailing Address: PO Box 7206, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850 Phone: 61 8 9263 8700; Fax: 61 8 9218 9449 Email: reception@glc.com.au Website: www.glsc.com.au
Kimberley Land Council	Address: 11 Gregory Street, Broome WA 6725 Mailing Address: PO Box 2145, Broome WA 6725 Phone: 61 8 9194 0100 Fax: 61 8 9193 6279 Email: klc@klc.org.au Website: www.klc.org.au
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council	Address: HomeTown Centre, 1490 Albany Highway, Cannington WA 6107 Phone: 61 8 9358 7400 Fax: 61 8 9358 7499 Email: reception1@noongar.org.au Website: www.noongar.org.au
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC)	Address: Level 8, 12-14 The Esplanade Perth WA 6000 Mailing Address: PO Box 3072, 249 Hay St East Perth WA 6892 Phone: 61 8 9268 7000 Fax: 61 8 9225 4633 Website: www.ymac.org.au

Additional organisations

Organisation	Service	Details
Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages	For copies of births, deaths and marriage certificates	Address: Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000 Phone: 1300 305 021 Website: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au
Family Court of WA	For matters concerning divorce and child custody (post 1976)	Address: Level 1, 150 Terrace Road, Perth WA 6000 Mailing Address: GPO Box 9991, Perth WA 6848 Phone: 61 8 9224 8222 Fax: 61 8 9224 8360 Website: www.familycourt.wa.gov.au
Clerk of Courts	For records of recent convictions in a Magistrate’s Court	Address: International House, 26 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Phone: 61 8 9425 2222 Website: www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au
Probate Office of the WA Supreme Court	For records of wills (post 1947)	Address: Level 11, David Malcolm Justice Centre, 28 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000 Phone: 61 8 9421 5333 Fax: 61 8 9421 5353 Website: www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au
School Curriculum and Standards Authority	For copies of high school certificates (Years 10 - 12)	Address: 303 Sevenoaks Street, Cannington WA 6107 Mailing Address: PO Box 816 Cannington WA 6987 Phone: 61 8 9273 6300 Fax: 61 8 9273 6301 Email: info@scsa.wa.edu.au Website: http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/

Family history resources Australia wide (excluding WA)

Australian Capital Territory

Organisation	Details
ACT Heritage Library	Address: Level 1, Woden Library, Corinna Street, Phillip ACT 2606 Mailing Address:GPO Box 158, Canberra City ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6207 5163 Website: www.library.act.gov.au/find/history
ACT Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs	Address: Level 8, 11 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6207 9784 Email: oatsia@act.gov.au Website: www.communityservices.act.gov.au/atsia Guide:www.communityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/394385/CSD_GSR_web.pdf
Archives ACT	Address: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6207 5726 Fax: 61 2 6207 5835 Email: archives@act.gov.au Website: www.archives.act.gov.au
Canberra and District Historical Society Inc.	Address: PO Box 315, Curtin ACT 2605 Phone: 61 2 6281 2929 Email: admin@canberrahistory.org.au Website: www.canberrahistory.org.au
Find and Connect Support Service ACT	Address: 15 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600 Phone: 61 2 6122 7100 Freecall: 1800 16 11 09 Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/act/
Office of Regulatory Services – Births, Deaths and Marriages	Address: 255 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick ACT 2609 Mailing Address: PO Box 158, Canberra City ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6207 3000 Email: bdm@act.gov.au Website: www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/18
Post Adoption Resource Centre – Benevolent Society	Address: Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021 Phone: 61 2 8262 3400 Email: parc@bensoc.asn.au Website: www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support--home

New South Wales

Organisation	Details
Adoption and Permanent Care Services Unit – Family and Community Services	Address: 4-6 Cavill Avenue, Ashfield NSW 2131 Phone: 61 2 9716 3000 Email: adoption@community.nsw.gov.au Website: www.community.nsw.gov.au/parents,-carers-and-families/fostering,-guardianship-and-adoption/adoption
Family Records Unit – Aboriginal Affairs	Address: Level 13, Tower B, Centennial Plaza, 300 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Freecall: 1800 019 998 Phone: 61 2 9219 0700 Fax: 61 2 9219 0790 Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au Website: www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service
Find and Connect Support Service New South Wales – Wattle Place	Address: 67 High Street, Harris Park NSW 2150 Freecall: 1800 161 109 or 1800 663 844 Email: wattleplace@ransw.org.au Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/new-south-wales/
Link-Up New South Wales Aboriginal Corporation	Address: Lot 4, 2 Central Place, Ropes Crossing NSW 2760 Mailing Address: PO Box 185, St Marys NSW 2760 Freecall: 1800 624 332 Phone: 61 2 9421 4700 Fax: 61 2 9673 4740 Email: linkup@nsw.link-up.org.au Website: www.linkupnsw.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Sydney)	Address: 120 Miller Road, Chester Hill NSW 2162 Mailing Address: Locked Bag 4, Chester Hill NSW 2162 Phone: 61 2 9782 4900 Fax: 61 2 9782 4999
Noel Butlin Archives Centre	Address: ANU Archives, Menzies Building, 2 Fellows Road, Acton ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6125 2219 Email: butlin.archives@anu.edu.au Website: www.archives.anu.edu.au/collections
Post Adoption Resource Centre – Benevolent Society	Address: Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021 Phone: 61 2 8262 3400 Email: parc@bensoc.asn.au Website: www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support--home
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (NSW)	Address: 35 Regent Street, Chippendale NSW 2008 Mailing Address: GPO Box 30, Sydney NSW 2001 Phone: 13 77 88 Email: bdm-familyhistory@agd.nsw.gov.au Website: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history-research/family-history-research-nsw.aspx
State Library of New South Wales	Address: Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: 61 2 9273 1414 Fax: 61 2 9273 1255 Email: info.koori@sl.nsw.gov.au Website: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/indigenous www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/family_history
State Records NSW	Address: 143 O’Connell Street, Kingswood NSW 2747 Mailing Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747 Phone: 61 2 9673 1788 Fax: 61 2 9833 4518 Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au Website: www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research

Northern Territory

Organisation	Details
Find and Connect Support Services Northern Territory – Relationships Australia NT	Freecall: 1800 16 11 09 Email: reception@ra-nt.org.au (Darwin); receptionas@ra-nt.org.au (Alice Springs) Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/northern-territory
Link-Up Northern Territory – Northern Territory Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (NTSGAC)	Address: Suite A, Ground Floor, Building 3, Cascom Centre, 13-17 Scaturchio Street, Casuarina NT 0811 Mailing Address: PO Box 43372, Casuarina NT 0811 Phone: 61 8 8947 9171 Fax: 61 8 8947 9173 Website: www.ntsgac.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Darwin)	Address: Northern Territory Archives Centre, Kelsey Crescent, Millner NT 0810 Mailing Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814 Phone: 61 8 8999 6890 Fax: 61 8 8999 6905
Northern Territory Archives Service	Address: Northern Territory Archives Centre, Kelsey Crescent, Millner NT 0810 Mailing Address: GPO Box 874, Darwin NT 0801 Phone: 61 8 8924 7677 Fax: 61 8 8924 7660 Email: ntac@nt.gov.au Website: nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/libraries-and-records/search-the-nt-archives
Northern Territory Library	Address: Parliament House, cnr Bennett and Mitchell Streets, Darwin NT 0800 Mailing Address: GPO Box 42, Darwin NT 0801 Freecall: 1800 019 155 Phone: 61 8 8999 7177 Email: ntl.info@nt.gov.au Website: ntl.nt.gov.au
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	Email: agd.registrargeneral@nt.gov.au Website: www.bdm.nt.gov.au
Tennant Creek Office	Address: Tennant Creek Courthouse, Paterson Street, Tennant Creek NT 0860 Mailing Address: PO Box 84, Tennant Creek NT 0861 Phone: 61 8 8962 4377 Fax: 61 8 8962 4375

Queensland

Organisation	Details
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships – Community and Personal Histories	Address: Level 6A, Neville Bonner Building, 75 William Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Mailing Address: PO Box 15397, City East QLD 4002 Freecall: 1800 650 230 Email: enquiries@datsip.qld.gov.au Website: www.datsip.qld.gov.au/people-communities/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-family-history
Find and Connect Support Service Queensland – Lotus Place	Address: 46 Cleveland Street, Stones Corner QLD 4120 Mailing Address: PO Box 3449, South Brisbane QLD 4101 Freecall: 1800 161 109 Phone: 61 7 3347 8500 Email: lotus@micahprojects.org.au Website: www.lotusplace.org.au
Link-Up Queensland	Freecall: 1800 200 855 Email: contact@link-upqld.org.au Website: www.link-upqld.org.au Brisbane Office Address: 3-5 Reid Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Mailing Address: PO Box 3229, South Brisbane, Queensland QLD 4101 Phone: 61 7 3034 8444 Cairns Office Address: 18 Scott Street, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 Mailing Address: PO Box 298, Bungalow QLD 4870 Phone: 61 7 4041 7403 Townsville Office Address: Relationships Australia, 745 Riverway Drive, Thuringowa QLD 4817 or PO Box 247, Thuringowa QLD 4817 Phone: 0410 639 645 Mount Isa Office Address: 2/52 Miles Street, Mt Isa QLD 4825 Mailing Address: PO Box 296, Mt Isa DC QLD 4825 Phone: 0417 097 322
National Archives Australia (Brisbane)	Address: 16 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill QLD 4170 Mailing Address: PO Box 552, Cannon Hill QLD 4170 Phone: 61 7 3249 4200 Fax: 61 7 3249 4299
Post Adoption Resource Centre – Benevolent Society	Address: Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021 Phone: 61 2 8262 2400 Email: parc@bensoc.asn.au Website: www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support--home
Queensland State Archives	Address: 435 Compton Road, Runcorn QLD 4113 Mailing Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109 Phone: 61 7 3131 7777 Fax: 61 7 3131 7764 Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au Online form: www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Runcorn/Pages/Enquiries.aspx Website: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Resources/Pages/Indigenous.aspx www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Resources/FamilyHistory/Pages/Default.aspx
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	Address: 110 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Mailing Address: PO Box 15188, City East QLD 4002 Freecall: 1300 366 430 Email: bdm-mail@justice.qld.gov.au Website: www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research
State Library of Queensland	Address: Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane QLD 4101 Mailing Address: PO Box 3488, South Brisbane QLD 4101 Phone: 61 7 3840 7775 Fax: 61 7 3840 9126 Website: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/atsi

South Australia

Organisation	Details
Adoption and Family Information Service – Department for Families and Communities	Address: Level 7, 108 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Mailing Address: GPO Box 1152, Adelaide SA 5001 Phone: 61 8 8207 0060 Email: adoptions@sa.gov.au Website: www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption
Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Office – Office of Consumer and Business Affairs	Address: Consumer and Business Services, Adelaide SA 5001 Mailing Address: GPO Box 1719, Adelaide SA 5001 Phone: 131 882 Website: https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages/family-research
Link-Up South Australia – Nunkuwarrin Yunti	Website: http://nunku.org.au/our-services/social-emotional/link-up/ Adelaide Office Address: 182-190 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 Phone: 61 8 8406 1600 Fax: 61 8 8232 0949 Elizabeth Downs Office Address: 28-30 Brady Street, Elizabeth Downs SA 5113 Phone: 61 8 8254 5300 Fax: 61 8 8254 9182
National Archives of Australia (Adelaide)	Address: Adelaide Reading Room (in the State Library of South Australia building), Corner North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000 Mailing Address: GPO Box 9868, Adelaide SA 5001 Phone: 61 8 8204 8787
South Australian Museum – Family and Community History Consultant	Phone: 61 8 8207 7500 Email: archives@samuseum.sa.gov.au Website: www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
State Library of South Australia	Address: Cnr of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5001 Mailing Address: PO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001 Freecall: 1800 182 013 (South Australia only) Phone: 61 8 8207 7250 Fax: 61 8 8207 7307 Email: slsainfo@sa.gov.au Website: www.slsa.sa.gov.au www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=657 guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/Aboriginal_FH
State Records of South Australia	Address: GPO Box 464, Adelaide SA 5001 Phone: 61 8 8343 6820; 61 8 8343 6800 Fax: 61 8 8204 8777 Email: srsaAboriginalServices@sa.gov.au Website: www.archives.sa.gov.au/content/aboriginal-services www.archives.sa.gov.au/content/family-history

Tasmania

Organisation	Details
Find and Connect Support Services Tasmania	Address: 20 Clare Street, New Town TAS 7008 Freecall: 1800 161 109 Phone: 1300 364 277 Email: enquiries@reltas.com.au Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au
LINC Tasmania	Address: 2nd Floor, 91 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000 Phone: 61 3 6165 5538 Online form: http://sltas.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?key=Research Website: www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/guides-records/Pages/Aboriginal.aspx
National Archives of Australia (Hobart)	Address: 91 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000 Mailing Address: GPO Box 309, Hobart TAS 7001 Phone: 61 3 6165 5607 Fax: 61 3 6233 7902
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	Address: GPO Box 198, Hobart TAS 7001 Freecall: 1300 135 513 Phone: 61 3 6165 3457 Fax: 61 3 6233 6444 Email: bdm@justice.tas.gov.au Website: www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/researching-family-trees
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre	Website: www.tacinc.com.au Hobart Office Address: 198 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7001 Mailing Address: GPO Box 569, Hobart TAS 7001 Phone: 61 3 6234 0700 Fax: 61 3 6234 0799 Email: hobart@tacinc.com.au Launceston Office Address: 182 Charles Street, Launceston TAS 7250 PO Box 531, Launceston TAS 7250 Phone: 61 3 6332 3800 Fax: 61 3 6332 3899 Email: launceston@tacinc.com.au Burnie Office Address: 53 Alexander Street, Burnie TAS 7320 Mailing Address: PO Box 536, Burnie TAS 7320 Phone: 61 3 6431 3289 Fax: 61 3 6431 8363 Email: burnie@tacinc.com.au

Victoria

Organisation	Details
Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria	Address: Ground floor, 595 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3001 Mailing Address: GPO Box 5220, Melbourne VIC 3001 Freecall: 1300 369 367 (General and family history inquiries) Phone: 61 3 9613 5103 (Koori Access Team) Email: vicbdm@justice.vic.gov.au BDMIndigenousAccess@justice.vic.gov.au Website: www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history
Department of Human Services – Family Information Networks and Discovery	Address: Level 20, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Freecall: 1800 130 225 Phone: 61 3 8608 5700 Email: findduty@dhs.vic.gov.au Website: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/applying-for-documents-and-records/adoption-and-family-records/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-family-records
Find and Connect Support Services Victoria – Open Place	Address: Suite 1, 8 Bromham Place, Richmond VIC 3121 Freecall: 1800 779 379 Phone: 61 3 9421 6162 Email: info@openplace.org.au Website: www.openplace.org.au
Koorie Heritage Trust Family History Service	Address: Levels 1 and 3, The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: 61 3 8662 6329 Email: familyhistory@koorieheritagetrust.com Website: http://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/koorie-family-history-service/
Link-Up Victoria	Address: 273 High Street, Preston VIC 3072 Freecall: 1800 687 662 Phone: 61 3 9480 7377 Fax: 61 3 9484 5403 Email: linkup@vacca.org Website: www.linkupvictoria.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Melbourne)	Address: Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Mailing Address: PO Box 8005, Burwood Heights VIC 3151 Phone: 61 3 9348 5600 Fax: 61 3 9348 5628 Email: koorie.records@prov.vic.gov.au Website: http://prov.vic.gov.au/community-programs/koorie-records-unit
State Library of Victoria	Address: 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: 61 3 8664 7002 Online form: www.slv.vic.gov.au/online-inquiry-form Website: www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/family-history-tools-resources
VANISH – Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self Help	Address: 1st Floor, 50 Howard Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Mailing Address: PO Box 112, Carlton South VIC 3053 Freecall: 1300 826 474 Phone: 61 3 9328 8611 Fax: 61 3 9329 6527 Email: info@vanish.org.au Website: www.vanish.org.au

Additional resources

Organisation	Details	Notes
Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS)	Address: 6/48 May Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053 Mailing Address: PO Box 265, Bayswater, Western Australia 6933 Phone: 61 8 9271 4311 Website: http://membership.wags.org.au/index.php	The Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. assist members in researching the family history in Western Australia.
Ancestry (Online genealogical resource)	Phone: 61 2 8251 9555 Email: support@ancestry.com.au Website: http://www.ancestry.com.au	A key resource for genealogical research. Databases available on the website include the Australian convict index, Australian electoral rolls, United Kingdom census records, British Army World War One pension records, United States census records and much more.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)	Address: 51 Lawson Crescent, Acton ACT 2601 Mailing Address: GPO Box 553, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6261 4287 Freecall: 1800 352 553 Fax: 61 2 6261 4285 Email: familyhistory@aiatsis.gov.au Website: aiatsis.gov.au/family-history	The AIATSIS Family History Unit helps Aboriginal people researching their family history. The website enables you to conduct an online name search of the AIATSIS collection.
Australian War Memorial (AWM)	Address: Treloar Crescent, Campbell ACT 2612 Mailing Address: GPO Box 345, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: 61 2 6243 4211 Fax: 61 2 6243 4325 Email: info@awm.gov.au Website: www.awm.gov.au	Indigenous people have served in every military conflict that Australia has been involved in since the Boer War. The military records held by the AWM are a rich source of information about the men and women who have served in the armed forces.
Department of Child Protection and Family Support (DCPFS)	Address: 189 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004 PO Box 6334, East Perth WA 6892 Phone: 61 8 9325 1232 Freecall: 1800 622 258 Fax: 61 8 9222 2776 Website: www.dcp.wa.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx	The Department for Child Protection and Family Support holds a number of personal files relating to Aboriginal people created prior to 1972.
Findmypast	Address: PO Box 101, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768 Phone: 44 20 3326 6300 (direct to office in Britain) Email: support@findmypast.com.au Website: www.findmypast.com.au	A major family history e-resource with collections from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India and the United States. It includes census records, passenger lists, births, marriages and deaths, court records, wills and more. Use the drop-down box to select the country you wish to search.
JS Battye Library (State Library of WA)	Address: 25 Francis Street, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000 Phone: 61 8 9427 3111 Country: 1800 198 107 Fax: 61 8 9427 3256 Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au Website: http://slwa.wa.gov.au/ Online catalogue: http://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/;jsessionid=B767ABA339BDC5E81A33580EAD513BD2?lang=eng	The JS Battye Library of West Australian history holds key resources for Aboriginal family history including mission records, photographs, oral history recordings and published books which can offer information on people, places and communities throughout Western Australia.
National Archives of Australia	Address: 384 Berwick Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101 Mailing Address: PO Box 1144, East Victoria Park WA 6981 Phone: 61 8 9470 7500 Email: ref@naa.gov.au Website: www.naa.gov.au	The National Archives of Australia holds federal government records, including many about Indigenous Australians (mostly people from Victoria and the Northern Territory). The archives has offices around Australia. Records about Western Australia are mostly held in Perth and Canberra. The Bringing Them Home name index can help you find information about Indigenous family members in National Archives records.
National Library of Australia	Address: Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600 Phone: 61 2 6262 1111 Fax: 61 2 6257 1703 Ask a Librarian (online contact form): www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian Website: www.nla.gov.au	The National Library collects and makes available material of national significance about Australia and Australians. It holds books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs and oral histories that could be useful in researching your family – much of this is available online through Trove. The library has a family history collection and staff you can help you to locate material.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	Address: Westralia Square, Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 PO Box 7720, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850 Freecall: 1300 305 021 Fax: 61 8 9264 1599 Website: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au	The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages holds records of births, deaths and marriages in Western Australian from 1841. You can search historical indexes online for free. The cost of BDM records varies from state to state but is normally $30 to $50 per certificate.
Society of Australian Genealogists	Address: ‘Richmond Villa’, 120 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: 61 2 9247 3953 Fax: 61 2 9241 4872 Email: info@sag.org.au Website: www.sag.org.au	The Society of Australian Genealogists helps people trace their family history, providing genealogy advice and running workshops and lectures.
State Records Office of WA	Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000 Phone: 61 8 9427 3600 Fax: 61 8 9427 3638 Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au Website: http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/	State Government agencies controlled the lives of Aboriginal people in Western Australia from 1905 until citizenship rights were granted in the late 1960s. The official records that document this control are of vital significance, particularly for those people who were removed from their families and resettled elsewhere in the state. Many of these records are now held by the State Records Office. Archives staff can help you with locating records of relevance to your family history.
Trove (digitised newspapers)	Address: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600 Website: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Online Contact Form: http://librariesaustraliaref.nla.gov.au/reft100.aspx?pmi=oE2Nw3RoUg#	Trove provides text-searchable access to over 700 archived Australian newspapers from across all States and Territories dating between 1831 and 1956.

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