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Australia General Catalogue of Fiche, Film & CDs

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This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
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Births.

Convicts.

Electoral Rolls.

Immigration. 		Land Records.

Military Records.

Miscellaneous.              New

BIRTHS.
Births in Australia 1788-1828. (has a list of Names with Dates, Location & Parents). (Donohoe Publication)
(CD)

Index to Colonial Convict Movements 1827-1853.
Index of convict movements within the Colony of NSW  (encompassing NSW, Qld, Tas & Vic).
Includes Convicts transported to the Colony and Convictions within the Colony.
(insert CD 961)
Convict History of Australia   (Donohoe Publication)
(CD)
Forgotten Australians, the Non-Anglo or Celtic Convicts & Exiles  (Donohoe Publication)
(CD)
Stories and tales of the transported convicts  (Donohoe Publication)
(fiche & CD)
Prison Commission Registers.         1816-1866.
(AJCP P.Comm.2 Reels 5971-5991)
(see ENGLAND - CRIMINAL RECORDS )
(fiche)
Transported beyond the seas:
Criminals prosecuted in Hertfordshire who received transportation to Australia.  1784-1866
(See  ENGLAND - HERTFORDSHIRE )
(fiche)
England- "Hue & Cry" or "Police Gazette"  (for Escaped Convicts)  1797-1840
Film
Convict Hulk Registers.     AJCP M4879-4883.
A series of 16 volumes on 5 films of the Hulk Registers and Letter Books 1802-1849.
Please note, not all of the convicts listed will have been transported.
The films are continuous i.e. item 4 (Woolwich) appears on film Gen 17 and continues on Gen 18
AJCP M4879. Registers of convicts on hulks in Chatham, Woolwich & Devonport. (Pieces 1-4)
1.    Chatham:
       Hulks “Ganymede”, “Dolphin”, “Cumberland”        1820-1833.
2.    Chatham:
       Hulks “Fortitude” & "Euryalus”        1825-1836
3.    Woolwich & Devonport.
      Hulks “Captivity”, "Ganymede” & "Discovery”        1821-1833
4.    Woolwich:
      Hulks “Prudentia”, “Retribution” & “Justitia”        1803-1836.
( Film Gen 17)
AJCP M4880. Registers of convicts on hulks in Woolwich. (Pieces 4-7)
4.    Woolwich:
       Hulks “Prudentia”, “Retribution" & “Justitia”        1803-1836
5.    Index to “Justitia”
6.    Index to “Retribution”
7.    Woolwich:
       Hulks  “Retribution” & "Bellepheron”    1802-1834.
(Film Gen 18)
AJCP M4881. Registers of convicts on hulks in Woolwich & Portsmouth. (Pieces 7-9)
7.    Woolwich:
      Hulks  “Retribution” & "Bellepheron”    1802-1834
8.    Portsmouth:
       Hulks  “Portland" & “Captivity”        1802-1836
9.    Portsmouth:
       Hulks  “Leviathan”, “Laurel”, “York” & “Hardy”    1805-1836.
( Film Gen 19)
AJCP M4882.   Registers of convicts on hulks in Portsmouth.    (Piece 9)
9.   Portsmouth:
      Hulks  “Leviathan”, “Laurel”, “York” & “Hardy”        1805-1836.
Letter books for Chatham, Woolwich & Devonport.  (Pieces 10-13)
10.    Letter book of “Euryalus”                1837-1843.
11.    Letter Book of “Fortitude”                1837-1843.
12.    Letter Book of “Ganymede” & “Warrior”        1837-1844.
13.    Letter Book of “Justitia”                1837-1839
( Film Gen 20)
AJCP M4883.  Letter books for Woolwich & Portsmouth.     (Pieces 13-16).
13.  Letter Book of “Justitia”                1837-1839.
14.  Letter Book of “Leviathan”.            1837-1839.
15.  Letter Book of “York”                    1837-1843.
16.  Convict Hulk Establishment Letter Book.        1847-1849.
(Film Gen 21)
Convicts received at Newgate Gaol Bristol.
Quarter Sessions:
Gaol Delivery Fiats.  1741-1828.    Gives details of crime, sentence etc.
(Film Gls 26)
AJCP Film M1638.
1. Calendars of prisoners in Castle Gaol, Oxford, tried at the Assizes 1775-1844.
2. Calendars of prisoners for trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and at the Assizes, 1822-1840.
3. Calendars of prisoners for trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and at the Assizes, 1841-1850

Broadsides and Newspaper Articles on Trials and Executions various dates between 1775 and 1863.
(Film Oxf 2)
ACP Film M1639.
1. A Calendar of the Prisoners for Trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and the Assizes 1851-1853.
Private papers:
Records deposited by Gillett Bros. (Appertaining to New Zealand property).
Records of Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, Solicitors. (Appertaining to New Zealand).
Records deposited by Slater, Son & More, solicitors of Stratford upon Avon with reference to W.A.
2. Register of Convicts transported to Maria Island 1815-1832.
( Film Oxf 3)
Convicts Transported from Cheshire , Essex , London & Middlesex
(see Quarter Session Records for these respective English Counties)
(Film)

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ELECTORAL  ROLLS.
Electoral Roll, Federal.     (see  Individual States).        2000.
(fiche)
Electoral Rolls at Federation - NSW (1903), QLD (1903), SA (1909), TAS (1903),
VIC (1903),  WA (1901)
(CD)

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IMMIGRATION.
Australian Shipping Arrivals & Departures (Convictions CD) 1788-1968
(CD)
Commonwealth Naturalisation Certificates Index.        1904-1917.
(fiche)
Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia.        1850-1869.  See  World - German Records
(fiche Ger 1-3)
Ships' pictures index.
(fiche)

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LAND  RECORDS.
Australian Squatting Directory.        1871.
Film

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MILITARY  RECORDS.
 Anzac Memorial
(CD)
Armies of the Crown
(insert CD 210)
Australian Military Forces Officers List 1914
(insert CD 1134)
British Army in Australia.        1788-1870.
(fiche)
Nominal Roll of A.I.F. service abroad, 1914 - 1918 War.    Guide 54.    1914-1918.
(fiche)
Roll of Honour cards, China.        1900-1901.
(fiche)
Roll of Honour cards, Royal Australian Navy.        1914-1918.
(fiche)
Roll of Honour cards, South Africa.        1899-1902.
(fiche)
Roll of Honour cards, Sudan.       1885.
(fiche)
Deserters Index:  1828-1840 (covers England, Scotland, Wales & Overseas incl. Australia)
(CD)

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MISCELLANEOUS.
New

Australian Family Histories – A Bibliographic Index .
(insert CD 1428) 

Australian Family Tree Connections Journal -
Index & Surname Interests Register.    1993-2001.
(fiche)

Australian Genealogical Computer Index. (AGCI).    Guide 52.    1999.
(fiche)

Australian Genealogical Computer Index. (AGCI).                      2003.
(Note: View fiche & CD as some data on the fiche is not available on the CD).
(CD)

Australian Historic Records Register.
(fiche)

Australian Family Histories - Bibliography & Index
(CD)
New
 Australian Jewish Soc. Journal & Cumulative Index 1939-1953.
(insert CD 1179)

Australian local and family histories.
Consolidated surname index. Part 1 and Part 2 .
(fiche)

British Army in Australia.        1788-1870.
(fiche)

Commonwealth Naturalisation Certificates Index.        1904-1917.
(fiche)

Commonwealth Public Servants List 1920.
(CD)

Dictionary of Dates & Men of the Time  1542-1879
(CD)

Electoral Roll, Federal.     (see  Individual States).        2000.
(fiche)

Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia.        1860-1869.
(fiche)

England- "Hue & Cry" or "Police Gazette"  (for Escaped Convicts)  1797-1840
Film

Family History Locality Catalogue.       1998.
(fiche)

First Exhibition of Australian Women's Work.        1907.
(fiche)

Geographical dictionary or gazetteer of the Australian colonies.    1848.
(fiche)

GRD:   2000-2002
(CD)

Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia: a selective union list..
(fiche)

Master names gazetteer of Australia; 1:250,000 and 1:100,000.
(fiche)

Medical Directory of Australia.        1962.
Film

Naturalisation   (See  Commonwealth Naturalisation)

Nominal Roll of A.I.F. service abroad, 1914 - 1918 War.
(fiche)

Prison Commission Registers.         1816-1866.
(AJCP P.Comm.2 Reels 5971-5991)
(see ENGLAND - CRIMINAL RECORDS )
(fiche)

Roll of Honour cards, China.        1900-1901.
(fiche)

Roll of Honour cards, Royal Australian Navy.        1914-1918.
(fiche)

Roll of Honour cards, South Africa.        1899-1902.
(fiche)

Roll of Honour cards, Sudan.       1885.
(fiche)

Ships' pictures index.
(fiche)

Transported beyond the seas:
Criminals prosecuted in Hertfordshire who received transportation to Australia.  1784-1866
(See  ENGLAND - HERTFORDSHIRE )
(fiche)

Unrelated certificates.     ( see WORLD MISCELLANEOUS )
(fiche)

Women in Australia: Who's Who in World of Women 1930-1936;
Book of Remembrance of Women of Portland Bay District:
Records of Pioneer Women of Victoria. 1835-1860.
(fiche)

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