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Northern Territory
Catalogue of Fiche, Film & CDs
Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.


Births, Deaths, & Marriages   - from the Registry

Births, Deaths, & Marriages   - from other Sources    New

Cemeteries

Census, Directories & Electoral Rolls   

Government   

Immigration   


Inquests

Land Records

Miscellaneous   

Newspapers

Occupations


Police & Crime Records

Wills  &  Probate & Administrations Records

BIRTHS,  DEATHS  &  MARRIAGES - from the Registry

Births         1870 -1902    [index to names on fiche 1]
                  1903 -1918   [index to names on first 6 fiche]
2 fiche
12 fiche
Marriages   1870 -1902
                 1903 -1913
1 fiche
1 fiche
Deaths       1870 -1902  [index to names on fiche 1]
                 1903-1913   [index to names on first 2 fiche]
2 fiche
6 fiche
Deaths       1824-2004   [a DIGGER index]
CD

BIRTHS,  DEATHS  &  MARRIAGES -  from other Sources

Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  1788 -1998
fiche
Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  Vol 1  2003 
CD
Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  Vol 3  2008 
CD
Australian Genealogical Computer Index [AGCI]  Vol 4  2011
CD
Anglican registers of baptisms   1900 -1939
Anglican registers of confirmations  1900 -1947
1 fiche
Anglican registers of burials [Darwin]   1908 -1927, 1933 -1941
Anglican registers of burials [Alice Springs] 1934 -1968
1 fiche
Anglican registers of marriages [Darwin]  1902 -1942,  .1946 -1953
Anglican registers of marriages [Alice Springs]   1936 -1949
1 fiche
IGI - Australia, South West Pacific 1992 Edition
   [see AUS General]
20 fiche
Inquest, Mortuary, & Police journals 1882 -1958
   [see  Cosson's Index 1 in Police, Crime & Inquests Records section below]
fiche
Aliens Index Births 1888 -1922
   [see Miscellaneous]
fiche
Lone graves  1839 -1976
   [see Miscellaneous]
fiche

Aliens Index Deaths  1875 -1922
   [see Miscellaneous]
fiche
Anthony Lagoon Police Station Mortuary Book  1890-1949
   [see Miscellaneous]
fiche
Newcastle Waters Police Station Mortuary Book 1893-1932
   [see Miscellaneous]
fiche
Katherine Mortuary Records 1897-1941 
fiche

CEMETERIES
Katherine Cemetery Transcriptions to July 1982
   [see Miscellaneous, NT Records]
fiche
Gardens Road Darwin Cemetery Transcriptions 1914-1980
   [see Miscellaneous, NT Records]
fiche

CENSUS,  DIRECTORIES  &  ELECTORAL  ROLLS

Census   1881-1891   [see NT Records in Miscellaneous]
Census   1901           [see NT Records in Miscellaneous]
Census   c1930/34    [found in back of Rankine River Police Journal, Cosson's Index 1 in Police,   
                                Crime & Inquests Records section below]
2 fiche
2 fiche
fiche
Census, Electoral Rolls & Directories  1881-1940.
[Census 1881-1921,  Electoral Rolls 1884-1940,  Directories 1908-1921]
        [a DIGGER index]
CD
Electoral Rolls [Early] of Australia [Commonwealth]
NSW 1903,  QLD 1903,   SA 1909 State,  TAS 1903,  VIC 1903,   WA 1901
CD
Electoral Roll, Federal  2000
7 fiche

GOVERNMENT

NT Government Gazette, Index to people mentioned 1873 -1914
3 fiche

IMMIGRATION

Aliens Registered in the Northern Territory 1916-1921
CD
Port Darwin passenger lists 1873 -1914  
                                         1919 -1920
6 fiche
1 fiche
Port Darwin shipping 1887, 1889, 1898 -1900  [includes passenger lists]
1 fiche
Port Darwin shipping index 1901-1910,  1912 -1921 [includes passenger lists]
11 fiche

INQUESTS

Boorooloola Inquest book  1889 -1930
Newcastle Police Station Mortuary book 1893 -1951
Anthony's Lagoon Mortuary & Inquests books 1890 -1948
   [see Cosson’s Index 1 in Miscellaneous]
fiche
Cosson's Index 1
   Boorooloola Inquest book   1889 -1930
   Newcastle Police Station mortuary book   1893 -1951  
   Anthony's Lagoon Mortuary & Inquest books   1890 -1948
   Adelaide River Police journals     1946 -1951,  1955 -1958
   Brocks Creek police journals      1926 -1942,  1946 -1948
   Rankine River Police day books  1930 -1934         
   Pine Creek Police day books      1882-1948     
4 fiche
Cosson's Index 2
   Darwin Inquest book  1875 -1905
   Index of administrations granted  1911 -1962
   Index of probates granted  1885 -1991   
6 fiche
Anthony Lagoon Police Station Mortuary Book  1890 -1949. Newcastle Waters Police Station Mortuary Book 1893 -1932. Katherine Mortuary Records  1897-1941.
fiche

LAND  RECORDS

NT Land Records:
   Adelaide Register for land orders 1871-1873
   Gold mining, mineral lands, pastoral leases, pearling 1886 -1919
   Land applications, various  1864,  1969
   Land orders/Adelaide and London Registers, 1870 ballot
   Pastoral lease applications  1875 -1899
   Pastoral permits  1902 -1924
   Schedule of land transactions 1895 -1909

1 fiche
1 fiche
1 fiche
1 fiche
1 fiche
1 fiche
2 fiche
Mining Permits  1896 -1911
   [see NT Records in Miscellaneous]
fiche

MISCELLANEOUS

Atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory 1876
   [see South Australia A to Z alphabetical]
fiche

Family History Name Index:
a Bibliography of Australian Family Histories & Genealogies, No 1,  2010
The CD includes an Index to Secondary Names in 690 of the 7,981 titles listed in the main file.
CD
Medical Directories of Australia, NZ, Fiji and the Orient - Compendium 1 1883, 1886,
1892, 1896, 1900, 1903, 1911, 1915
CD
Cosson's Index to NT Probates [annual single series 30 - 41] 1949 -1993
27 fiche
NT Records
   Census 1881-1891,  1901
   Lone graves  1839 -1976
   Index of NT Justice of Peace, Special Magistrates, Barristers and Solicitors, 
                 Practitioners and  Notaries 1839 -1965
   Mining Permits   1896 -1911  
   Aliens Index Births 1888 -1922
   Aliens Index Deaths 1875 -1922
   Overlanders or drovers arriving in NT  1879 -1883
   Gardens Road Darwin Cemetery Transcriptions 1914 -1980
   Anthony Lagoon Police Station Mortuary Book  1890 -1949
   Newcastle Waters Police Station Mortuary Book  1893 -1932
   Katherine Mortuary Records  1897-1941
   Katherine Cemetery Transcriptions [to July 1982]
       [see ANZ folder in the library for a detailed listing of the contents of each fiche]
fiche
WW2 Evacuation from the Top End 1941-1942
CD

NEWSPAPERS

NT Times and Gazette: Name indexes  1875, 1876, 1877, 1882, 1915
1 fiche each year
NT Times and Gazette: Name indexes  1916 -1917 
2 fiche
NT Times and Gazette: Name indexes  1918 -1919 
1 fiche
NT Times and Gazette: Name index  1920 
1 fiche
NT Times and Gazette: Name index  1921 
1 fiche
People mentioned in the North Australian 1883 -1890
3 fiche

OCCUPATIONS

Men of the NT Police  1870 -1914
fiche
Index of NT Justice of Peace, Special Magistrates 1839 -1965
    [see NT Records in Miscellaneous]
fiche
Overlanders (or drovers) arriving in NT 1879 -1883
    [see NT Records in Miscellaneous]
fiche
Overland Telegraph Construction, Workers Index  1870 -1872
1 fiche

POLICE  &  CRIME  RECORDS

Adelaide River Police journals 1946 -1951,     1955 -1958
Brocks Creek Police journals 1926 -1942,   1946 -1948
Pine Creek Police day books 1882 -1948
Rankine River Police journals 1930 -1934
    [see Cosson’s Index 1 in Miscellaneous]
fiche
Anthony Lagoon Police Station Mortuary Book  1890 -1949. Newcastle Waters Police Station Mortuary Book 1893 -1932. Katherine Mortuary Records  1897-1941.  
fiche
Men of the NT Police  1870 -1914 - ' Who They Were and Where They Were.'
2 fiche

WILLS  &  PROBATE

Cossons Index to NT Probates [annual single series 30 to 41]  1949 -1993
    [see ANZ folder in the library for a detailed listing of the contents of each fiche]
27 fiche
Cosson's Index 2
   Darwin Inquest book  1875 -1905
   Index of administrations granted  1911 -1962
   Index of probates granted  1885 -1991
      [see ANZ folder in the library for a detailed listing of the contents of each fiche]
6 fiche
Index of administrations granted by the Supreme Court  1911 -1962
    [see Cosson’s Index 2 in Miscellaneous]
fiche 1 of 6
Index of probates granted by the Supreme Court  1885 -1941
    [see Cosson’s Index 2 in Miscellaneous]
fiche 2 of 6
Supreme Court Probate Jurisdiction  1911 -1960,  1928 -1948,  1976 -1981,  1981-1991
    [see Cosson’s Index 2 in Miscellaneous]
fiche 3 of 6


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