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National

  • AIATSIS Finding your family guide

    AIATSIS has developed a very complete guide to researching your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family history, this guide contains a number of fact sheets.

Australian Capital Territory

  • Native Title Services Corporation family history service

    Native Title Services Corproation (NTSCORP) is able to produce free genealogies for individual Aboriginal people from communities. NTSCORP provide genealogies for free, however the request must come from a member of a community for which the Federal Government has provided funding for this specific service.

New South Wales

  • Aboriginal Affairs Family Records Service

    The New South Wales Family Records Unit provides assistance to Aboriginal people in New South Wales who wish to access government records relating to themselves or their family. Their website provides advice on how to access government records and links to online heritage reports of Aboriginal children's homes.
  • The State Library of New South Wales First Nations Family History guide

    The State Library of New South Wales has produced a guide to researching your Aboriginal family history in New South Wales. This guide presents a number of useful published works containing family histories (many of which are also available at the National Library), as well as links to State services.
  • Native Title Services Corporation family history service

    Native Title Services Corproation (NTSCORP) is able to produce free genealogies for individual Aboriginal people from communities. NTSCORP provide genealogies for free, however the request must come from a member of a community for which the Federal Government has provided funding for this specific service.
  • Link-Up (NSW)

    Link-Up (NSW) supports the healing journeys of Aboriginal peoples removed. Link-Up delivers professional, culturally sensitive and confidential research, reunions and Social, Emotional and Wellbeing services to those over the age of eighteen. Link-Up has a family research guide full of tips, hints, tools, organisations and family tree template to support your research.

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

  • South Australian Museum Norman Tindale archives

    The South Australian Museum holds the archives of Norman Tindale, and has compiled an index to this collection. Much of Tindale's recordings concern genealogies of Aboriginal people throughout Australia. Copies of these genealogies are held in cultural institutions throughout Australia.

Tasmania

  • Libraries Tasmania documenting Aboriginal ancestry

    Libraries Tasmania is a consortium of Tasmania's Department of Education institutions and programs, including the Tasmanian state archives and library. Libraries Tasmania has an online guide to tracing Aboriginal ancestry, as well as a link to records and published resources.

Victoria

Western Australia

Three women looking at books in front of bookshelves

Three women browsing at the Catholic Central Library [1962]. Part of the John Mulligan photograph collection, ca. 1960-1976.

The National Library's guide to family history has further information on the Library's collection items, and tips on tracing European ancestry.

Indigenous Australia Dictionary of Biography

This online database contains almost 200 brief biographies of prominent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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