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Records in this collection
- Australasian Medical Directory & Handbook 1883-1900
- Australian Pastoral Directory 1913-1954
- Brands Directory of South Australia / Sheep Brands 1936-1938
- Brands Directory South Australia / Sheep, Cattle, Horse Brands 1901
- Calendar University of Tasmania 1916-1917
- Centenary Catalogue of Farms and Stations for Sale in Western Australia
- Classification List of the Queensland Loco Enginemen, Firemen & Cleaners 1912
- Coffs Harbour District Schools
- Commonwealth Public Service List 1904-1920
- Loxton's Medical Directory 1911
- Medical Directory 1915
- New South Wales Public Service List 1934
- New South Wales, Junior and Senior Public Examinations 1867-1916
- New South Wales, Medical Directory 1903
- New South Wales, Railway Employment Records
- New Zealand Civil Establishment Nominal Roll 1871
- New Zealand civil service examinations 1906-1907
- New Zealand Lands & Surveys Department Nominal Roll Of Officers 1901
- New Zealand officiating ministers 1882
- New Zealand Railway Employees 1896
- New Zealand registered teachers 1906
- New Zealand Return Of Officers In Provincial Governments 1866
- New Zealand University Graduates 1870-1963
- New Zealand, teachers’ examinations 1906-1907
- New Zealand: Sheep-Farmers 1881-1918
- Queensland Blue Book 1870-1911
- Queensland Brands Directory 1920-1952
- Queensland Education Gazette 1899-1959
- Queensland Horse and Cattle Brands Index 1872-1899
- Queensland Public Service 1864-1948
- Queensland Railway Appointments and Removals 1890
- Queensland Railway Dismissals 1879: Ipswich and Rockhampton Railway Workshops
- Queensland Railway Employees 1889-1940
- Queensland School Pupils Index, Parts 1-4
- Queensland Sheep Brands 1877-1900
- Queensland State School Committee Members 1876-1899
- Queensland Teachers Index 1907-1920
- Queensland, Nurses examinations 1914-1925
- Queensland, Reformatory School for Boys admission registers 1871-1906
- Queensland, registered teachers 1860-1905
- Queensland, Seamen 1882-1919
- Queensland, Toowoomba Girls Reformatory admissions & discharges 1881-1903
- South Australia cultivators 1840
- South Australian Education Gazette 1911
- Sydney University Calendar 1887
- The Grazier's Review 1930-1934
- Western Australia Blue Book 1871-1905
Find your ancestors in Queensland Public Service 1864-1948
QUEENSLAND PUBLIC SERVICE 1864 - 1948
Do you have ancestry in the Queensland Public Service?
This database of 65,369 entries lists the name, present office, location, date of birth, date of initial appointment, and the date, page and Volume reference in the Queensland Government Gazette (or Blue Book for 1870-1879) for officers employed in the various departments of the Queensland Civil and Public Service between 1864 and 1948.
Lists indexed include Civil Service from:- Queensland Government Gazette - 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896
- Queensland Blue Book Public Service - 1870, 1872, 1873 and 1879
- Queensland Government Gazette - 1897-1917, 1920, 1924-1930 and 1948
Lists could not be located in the Queensland Government Gazette for 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, or 1931-1947. The Blue Book entries in this database have been compiled from the index to the published lists as have the 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 public service entries. All other entries have been indexed directly from the actual lists.
Further information provided in the Gazette/Blue Book may include the salary (and various allowances), the date from which the salary was received, the date of appointment to present office, and whether under Public Service Acts or excluded from Acts. Qualifications, where appropriate are also recorded. Many entries provide additional information about the officer in footnotes - some explaining the allowances received (for example, Mileage allowance for use of own motor car (9d. per mile)) and others relating to previous positions held.
In regard to Date of Appointment, the lists typically give several dates for each person: the date from which salary was received; date of first appointment or re-appointment as recognised for long service privileges; date of appointment as an officer of the public service; date of appointment to present office; and date of appointment to an office carrying present maximum salary. For the purposes of this index the earliest of these dates has been taken as the 'date of first appointment' since it will best indicate the length of time the person has been employed; other dates can be found in the original gazette.
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