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Records in this collection
- Aliens Registered in the Northern Territory 1916–1921
- Calais Lacemaker immigrants to South Australia 1848
- Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1870
- Convicts in South Australia sentenced to transportation 1836–1852
- Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879
- Emigrants seeking free passage to South Australia 1836–1841
- Emigration: Where to Go
- Genealogical Index to Australians and Other Expatriates in Papua New Guinea
- New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859
- New South Wales assisted passenger lists
- New South Wales unassisted passenger lists
- New South Wales, Convict Arrivals 1788-1842
- New Zealand Emigration and Gold Fields
- New Zealand for the Emigrant 1890
- Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
- Passengers to South Australia on board Buffalo 1836
- Queensland Assisted Immigration 1848-1912
- Queensland Customs House Shipping 1852-1885: Passengers and Crew
- Queensland Early Pioneers Index 1824-1859
- Queensland Immigration Registers 1922-1940
- Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904
- Queensland Nominated Immigrants 1908-1922
- Queensland passports index 1915-1925
- Queensland Ship Deserters 1862-1911
- Queensland, Brisbane Register of Immigrants 1885-1917
- Queensland, Maryborough Registers of Rations Issued to Immigrants 1875-1884
- South Australia Naturalisations 1849-1903
- South Australia, immigrant agricultural workers 1913-14
- South Australian ex-convicts
- Victoria coastal passenger lists 1852-1924
- Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923
- Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923
- Victoria Outward Passenger Lists 1852-1915
Find your ancestors in Queensland Early Pioneers Index 1824-1859
QUEENSLAND EARLY PIONEERS INDEX 1824-1859
This index was a Bicentennial Project of the Queensland Family History Society (1988), endorsed by the Queensland Committee of the Australian Bicentennial Authority. The index contains 156,760 references to approximately 50,000 names, taken from 75 sources located in Brisbane. It has been compiled from primary sources and contains references to those who were living in what is now Queensland (former Moreton Bay Region) prior to separation from New South Wales at the end of 1859. It's a terrific genealogy tool for anyone exploring their family history or building their family tree.
Main records indexed:
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Convict period 1824-1841
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Chronological register of convicts, Capt. Logan's Letterbook, Peter Spicer's Diary, Book of Trials, Convict Death Registers, Queale's convict information, Moreton Bay Hospital records, Colonial Secretarys Letters
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Free settlement period 1842-59
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Administration - Colonial Secretarys Letters, Simpson Letterbook, Govt.Resident's Letters & papers
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Immigration - Passenger arrivals at Brisbane, Coastal shipping arrivals, "Fortitude" shipping list, Queensland Family History Society Pre-Separation Group records
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Law - Brisbane Gaol records, Circuit Court (Toowoomba papers), Native Police records, Publicans' etc. licenses, C.P.S. (Brisbane, Gayndah, Ipswich), Small Debts Court (Brisbane), Supreme Court letters
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Land - Commissioner for Crown Lands records, Crown Lands Office records, Survey Department records, Title deeds (Titles Office), Receipts for deposits on land, Stock mortgages
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Newspapers - Maitland Mercury, Moreton Bay Courier, Sydney Morning Herald
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Personal - Queensland Registrar-General (births, deaths and marriages indexes), Roman Catholic baptismal registers, Queensland FHS Pre-Separation Group records
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Welfare - Moreton Bay Hospital records
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Summary of fields used
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The following summarises the fields used in the index.
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Name - Surname will always be indicated. Aliases are entered under both names. [?] indicates that the indexer is not sure of the spelling. Given name(s) or initial(s) may be omitted or replaced by title when not known; not used for aboriginals, Chinese or Indian coolies.
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Title (Form of address)
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Date - By day, month, year; month and year only; or year only
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Nationality
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Status - Convict/free - convicts are indicated, otherwise omitted
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Gender - Females are indicated, otherwise omitted
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Record Type - Always indicated. Taken from advertisements, BDM records, divorce records, funeral notices, wills, educational, sporting, shipping, legal, land and other records.
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Source - This will always be present. As part of each source, the Brisbane locations where this material can be found are also indicated.
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Location in Source - This gives the location within the source in the form Letter:Volume/Microfilm:Page/Microfilm:Folio/Column; Note that there is a maximum of four items separated by colons. Items are included as appropriate to the source.