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Includes men aged from 18 to 45 years for war purposes, but also included all women and children and residents of other ethnic backgrounds such as South Sea Islanders and Rotumans

Compiled from records on recruitment, transportation and arrival in Queensland; registers of agreement; employment; education; legal issues; health, medical and welfare; deportation and repatriation; those who remained in Queensland after 1906; and other miscellaneous records.

People who lived in various Queensland Police Districts including Townsville,Normanton,Roma,Rockhampton and Toowoomba in 1913

Exemptions granted/refused to aliens who had not passed a dictation test to cultivate sugar cane

Registers and associated files covering all three Company Registry Districts of Queensland: Northern, Central and Southern

Register of stage licences issued under the˙New South Wales Theatres Act 1850, including details of building, date of licence expiry and amount paid.

Crown prisoners at Moreton Bay penal settlement

Records from Moreton Bay penal settlement of baptisms and burials, manifests of cargo and passengers shipped, and returns of prisoners and their employment.

Names of all prisoners who were held at St Helena Penal Establishment

Names of prisoners tried at Toowoomba and other regional courts in southeast Queensland and names of prisoners admitted to and discharged from HM Gaol (later Prison) Toowoomba

Portraits and descriptions of male Queensland criminals and records of prisoners executed in Queensland

Index to the Register of male and female prisoners admitted - HM Gaol, Brisbane 1850-1898

Criminal depositions including the name of accused, the offence and date and place of trial.

Equity files containing names of all people connected with a case including deceased, interstate and overseas residents.

Inquests held before a coroner to establish the fact of death, the identity of the deceased, the circumstances surrounding the death and whether any charges should be laid relating to the death.

Where the executor no longer wishes to administer a will

Oaths to serve as a Justice of the Peace, created by the Supreme Court, Moreton Bay later known as the Supreme Court of Queensland and now known as the Supreme Court, Southern District, Brisbane

Generated from records created by the Supreme Court, Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville districts as well as the Colonial Secretary's Office and the Government Residents Office

Court fees created by the Court of Petty Sessions, Marburg that includes the date, name of case and nature of offence

Trustee files set up under the provision of a will including information about land ownership, rental properties, relatives, disbursement of funds, details of children, school fees and employees and wages lists

Wills from all districts from˜1857 to 1900 and for the Southern District, Brisbane from 1901 except the Public Curator files (intestacies) in which many other wills can be found

Registers of personal accounts for pensions paid through the Treasury to persons who were previously employed by the Imperial Government who were living in places such as Rockhampton, Mackay, Charters Towers, Roma and Townsville

Registers of pensions paid through the Treasury to persons previously employed by the Imperial Government

Correspondence about indigence or extreme poverty cases or including memos or police reports or correspondence and usually an application form or letter requesting assistance

Registers of Logan Village Cemetery and Beaudesert Cemetery registers giving date of burial (or death), name of deceased, occupation, age; from 1991 also includes sex (gender), fees, where buried, undertaker's name, denomination, name of minister, and remarks.

Old age pensions were paid by the Queensland Government from July 1908. In July 1909 the Commonwealth Government began paying old age pensions and payments by the state government appear to have ceased about June 1909. Each entry in the register gives the number, date of claim, name and age of claimant, number of years resident in Queensland and present place of residence, Commissioner's recommendation as to whether claim should be allowed or rejected and suggested rate of payment, minister's decision on claim, number of pension certificate and office from which the pension was to be paid.

Record of persons receiving outdoor relief, with the monthly amount paid. The registers are divided by town or suburb of Brisbane, and details for each entry, though varying over time, include name, number, month of year and amount paid.

Admission registers for the Wallangarra Quarantine Compound of Pneumonic influenza patients.

Registers of immigrant names, ship names and arrival dates, and rations issued

Register entitled Immigration Book, kept by the Assistant Immigration Agent, Maryborough, of prospective immigrants nominated for passage

Passenger lists of immigrant ships with departure and arrival dates and ports, surgeons and masters on board and types of passage; includes links to scans of the registers

Information regarding people who enquired about immigration, or who were nominated or sponsored to immigrate to Queensland between 1905 and 1928

Passenger lists of immigrant ships carrying passengers bound for Queensland, including ship's name, number, as well as departure and arrival dates

Registers of land orders issued to immigrants on the completion of their obligations under the law at the time, as well as land orders issued to employers of immigrants

Registers recording land orders issued to immigrants on the completion of their obligations under the law at the time; the head of the family, businesses and Shipping and Immigration Agents could act as nominators

Records of migrants created by the Immigration Department and the State Migration Office relating to voyages of the Oronsay

Applications by sponsors of immigrants kept by the Sub-Immigration Agent in Warwick

Register of passport clearances showing file number, name, schedule number, vessel name and date of arrival, state disembarked, vessel and date of departure, reason for leaving, whether returning, government contribution, number and date of clearance

Compiled from the Register of immigrants recording applicant details for immigration passage certificates as registered by the Assistant Immigration Agent, Toowoomba between 1864.​

Immigrant names, date of admittance at Toowoomba, name of ship, destination from Toowoomba and date of leaving; most immigrants in this register originate from Ireland

Arrival records per ship of immigrants who landed at the Immigration Depot at Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown, Thursday Island, Mackay and Bowen, as well as immigrants who landed in Brisbane and some ports outside Queensland

Records of immigrants arriving per ship at the Immigration Depot at Brisbane

Passenger lists and other papers relating to immigrants arriving by ship in Queensland; and Lists of crews and passengers on various immigrant ships arriving in Queensland. Details vary. May include reports concerning the passengers by the Immigration Department representative, name, age, occupation, and their port of departure, for example, Antwerp or London. Other papers and correspondence can include such details as whether immigrants were assisted or nominated and the type of migrant such as domestic servant.

Immigrants arriving at and departing from the Immigration Depot at Rockhampton including name of ship and dates of arrival and departure. Details may vary.

Record of engagement of immigrants who arrived at the Immigration Depot, Bowen. Details include ship, immigrant's name, name of the employer, names of places, and terms.

Land orders issued to immigrants on the completion of their obligations under the law at the time; as well as land orders issued to employers of immigrants.

Register of immigrants arriving at the Immigration Depot, Bowen 1885-1892.

Details of immigrants and crew extracted from Colonial Secretary's correspondence

Passenger lists and returns of immigrants landed and whether employed

Names of boys involved in the Farm Lads migration scheme

Immigrant Remittances, IMA Maryborough 1864-1905. (S13055, S13060 & S13061)

Records regarding the disposal of crown lands issued under the provisions of a Non-Transferable Land Order; includes a general description of the land includes measurement, location by county and parish and portion number. Created by the Lands Department

Mineral leases and licences created by the Mines Department in the localities including Bowen, Bundaberg, Cairns, Charleville, Charters Towers, Childers, Clermont, Cloncurry, Cooktown, Etheridge, Gladstone, Gympie, Ingham, Longreach, Mackay, Mareeba, Mount Morgan, Palmer, Rockhampton, Sellheim, Stanthorpe, and Warwick. The leases and licences include those for gold (GML), mineral (ML), coal (CML) and water race (WRL).

Registers of miners' licenses and business licenses issued mainly between 1 November 1874 and 31 May 1876. Created by the Warden?s Office at Maytown however also includes Edwardstown, Palmerville and Kingsboro

Registers that records early pastoral holdings (known as stations) in Queensland and includes names of the runs that incorporated them; created by the Lands Department

Registers showing rent payable on the resumed parts of runs as well as ledgers kept by Treasury of rent paid

Papers and correspondence relating to the transfer of runs and selections in the Moreton District kept by the Crown Lands Office.

Applications from selectors for land taken up under the "Crown Lands Alienation Acts, 1868 and 1876", and amending acts giving the selector's name and the selection numbers and details of any selections taken up.

Registers of lessees of agricultural and grazing farms under the Crown Lands Act, 1884 and the Land Acts, 1897 and 1902, including name of lease holder, date and location.

Registers recording details of land selection.

Index to land sold in Queensland

Government officials including name, position, date of birth, dates of appointment, and remuneration received by officers of the public service

Registers recording the results of written examinations and registration of general, mental health and midwifery nurses.

Registers of seamen with details of employment including current number/number, date of entry of particulars/date of occurrence name of ship and official number, name, age, capacity, whether engaged, discharged etc., home address (or at least country of origin), and wages

Records of teachers? careers and brief information about each teacher compiled from registers of the Board of General Education, and Department of Public Instruction

Names of Queensland dentists and apprentices

Certificates issued by the Marine Board of Queensland as proof of qualifying under the Navigation Act of 1876

Pharmacy apprentices 1861–1964

registers of personal and medical details of patients admitted to the Brisbane Hospital

Registers kept by the Brisbane Hospital recording deaths and special removals between 1899 and 1913

Registers kept by the Brisbane Hospital recording deaths and special removals between 1933 and 1963

Correspondence and applications regarding patients at Roma and Dalby sanatoriums, including medical assessments, accommodation and travelling allowances for patients with Phthisis (Consumption or Pulmonary Tuberculosis)

Registers of patient admissions created by the Mackay District Hospital, later known as the Mackay Base Hospital; the last date of admissions recorded is 31 December 1908 whilst the last date of discharge is recorded as 16 April 1910

Register of each girls entering or discharged from the school

Admission registers for the industrial and reformatory school, providing a record of boys who were admitted to the industrial and reformatory school for neglect or on conviction for a crime committed in Toowoomba and Brisbane.

Registers of the admission of prisoners to the Brisbane Gaol hospital; and Visiting Surgeon's/Medical Officer's Journals [HM Gaol, Brisbane, later HM Prison (Boggo Road), Brisbane]. Details given in each volume varies and may include name of prisoner/patient, date admitted, date discharged, disease and treatment, occupation, ship in which arrived and address.

Admission of children to the following orphanages: St Vincent's Home, Nudgee; Diamantina Orphanage and the Diamantina Receiving Depot; Rockhampton Orphanage, later Rockhampton Receiving Depot; and Meteor Park Orphanage, Neerkol near Rockhampton. Details may incude details of each child and parent or guardian information. Details vary.

Cases and treatment at Moreton Bay Penal Settlement Hospital, later Brisbane Hospital, include entries for patient's name, age, date admitted, disease and treatment. Dates of discharge or death may also be included.

Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was established 13 May 1865 and provided for poor people who because of age, accident, infirmity or otherwise were unable to care for themselves. These records of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum 1859-1948 list inmates admissions and discharges, deaths and burials.

Registers documenting patient information captured at lazarets, including personal particulars, medical history and location information.

Army reservists and their payments made during the period 1909 to 1920

Military records including rank and name, regimental number, company, marital status, period of service, casualties, discharge, medals and address

Ledgers for soldier settlers from Coominya, Cecil Plains, Maria Creek and Mount Gravatt that provide details of money allocated to each settler, and its use

Inwards and outwards correspondence of the Anzac Committee that erected homes for homeless widows and orphans of fallen soldiers

Civilians who served in the First World War, including rank, address, where served and whether killed in action, or wounded

Discharged soldiers' loans for erecting or purchasing dwelling houses under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act of 1917.

Discharged Soldier Settlers who applied for and took up Perpetual Lease Selections 1917 to 1929.

Names of all ranks from Queensland who served in the South African (Boer) War