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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 and medical; deportation and repatriation; those who remained in Queensland after 1906; miscellaneous records and maps

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

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

Inmates from the HM Goal (later Prison) Toowoomba and include the names of prisoners admitted, tried and discharged

Prisoners tried at Toowoomba, Warwick, Roma, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Brisbane (one entry), Ipswich, and Bundaberg.

Prisoners' admissions, criminal history and physical descriptions

Prisoners' admissions, criminal history and physical descriptions

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

Mining leases created by the Mines Department and the Mining Warden in Cloncurry includes gold, mineral, coal and water race leases

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 divided into volumes and sections for town purchases, land purchases and pre-emptive right including date of sale, place, purchaser and residence. Lists supplied by the NSW Lands Department of lands sold in what became the Colony of Queensland

Registers of land listing lands open for selection and their purchase as wells as leases for agricultural reserves under the Leasing Act 1866; created by the Surveyor General?s Department

Registers of lands sold or selected that include date of sale, place, area, purchaser and residence etc; created by the Surveyor General?s Department

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

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

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

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)

Files on individual dentists who had difficulty being recognised by the Dental Board 1903-1925

Correspondence relating to the registration of dentists by the Dental Board 1910to 1932

Correspondence relating to the registration of dentists by the Dental Board 1903 to 1932

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

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

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

Register of each girls entering or discharged from the school

Diary entries of each girl discharged from the school, including date, number, name and remarks

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 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

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

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

Distribution of pay books for the South African Contingents, 1st Contingent, A and B Companies 2nd Contingent 3rd Contingent, and 4th Contingent

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