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Records in this collection
- Aldine History of New South Wales
- Aldine History of South Australia
- Australian Almanac & Sydney Directory 1834 (O'Shaughnessey)
- Australian Almanac 1831-1873
- Australian Dictionary of Dates & Men
- Australian Handbook 1889, 1900, 1904
- Ballarat & Ballarat East Directory 1865-1866
- Ballarat & District Directory 1904
- Barrier Miner Business Directory 1891
- Blairs Cyclopaedia of Australasia
- Border Watch Almanac and Directory 1934
- Brief History of Canberra 1927
- Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835-51
- Civic Record of South Australia 1936
- Cook's Interstate Business Directory 1937
- Cyclopedia Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Cook Islands
- Cyclopedia of New South Wales
- Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 1-6
- Cyclopedia of South Australia 1907-1909
- Cyclopedia of Tasmania 1900
- Cyclopedia of Victoria
- Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913
- Dictionary of Australasian Biography
- District Directory of Albury and Regions Around 1901
- Fords Australian Almanac 1852-1853
- Founders of Australia
- Foxs History of Queensland 1919-1923
- Geelong & Western Directory 1866-1867
- Glance at Australia in 1880: Embracing a Squatters and Farmers Directory of the Whole of Australia
- Handbook to Australasia 1859
- Hawkesbury & Shoalhaven Calendar, Directory, Guide & Historical Record
- History of West Australia
- Hue and Cry Police Gazette Index
- International Genealogical Research Directory 1981-1993
- Johns Notable Australians 1906
- Letters from Victorian Pioneers
- Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series
- Names in Government Gazettes, Victoria 1858-1900
- National Directory of South Australia 1867-68 (Butler)
- New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1921, 1924
- New South Wales Almanac and Hand Book 1854, 1857
- New South Wales Commercial Directory 1947 (Wise)
- New South Wales Country Directory, 1895 - 1929
- New South Wales Country Trades Register 1898
- New South Wales Directory 1867, 1928
- New South Wales Government Gazette 1832-1850
- New South Wales Government Gazettes 1832-1863
- New South Wales PO Directory 1875-1936
- New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1820
- New South Wales Telephone Directory 1913-1953
- New South Wales, Sydney Directory 1847-1913
- New South Wales, Sydney PO Directory 1857 (Cox)
- New Zealand Directory 1866-1867 (Stevens)
- New Zealand Gazette 1876-1886
- New Zealand PO Directory 1890-1933
- New Zealand, Early History of New Zealand 1890
- New Zealand, History of Otago: Origins and Growth
- New Zealand, Industries of New Zealand 1898
- New Zealand, Women’s Suffrage Petition 1893
- Northern Territory Almanac Directory 1887-1890
- Northern Territory Section of the Adelaide Almanac & Directory for South Australia 1908-1930
- Northern Territory Section of the Queensland Post Office Directory 1920-1921
- NSW Calendar and PO Directory 1833
- NSW Telephone Directory 1934-1935 Sydney
- Official Municipal Year Book & Shires Directory New South Wales 1907
- Otago Settlement Jubilee 1898
- Port Phillip Government Gazette 1847
- Pughs Moreton Bay Almanac 1859
- Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1905
- Queensland Government Gazette Consolidated Index 1859-1919
- Queensland PO Directory 1868-1915
- Queensland Telephone Directory 1931-1959
- Queensland, Brisbane Directory & Squatters guide 1876 (Shaw)
- Queensland, Brisbane Directory 1878-1879, 1919
- Queensland, Brisbane PO Directory & Country Guide 1885-1888
- Queensland, Darling Downs Almanac and Directory 1900
- Queensland, Pughs Almanac & Queensland Directory 1860-1927
- Radio Call 1937-1956
- Representative Men of South Australia
- Six Colonies of New Zealand 1851
- Slaters Queensland Almanac 1882,1887 & 1903
- South Australia PO Directory 1903 (Wise)
- South Australia, Commercial & Trades Directory SA 1882-1883
- South Australia, Notable South Australians
- South Australia, Pastoral Pioneers of SA
- South Australian Almanac & Directories 1839-1883
- South Australian Directory 1902-1930 (Sands)
- South Australian Government Gazette 1841-1870
- Stewarts Handbook of Pacific Islands 1921 & 1922
- Strays Collection Australasia 1987-1998
- Tasmania PO Directory (Wise) 1890-1947
- Tasmania Telephone Directory 1953
- Tasmania, Hobart Gazette 1903-1906
- Tasmania, Hobart Town Gazette 1827-1880
- Tasmania, Jubilee History of Tasmania
- Tasmania, Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac 1891-1915
- Tasmanian Cyclopedia 1931
- Tasmanian Directory 1867-68, 1887
- Tasmanian Government Gazette 1907-1919
- Tasmanian Royal Kalendar & Almanack 1849 & 1850
- Teggs New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1842
- The Scottish Australasian 1910-1918
- Victoria and its Metropolis 1888
- Victoria and Riverina Traders Directory 1937
- Victoria, Annals of Bendigo v1 1851-1867 & v3 1892-1909
- Victoria, Melbourne Almanac and General Intelligencer 1858 (Williams)
- Victoria, Melbourne Directory 1854-1893
- Victorian Directory 1904 (Sands)
- Victorian Government Gazette 1851-1901
- Victorian PO Directory (Wise) 1888, 1904, 1914
- Victorian Year Book 1873-1878
- Western Australian PO Directory 1905-1942
- Wragge's Australasian Weather Guide and Almanac 1898, 1903
STRAYS COLLECTION AUSTRALIASIA 1987-1998
Have you considered that your ancestors may have strayed? If you are looking without success in a known area, then perhaps they strayed from there to another state or country. A "stray" is anyone who is married, lived or died away from his/her place of birth. Imagine how many Australians and New Zealanders down through the last two centuries are strays!
This collection contains two volumes: 1987-1992, and 1993-1998. Together, you can find approximately 4,500 strays collected from a variety of sources and mentions people from throughout Australia and New Zealand. It's a valuable genealogy resource for anyone searching their family history or building their family tree.