City of Melbourne where a part of the Margulis Family has planted roots

Australia has approximately 84,000 (some say as high as 120,000) Jews (about 0.44% of the total population of 19 million) living in good health.  Among them is my formerly long lost nephew, Simon Margoulis.  You can share my meeting him for the first time by reading the story at 'The Margulis Saga' if you are so inclined to read my family research success story. 

Five hundred of these Australian Jews came here from Argentina in recent years.  The largest concentration is in Melbourne.

In Australia, Naturalization Records are generally available to the public after 30 years.  The National Index is not available for public review as some names on it are less than 30 years old.  The last century's Naturalization files are with each State Archive --- up to 1903.  Australian Resources at RootsWeb, which are listed by area, can be found at  
http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/Australia.html 

Australia has the following states:

New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Western Australia
Victoria    

There are two territories:

Northern Territory 
Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)

First Name Last Name

Book Resources

http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm

Australian  
Genealogy Research     
Information                   

AJFA (Australian Jewish Friends of Argentina)

Pepe Bekinschtein is the Melbourne based chairman of the steering committee who arrived from Buenos Aires in 1984 with his wife and two children.
http://www.jewishaustralia.com/?Page=friendsof

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/?Page=impressions

Alien Registration

Records of non-British subjects in wartime and postwar Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/migration/alien-registration.aspx

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/134.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2009/04/14/alien-registration-records.htm

http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone/

http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/hah/7.1/winterton.pdf

http://www.ambpv.com/Australia-visa.html

Archives

In Australia, the files are generally available to the public after 30 years.  The National
Index is not available for public scrutiny as some names on it are less than 30 years old.

Last century's naturalization files are with each state archive up to 1903.  Under the earlier legislation, the certificate was available to anyone because it was tied to whether certain business and other dealings were permitted, or not. The National Archives of Australia has entered into their Record Search database, the names of approximately 170,700 DP camp refugees who arrived in Australia under IRO schemes between 1947 & 1953 and look for Record Search. (You may have to register and wait for a password.) Enter the name in the Keyword section. The database includes date of birth to help with identification. Family groups are linked as a single item. Copies of documents can be ordered online, with credit card facilities for payment. The complete record usually includes a Screening Card with personal details, and a Medical Examination report. Some include interviews, applications for IRO assistance, or correspondence.
http://www.naa.gov.au

Note - Many Jewish refugees from DP camps did not arrive under the IRO schemes, but gained permission to immigrate through an application submitted by a resident relative or friend, or by Jewish Welfare in Sydney or Melbourne. These names were not entered into Record Search with this batch of IRO DP camp refugees, but they might appear in Record Search within other series of records. (The Jewish Welfare files are not held by the National Archives, and can not be accessed due to privacy considerations.) From a posting by Gary Luke 

National Archives of Australia            
PO Box 7425 
Canberra Mail Centre
ACT 2610
Phone: 02 6212 3900
Fax: 02 6212 3999 
Email: ref@naa.gov.au
http://www.naa.gov.au
  
www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs217.aspx

http://judaica.library.usyd.edu.au/

http://www.ajhs.info/

http://arts.monash.edu.au/jewish-civilisation/resources/music.php

http://www.jmwc.org/jmwc_libraries.html

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/heritage/

http://www.joyfulnoise.net/JoyAustralia5.html

http://www.bibliomaven.com/judaica.html

http://www.yivoinstitute.org/archlib/archlib_fr.htm

http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/australia-nineteenth-and-twentieth-
centuries

http://69.73.133.147/australian-jewish-historical-society-nsw-archives

http://jewishhistoryaustralia.net/jha/portraits.htm

http://www.jewish-studies.com/Archives/Australia/

www.naa.gov.au

The search facility also allows you use "starts with" type searches.  The website has a
facility to submit research requests.  Copy down all of the relevant reference numbers
shown for a record and submit a request to them.  Depending on the amount of
documentation involved and the complexity you may or may not be charged.

These archives contain a vast array of information of Jewish and general interest,
including migration records, aliens registration records and passenger ship arrivals.
The records are partially searchable via the web. The home page of the NAA 
www.naa.gov.au/

http://www.ajhs.info/

Archives Australia
archives

Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization

Monash University
Clayton
Victoria 3168, Australia.
Attn: Dr. Rachel Birati or Lionel Sharpe, Hon. Secr.,
AJGS (Vic) Inc. sharpe@pa.ausom.net.au  
Phone: 61 03 9523 6738
http://www.arts.monash.edu/jewish-civilisation/

http://arts.monash.edu.au/jewish-civilisation/about/index.php

http://www.yisroelshtern.org/

Australian Fact Sheet Index

Designed to introduce you to the records on a variety of subjects and people.  This site includes keyword searching
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/

http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/australia/index.html

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/index.aspx

http://www.australiancollaboration.com.au/factsheets/index.html

Australian Genealogy

http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html

http://www.pcug.org.au/~mjsparke/mj_page1.html

http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/index.html

http://www.ajgs.org.au/

http://friedlan.customer.netspace.net.au/

http://judaism.about.com/od/jewishgenealogy/Jewish_Genealogy.htm

http://www.xroyvision.com.au/genlinks/australia.htm

http://www.genealogylinks.net/country/jewish-genealogy/australia+
new-zealand/index.html

http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com/2007/07/australia-jewish-
convicts-and-ghosts.html

http://www.gendir.com/locales/18

Australian Government Web Site

http://fed.gov.au/KSP/

http://australia.gov.au/

http://australia.gov.au/web/guest;jsessionid=fd0e15c1036595cb7f
bb6fce571d

http://www.immi.gov.au/

http://www.gov.au/

http://www.aph.gov.au/

Australian Jewish Genealogy

Discussion Group for Jewish genealogical research related to Australians.
Contains brief information and catalogues of various archives
http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy/ajgen/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Jewish_Genealogical_Society

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/?Page=genealogy

http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html

http://www.cyberpursuits.com/gen/jewish-list.asp

Australian Jewry Book of Honor

National Archives of Australia
www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html

http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn4769506

http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/religion/html/jewry_s_book
_of_honour.htm

Australian Newspaper Highlights

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/australi.htm

http://www.trufun.com/writings/oz/newspapers.html

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/newspapers/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Australia

http://tinyurl.com/32mth7q

Australian  
Search Engines

See also my Genealogy page and my Search page for additional search engines

Australian Databases
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html

http://teruah-jewishmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/australian-jewish
-music-ensemble.html

http://www.shamash.org/kosher/

http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/hbjs.html

http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/info1.shtml

White Pages - All of Australia
http://www.numberway.com/phone-numbers/83/

www.whitepages.com.au

http://www.phonebookoftheworld.com/australia/white-pages.asp

Yellow pages -(Yellow Pages)
www.yellowpages.com.au

http://www.superpages.com/global/aust_oceania.html

http://www.anywho.com/international

Another valuable site to help find a person, maps, etc.
http://www.webhelp.com/home  

and type in the name of any country you wish to research. This service is free.

Australian War Memorial

There are two sites of interest
http://www.awm.gov.au 

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp

B'nai Brith Australia and New Zealand

99 Hotham Street
East St. Kilda 3182, Victoria 
Telephone: +613 9527 8249  Fax: +613 9525 9127
http://bnaibrith.org/regions_districts/australia_nz.cfm

http://www.bnaibrith.org.au/

http://bnaibrith.org/regions_districts/australia_nz.cfm

Census of Australia

The 2001 National Census has been released to the public - the first public access
to an Australian census since 1828.
http://www.abs.gov.au/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_in_Australia

http://www.coraweb.com.au/census.htm

Centre for Scandinavian Studies

The Flinders University of South Australia
http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/ref_emi.htm

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cfss/

http://diemperdidi.info/nordicnotes/vol03/articles/lopresto.html

DP and Migrant Selection Documents

Then to the Australian Web Sites section and follow the relevant links.
http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy  

http://www.fifthfleet.net/pb/wp_da432f00/wp_da432f00.html

http://www.dpcamps.org/lithuania.html

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/03chr02.pdf

http://www.ukraine.com/forums/genealogy/10537-family-name-
lehkyj.html

http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/1145/2/02whole.pdf

Europages

Business 2 business company directory and business in Europe, yellow pages
access, international and European business directory (professional services,
addresses and business classifieds
http://www.eubusiness.com/europages

The Family History Centre Address

Railway Parade
Kiama NSW
2533 Australia 
Phone: (02) 4233 11 22
Open 7 days a week from 9:30 to 4:40
and staffed largely by very knowledgeable local volunteers.  It has the complete
UK St. Catherine's House Index 1837-1992.  It is located 2 hours south of Sydney.
http://www.cornishsurname.matthewcornish.info/database/

http://www.archives.com/resources/fhc/australia.html

http://www.check-in.com.au/Illawarra/Kiama_Family_History_Centre.htm

http://home.clara.net/tirbach/HelpPageLibs.html

 http://www.ihr.com.au/societies.html

Global Gazetteer

A great web site. It is a directory of  2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns,
sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.  A tab separated list is
available for each country. 
www.calle.com/world/

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html

http://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/acc/Referenc.htm

http://www.nla.gov.au/map/worldgazetteers.html

"Isle of Man "Enemy Aliens"

Only a small number of men were shipped abroad (Canada and Australia) and this was ended after one ship was torpedoed.  In fact, after the "Arandora Star" was torpedoed and sunk, with the loss of many lives, the surviving so-called "enemy aliens" - Jewish refugees mainly from Austria, German and Hungary -- were promptly transferred to "HMT Dunera" and transported to Australia, arriving in September 1940.  There were over 2,000 Jewish men on the Dunera, as well as a small number of German and Nazi and Italian POWs.

A summary of a lot of information about the Dunera, etc., is offered by Lorraine
Bertelsen at klb@benalla.net.au   Lorraine lists many books about this subject
including "Fred Lowen, Dunera Boy, Furniture Designer Artist" - an autobiography by Fred Lowen, aka Fritz Lowenstein, formerly of Berlin, with family links in eastern Poland.  The book includes many of Fred's sketches made on the Dunera voyage and in Hay and Tatura camps.  He briefly coves his family life in Berlin before WWII, his escape from Berlin and Europe, as well as his life and achievements in furniture design and manufacture, and as an artist, in Melbourne, Australia after his release from internment.

There is a video available entitled "HMT Dunera" - which tells the story about the European Jewish refugees who were transported to Australia.  It stars Bob Hoskins and Warren Mitchell.
http://timewitnesses.org/english/IsleOfMan.html

http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/library/bibliographies/internment.xml

Jewish Australia

This site, like the Australian Jewish community itself, is constantly expanding and
developing to reflect the diversity of Jewish life. 
http://www.jewishaustralia.com/ 

Jewish Community Services

25 Alma Road, St.
Kilda 3182, Victoria
Telephone: +613 9525 4000  Fax: +613 9525 3737
http://au.vicdir.com/dir/w149000s27281

http://www.tbi.org.au/home/

http://www.stkildashule.org.au/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Victoria

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/community.htm

KAWA

The kashrut authority for Western Australia dedicated to offering kosher consumers
the widest possible choice
http://kawa.iinet.net.au/

Ketubbahs in Australia

"In my capacity (for the past 27 years) as secretary/archivist/librarian/research officer for the Australian Jewish Historical Society in Melbourne, Victoria, I have had access to almost complete sets of Ketubot issued by many synagogues throughout Australia and New Zealand, dating from 1841 and continuing up to the present time (in some cases). We must always differentiate between traditional patterns of usage, local customs, variants between say the Orthodox and Reform.  It's also important to be precise about the words we use in naming documents."

"A Ketubbah is a document written partly in Hebrew and partly in Aramaic, all in
Hebrew letters. It is essentially a contract that states what the groom's obligations
are, what the bride's obligations are, and what is due for her should she be divorced
or widowed.  In the United States it is essential in Orthodox communities and
predominant in Conservative communities. It has a virtually standard format in all
communities, Ashkenazi and Sefardi. At one time Ketubot were all hand written,
some decorated with great skill. In the last two centuries, pre-printed Ketubot have
been used more frequently, but decorative and hand-written Ketubot have been
coming back. I assume the custom may be different in Australia, New Zealand and
the South Pacific."

"The traditional Ketubbah is prepared before the wedding.  Just prior to the ceremony, the celebrating official meets with the groom, the groom's father, the
bride's father or other male representative, and two "Sabbath observing" witnesses. The conditions of the Ketubbah are explained to all, then the two witnesses to the Ketubbah sign their names ["ne'um, witness name, `ed"--i.e. ..... "Declared, so-and-so, witness"]. Theirs are the only signatures on the traditional Ketubbah."

"The officiant reads the Ketubah aloud (and sometimes translates it) between the two sections of the ceremony.  It is presented to the bride after the end of the ceremony and remains the bride's exclusive property. No official copy is kept, but it is usually recorded in the community's registers."

"Particularly since the regular use of printed (rather than handwritten) Ketubot,
bound registers of duplicate certificates were kept, with one portion being removed and given to the bride under the chuppa, and the counterfoil kept by the relevant issuing body. It does not appear to me that these were what is generally understood by the word Ketubot. I assume they were certificates of marriage issued by the synagogue. Various communities and congregations have their own way of doing things and keeping their books, and the civil authorities usually have a say, too, in how marriages are recorded--even among Jews."

"Regrettably, in more modern times a large number of our synagogues have not
kept duplicate copies of their Ketubot, but only of the civil certificates. It is possible that the earlier custom down under was based on a misunderstanding of Jewish law and custom, which has now been corrected as the continent's Jews tend to be more and more Orthodox and the level of Jewish education has risen."  From a posting by Michael Bernet
http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/getaus.html

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003
_0_02960.html

List of European Refugees destined for Australia in 1950

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Index of 1890 New York Immigrants from Austria, Poland, and Galicia

International Refugee Organization

Military

  
http://www.ozdeveloper.net/classes/image.resizer.class.php?   path=../catalogues/a337/images/0619&ext=jpg&width=550&height=550

Australian Defence Force
Offers information about servicemen/women and provides a number of ways of tracing men and women who served in the Australian Armed Forces.  
http://www.dva.gov.au/pensions/mainpe.htm  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

http://www.holocaust.com.au/mm/i_australia.htm

Defence, Armed Services and War links

http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html

Department of Veteran Affairs
Has set up an online database with names and other details of all Australian personnel
enlisted during WW2. Among other details, it includes date and place of birth, next of
kin, service number, and instructions for getting the full service record.  WW2 Service
Database
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au 

Department of Veteran Affairs

http://www.dva.gov.au

Military Historical Society Federal Secretary
Military Historical Society of Australia
PO Box 30 Garran ACT 2605
http://www.mhsa.org.au/FedCouncil_biog/Alexander_biog.htm

Military Sources
Nominal rolls for most Victorian and NSW Boer War units and some units from other
States are available on microfilm in all National Archives of Australia reading rooms. 
Sources of information may be found at
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html

Nominal Roll
Of those who served in Australian Forces during World War II - searchable
database
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/

Record Search and Photo Search
Available on-line or e-mail refact@naa.gov.au and  
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html

Researching Armed Services Personnel

http://www.pcug.org.au/~mjsparke/mj_page1.html 

World War I Memorials
Hollybrook Memorial Southampton, England
Ipswich: Rogers Court, St. Clements
Penzance:
Sheerness:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Aaron&CRid=2165713&pt=Hollybrook%20Memorial&

Isle of Sheppey Cemetery, Queensboro
Hope Street Cemetery
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=
2063163&mode=1

Sunderland: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
England: Bath: Ipswich: Penzance: Sheerness: Queensboro: Sunderland
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=
38024&mode=1

http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/brit/england.html

WW I Personnel records Service
National Archives of Australia
PO Box 7425  Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610
Email: ww1prs@naa.gov.au
Phone: 02 6212 3400  Fax: 02 6212 3499 
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/
army-wwi.aspx

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Help/HelpNameSearchTips.htm

WW I Service
The National Archives holds the service records for members of the First Australian
Imperial Force, Australian Flying Corps, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary
Force, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, the Australian Army Nursing Service,
depot records for recruits who would have served overseas if the war had not ended, and Home records for those who served within Australia. Further information is available at
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html

Records of Jewish soldiers buried in Australian and overseas cemeteries
Maintained by the Australian War Graves Commission for Blackley Jewish Cemetery,
Manchester Chatam Memorial Synagogue Burial Ground, North Kent Willesden
Jewish Cemetery, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Australia

http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/france/military-burials.html

http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/belgium/military-burials.html

http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm

WW II and more recent campaigns 

Records for those who saw service with the Army in WW II and more recent
campaigns are still held by the Soldier Career Management Agency (SCMA).  More
information is available at
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html

Soldier Career Management Agency
GPO Box 393 D 
Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone 03 9282 4999, 03 9282 5393 or 03 9282 6235  Fax: 03 9282 5434
http://www.defence.gov.au/army/scma/

The Melbourne office also holds PMF (Permanent Military Forces) service Records and attestation papers for 1901 to 1940.  See address for 'Boer War Service'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs133.aspx

Records of RAN or RAAF service, contact the National Archives at this address.
National Archives of Australia  
PO Box 7425  Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610
Phone: 02 6212 3900
Fax: 02 62123999  Email: ref@naa.gov.au
http://www.naa.gov.au 

Information about Medal entitlements; Court Martial; Citations, Photographs, nominal
and embarkation rolls, and unit diaries for WW I, WW II and later conflicts; War Graves; Pension entitlements; British Army service; Military customs and traditions
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html

National Archives of Australia

Look for Fact Sheet No. 68, Naturalization Records. Request a search of the Citizenship Index.  Any charges can be paid by credit card. This is a valuable resource particularly if your relatives came here as a post war immigrant.  Go to 'Explore Record Search' about three fourths of the way down the page; click search, then click 'guest'. 

You may be able to receive copies of documents including Application for Naturalization Forms; Incoming Passenger Cards with photographs, Stat. Declarations, Passports, etc.  all with lots of information and all filled out by the individuals themselves.  Once on the person.  The National Archives will mail it to you.  They state that you may have to pay photocopying costs. e-mail: ref@naa.gov.au 
http://www.naa.gov.au 

OzeUkes

The electronic voice of the Ukrainian community in Australia,- containing news and events in all Australian States.  It is an information service of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations.
http://www.home.aone.net.au/mandycza

Passenger Lists To Australia  

19th Century Australian Ship Records

http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~provic/ 

http://www.jaunay.com/ships.html

http://www.coraweb.com.au/shipindex.htm

http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/

Also, under 'Transport and Communications", you will find 'Passenger Records' held in Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney at  
http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html

Procedures for Births, Marriages and Deaths on British registered ships are well know, though questionable as to whether they were always followed.  They vary with date, with type of ship (merchant or Royal Navy), status of person (passenger, crew, military), and residence of person (England, Scotland, Ireland).  At the end of each year, the entries were passed to the General Registry Office who prepared a series of Births and a series of Deaths at sea.  These were split by residence (England, Scotland, Ireland).  These are available from 1837-2000? on microfiche.  For 1854-1890, they should contain the same names as the Board of Trade Registers (not always).  These are indexes and do not have the extra information in the Board of Trade Registers.

The first place to look is the Board of Trade films (LDS has those); next the General registry Office Births at Sea (England) series, and if both those fail, you have a problem.  Births and deaths on the Australia run were common and the ships were familiar with the procedures.

Manifests
for "unassisted" immigrants indexed for the period of 1852-1889 at Victoria, Australia are available free  
http://www.vic.gov.au/prov/UNASSISTED1.asp 

Resources in Australia

Genealogical resources at
http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/  

Telephone Directories on the Web

http://www.teldir.com 

Telephone Directories White Pages (Australia)
On-Line Search
www.whitepages.com.au   

WestozzieUkes

Contact via e-mail: kozak@p085.aone.net.au
http://www.infoukes.com/wwwlinks/links/link-au/

States and Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory

http://www.about-australia.com/australian-capital-territory/

http://www.ama-act.com.au/

http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/act.html

http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=subject%3A%22Jews+-+Australian+
Capital+Territory+-+History.%22

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Canberra

Sylvia Deutsch, Chair
c/o ACT Jewish Community Inc.
PO Box 3105,
Manuka Australian Capital Territory, 2603
Australia 
E-mail deutand@ozemail.com.au  
http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy/ajgs

National Library of Australia

Canberra
ACT 2600, Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/

http://www.actjewish.org.au/

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Corner Constitution & Allara Streets
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600 
Telephone +612 6207 0460
https://www.rgoonline.act.gov.au/

http://www.obits.com.au/content/Births-Deaths-Marriages

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs89.aspx

New South Wales

Sydney   

Sydney (pronounced /ˈs dni/) is the largest and most populous city in Australia and
the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. With an approximate population of 4.5 million in the Sydney metropolitan area the city is the largest municipality in Oceania. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population of people from many places around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney

State Library of New South Wales
Macquairie Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/search/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/

http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/

http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Sydney/State_Library_Of_New_South_
Wales/info.aspx

Sydney Jewish Museum
Holocaust and Australian Jewish History
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst,
2010, New South Wales 
Telephone: +612 9360 7999 
Fax: +612 9331 4245
http://www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g255060-d256721-Reviews-Sydney_Jewish_Museum-Sydney_New_South_Wales.html

http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/venue/museum/sydney-jewish-
museum.aspx

Sydney University
Sydney University recently launched an online database of graduates from 1857 to
1972. It lists the name, degree & date. It will be extended soon to include Teachers
College and Conservatorium of Music graduates.  Go to the site and then look for
the small drop down menu at the top of the page, and select "Alumni Sidneienses".
http://www.usyd.edu.au/arms/archives/  

http://www.bje.org.au/learning/adulteducation.html

http://sydney.edu.au/arts/hebrew_biblical_jewish_studies/publications/
index.shtml

http://jewishhistoryaustralia.net/jha/timeline.htm

http://www.nswjbd.org/

http://jewishcare.com.au/cms/

http://www.rookwoodjewishcemetery.com.au/

http://www.whereis.com/nsw/jews-lagoon#session=MTA=

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/jewish/
index.html

http://www.holocaust.com.au/credits.htm

NSW Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/od/vital_records/p/australia.htm

http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmau.htm

Northern Territory

Far From Where?: Jewish Journeys from Shanghai to Australia [Paperback]
Jewish Journeys from Shanghai to Australia. In 1947, the town of Darwin welcomed a ship carrying refugees from China: mainly Jewish.  Available from Amazon.com

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Aug99/blo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_a_Jewish_state

http://www.oztorah.com/2010/02/northern-territory-the-jewish-
community-that-never-was/

http://www.ajgs.org.au/

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/?Page=feedback

http://www.geschichteinchronologie.ch/aus-n/australien/EncJud_
juden-in-Australien-ENGL.html

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Nichols Place, Corner Cavenagh & Bennett Streets, Darwin, NT 0800  Internet:
http://www.ke.com.au/bdmaus/bdmnt/index.html

Queensland

Brisbane

Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation
http://bpjc.org.au/

http://www.jwire.com.au/regional/brisbanegoldcoast/brisbane-
synagogues/brisbane-progressive-jewish-congregation

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002
_0004_0_03555.html

http://www.jewishqld.com/Home/jewish-queensland/history

http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/C3354Y41489RX

http://www.israelim.com/Synagogues_australia.htm

http://www.coraweb.com.au/cemetaus.htm

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/prayer.htm

http://www.join.org.au/a-to-z.htm 

Morris S. Ochert OAM
3/23 Lucinda St.
Taringa, Brisbane
Queensland, 4068
 
http://www.ajgs.org.au/contacts.htm

http://www.ajgs.org.au/

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/community.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausmdgs/links.html

http://www.joyfulnoise.net/tours/australia2.html

http://www.capebanks.org.au/societies.html

http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill.au/SH-NSW-001.html

http://www.personsmissing.org/genealogyaus.html

http://www.bcl.com.au/melbourne/intgroup/historical.htm

http://www.ajhs.com.au/JewishBurials.htm

http://www.iijg.org/AboutUs/Officers/SophieCaplan.aspx

Index to Assisted Immigrants Arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-59 

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/

http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=2

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/
indexes-to-immigration-and-shipping-records/indexes-to-assisted-
immigrants

http://www.coraweb.com.au/shipindex.htm

Queensland Family History Society
A non-profit, non-sectarian and a non-political organization promoting the study of family history.  
E-mail: secretary@qfhs.org.au   Write to:
PO Box 171
Indooroopilly OLD 4068
Australia
Phone: +61 73857-5744
http://www.qfhs.org.au/

http://wikibin.org/articles/family-history-society.html

Queensland Mailing List
Subscribe to this list by sending an e-mail to  majordomo@st.net.au  (no subject) 
In body of message  subscribe genealogy-queensland  --- no signature is required
http://www.kindredtrails.com/AU_Queensland.html

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/?Page=community

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=Q

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
501 Ann Street, Brisbane
4000 PO Box 1888 Albert Street
Brisbane, 4002 Queensland 
Telephone 07 3247 9203  Fax: 07 3247 5818 
Application Form:
http://www.ke.com.au/bdmaus/bdmqld/qld-app-form.html

State Library of Queensland
PO Box 3488
South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/australian_parish

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/130458/
SLQ_Info_Guide_3_3_-_Australian_parish_records_-_2010_03.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/

Toowong Cemetery

http://www.toowong.cemetery.org.au/images/Trails/The%20Jewish
%20Trail%20%28Very%20large%20pdf%20file%20604kb%29.pdf

South Australia

There was a Jewish Internees camp at Tatura
http://www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/2005/australia_main.htm  

Adelaide

http://www.jewishadelaide.com/

http://www.adelaidejmuseum.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Jews

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_
0001_0_00409.html

Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
http://www.adelaidehebrew.com.au/

http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120014b.htm

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Adelaide

Hilde Hines, Chair, c/o Adelaide Hebrew Congregation,
PO Box 320
Glenside, Adelaide
South Australia, 5065 
Telephone: +618 796 030 
E-mail: kaiserr@senet.com.au  
http://www.coraweb.com.au/society.htm

http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy/ajgs

http://www.join.org.au/a-to-z.htm

http://tinyurl.com/2g4dyw6

http://www.bcl.com.au/adelaide/intgroup/historical.htm

http://www.adelaidejmuseum.org/bookoflife.php?id=21

http://www.familyhistorysa.info/australia.html

Beit Shalom Synagogue
http://www.bshalomadel.com/

Flinders University Library
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Level 2, Chesser House
91-97 Grenfell Street
Adelaide, South Australia 5000 
PO Box 1351
Adelaide SA 5001 
Telephone: +618 8204 9599 Fax: +618 8204 9605 
http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/agencies/bdm/bdm.htm

Tasmania

  

http://tasphotos.blogspot.com/2006/11/stain-of-convict-history.html

There was a Jewish Cemetery, located on Harrington Street,  in Hobart, Tasmania, an
island off of Australia's southeastern coast.  There are currently about 100 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors and their descendants, living here.  The current Jewish cemetery is located near the Derwent River in Hobart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikey_Solomon

http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/tasmania/hobart.html

The Hobart Synagogue, Hobart Hebrew Congregation (both Orthodox and Liberal
services held here) was founded in 1846 and is the oldest synagogue in Australia. 
Within the synagogue proper, there exists special benches that were built for Jewish convicts who had been given permission to worship by the authorities.  
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/HobartSyn.html 

http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Hobart_Synagogue

Jews first came as convicts to Hobart from London in 1804 and in 1847, many left Tasmania after receiving conditional pardons.  In 1851 more left when gold was discovered on the Australian mainland in Victoria. 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austas/jewish.htm

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Service Tasmania, Lands Building
134 Macquarie Place,
Hobart, Tasmania 7000
PO Box 198 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 
Telephone: +613 6233 4657  Fax: +613 6224 0743 Internet:
http://www.justice.tax.gov.au/bdm/

The system is not flawless.  If the name is common and one can't provide more details (e.g. the suburb), then the system replies with "There are too many listings to display for your search criteria".  In such cases, one will have to resort to looking up the hard copy of the directory, if you can't supply more criteria.  

Ken Lipworth, of Sydney, offers assistance at lippy@gpo.com.au  according
to his posting on JewishGen.

Victoria

Melbourne

http://www.vpike.com/?ci=2158177&country=AU

This is a lovely clean, safe,  walkable city with a great transit system.  I found my long lost Siberian raised nephew living in this city.  You can read about our reunion
at Margulis Saga

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4811861?lookfor=create-date:
[NOW-7DAY/DAY%20TO%20NOW]&offset=215&max=863

Australian Jewish News
http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?catID=2

Chevra Kadisha Melbourne
Jewish Funeral Society
Director Mr. Ephraim Finch
115 Inkerman Street
St. Kilda, Victoria 3182 
Telephone +613 9534 0208  Fax: +613 9525 3954

Kilda Hebrew Congregation, Inc.
10 Charnwood Grove
St. Kilda 3182 Victoria 
Telephone: +613 9537 1433  Fax: +613 9525 3759
http://www.stkildashule.org/

Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc.
Toorak Road
South Yarra 3141
Victoria 
Telephone: +613 9866 2255 +613 9820 4016
http://www.melbournesynagogue.org.au/

http://www.j-net.com.au/resources1.html

Melbourne Rabbi
Happy New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZh4V2NmFg&feature-email

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society Victoria Inc.

P.O. Box 189
Glen Huntly 3163
Victoria   
http://friedlan.customer.netspace.net.au/

http://www.ajhs.info/vic/20080911_In_Search_of_Jewish_Ancestry_
%28_Anthony_Joseph_%29.pdf 

The society publishes a quarterly newsletter Kosher Koala
http://www.history-journals.de/journals/hjg-k00069.html

http://www.aigs.org.au/magazines.htm

Australian Jewish Historical Society-Victoria Inc.,

President: Allan Jankie
P. O. Box 189, Glenhuntly
Victoria 3163
Phone: 61 3 9523 6738
Lionel Sharpe, Hon. Secretary
email: admin@ajgs-vic.org.au
www.ajgs-vic.org.au 

Update Notices
www.ajgs.exist.com.au

Historical Societies addresses in the US, Canada and Australia
http://www.ajhs.info/

http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-MT-NDX.html

http://tinyurl.com/35o2phu

http://www.jccv.org.au/

http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Australia

http://www.sephardivic.org/

AJHS Journal - Cumulative Index by Categories
http://www.ajhs.info/journal/index/index-categories.php

Immigration to Victoria - 1852-1889

You can search this index for names of unassisted passengers who boarded ships to Victoria from British and Foreign ports between 1852 and 1889 
http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_ref.htm 

At this same sight you will find links to:

• Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures, 1788 to 1967

• Passenger Ships to Western Australia 1829-1849

• Passenger Ships to Western Australia 1899

• Passenger Ships to Western Australia 1900

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Jewish Community Council of Victoria

306 Hawthorn Road
South Caulfield
Victoria 3162 
Telephone: +613 9272 5566  Fax: +613 9272 5560 
E-mail: jccv@netspace.net.au

Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre

13 Selwyn Street
Elsternwick 3185
Victoria 
Telephone: +613 9528 1985  Fax: +613 9528 3758
http://www.jhc.org.au/

Jewish Museum of Australia

Director
Dr. Helen Light
26 Alma Road
St. Kilda, Victoria 3182 
Telephone: +613 9534 0083  Fax: +613 9534 0844
http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au/

Melbourne Jewish Community

http://www.j-net.com.au/resources1.html

National Archives Centre
Melbourne Archives Centre 

Casselden Place
2 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
PO Box 8005, Burwood Heights  VIC 3151
Email: refvic@naa.gov.au
Phone: 03 9285 7999  Fax: 03 9285 7979
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/

http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/research/research2.asp

http://www.egold.net.au/archives/browse_arc.htm

http://ourhistory.naa.gov.au/melbourne.html

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs01.aspx

http://www.pathwaysvictoria.info/archives/repositorylist.htm

http://directory.archivists.org.au/archives/328/

Public Record Office of Victoria

e-mail: ask.prov@dpc.vic.gov.au
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/    

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Transport House
589 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000 

PO Box 4332
Melbourne, Victoria 3001 
Telephone: 1300 369 367  Fax: +613 9603 5880  
http://www.maxi.com.au/

State Library of Victoria

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/

Western Australia

 

Perth

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Perth
Michelle Urban, Chair
21 Broomhall Way
Noranda Perth Western Australia
6062 Australia 
E-mail: urban@wantree.com.au
http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy/ajgs

Chevra Kadisha Perth
15 Inverness Crescent
Mount Lawley
Western Australia 6050
Telephone: +618 9272 2607 
http://www.mck.org.au/

Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of Western Australia

Meets at Perth Hebrew Congregation, Freedman Ave/Plantation St, Menora.  The
Society exists to promote, encourage and foster the study of Jewish history in Western Australia and Jewish genealogy and family history generally. It conducts
workshops, lectures and discussions four time a year and publishes "Perth Jewish
Roots" quarterly. Annual Membership - $10 for singles and $15 for families. For more information Michelle Urban: jhgs@iinet.net.au or
Robert Fraser: rwfgjf@iinet.net.au
http://www.jewishaustralia.com/

 Maps

http://www.perthtouristcentre.com.au/map.php

http://www.perthtouristcentre.com.au/

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Level 13 Westralia Square
141 St. Georges Terrace
Perth 6000, Western Australia 
Telephone +618 9264 1555  Fax: +618 9264 1599
e-mail rgoperth@justice.moj.wa.gov.au   
http://www.moj.wa.gov.au

Western Australian Jewish Historical Society

c/o Perth Hebrew Congregation
Corner Freedman and Plantation Roads
Menorah, Western Australia, 6050
http://www.ajhs.info/journal/index/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Jewish_Historical_Society

http://jewishhistoryaustralia.net/jha/timeline.htm

http://www.joyfulnoise.net/tours/australia2.html

http://www.join.org.au/a-to-z.htm

New Zealand

AJGS New Zealand Contact

Lionel Albert
PO Box 1445
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.ajgs-vic.org.au/

B'nai Brith Australia and New Zealand

99 Hotham Street
East St. Kilda 3182, Victoria 
Telephone: +613 9527 8249  Fax: +613 9525 9127
http://bnaibrith.org/regions_districts/australia_nz.cfm

Books  
             on the subject of Jewish Genealogy < click here    

Find Your Ancestors In History

Genealogical Resources

http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/ 

Immigrant and Vessel Arrival Information

http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_ref.htm  

Jewish Archives Wellington, New Zealand 

Michael Clements, President clemclan@pop.ihug.co.nz
http://www.nzjewisharchives.org/

New Zealand Jewish Chronicle

http://www.raeburnhouse.org.nz/component/mtree/ethnic/mediaradio
-stations/new-zealand-jewish-chronicle

http://www.facsimile-editions.com/shared/pdfs/me-nzjc-en.pdf

New Zealand Jewish Council

David Schwartz is the President.
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/communities/show?id=13

New Zealand Shipping Information

 http://www.newzealandshipping.co.nz/Documentation/index.htm

New Zealand Society of Genealogists

Very helpful site for genealogy and family history research.
http://www.genealogy.org.nz/

http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/migration.htm

Passenger Lists

http://www.newzealandshipping.co.nz/History/Passenger/index.htm
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Guides/PassengerLists/
http://www.passengerlists.co.uk
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/
http://freespace.virgin.net/donald.hazeldine/ausfotos.htm
http://www.users.on.net/~proformat/auspass2.html
http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html
http://www.nzmaritime.org.nz/library.htm http://www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/nzships.htm
http://www.cyndislist.com/newzealand.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/

Ships Crew List

http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKLogs,CrewLists.html

Telephone Directories on the Web 

http://www.teldir.com 

Wanganui

There remains a solitary Jewish headstone honoring 14 people in this tiny town's
cemetery.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=
WH18990821.2.11&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all

http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=
WH19080331.2.15&e=-------10--1----0dog-all

Wellington

Active groups in Wellington include: Bnai Brith Lodge; the New Zealand Jewish Council: the Council of Jewish Women; Bnei Akiva Youth Group; a Philanthropic Society; the Wellington Jewish Care of he Aged Society; the Jewish Students Association; and Friends of the Hebrew University.  The Jewish National Fund and the United Israel Appeal are also active.

Cemetery
There is a Jewish cemetery (Makara Cemetery) and a Jewish funeral chapel. 
There is also a Symonds Street Cemetery.
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/makaracemetery/
makaracemetery.html

http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Resources/NewZealand/History/
FamilyHistory/Cemeteries/

http://www.zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/wellington/karori/-makara+
cemetery/

Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation
Temple Sinai
http://www.sinai.org.nz/community/organisations.html

New South Wales

Leslie Oberman had pointed out that New South Wales is redundant and although I now recognize this fact, please bear with me until someone can make the proper assessment of the following content.

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society,
PO Box 154, Northbridge 1560,
New South Wales e-mail
ajgsnsw@idx.com.au
http://friedlan.customer.netspace.net.au/ 

Australian Jewish Historical Society

Level 2
Mandelbaum House
385 Abercrombie Street
Darlington 2008, New South Wales
Fax: +61 2 9518.7596
http://www.ajhs.info/

http://directory.archivists.org.au/archives/35/

Chevra Kadisha Sydney

172 Oxford Street
Woolhara
New South Wales 2025 
Telephone: +612 9363 2248
http://www.chevrakadishasydney.com/

http://www.jewishaustralia.com/chevrakadisha.htm

Gosford

Central Coast Family History Group Research Centre
8 Russell Drysdale St
East Gosford
PO Box 4090,
East Gosford NSW 2250 Australia
Phone 02 4324 5164
http://www.centralcoastfhs.org.au/

Manifests

For "assisted immigrants" indexed for the period 1839-1896 are available free at  
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publications/immigration/introduction.htm 

New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

http://www.agd.nsw.gov.au/bdm

The PICMAN database
Contains records of material in the pictures and manuscripts collections of the Mitchell
Library, Dixson Library and Dixson Galleries, catalogued since 1992, and includes personal papers, private archives, about 300,000 photographs and more.  
http://www.slnsw.gov.au/picman/ 

Telephone Directories on the Web

http://www.teldir.com 

http://www.infobel.com/world/default.aspx

Please let me know if there is a favorite link of yours that is not included in my site and I will be happy to add it to Jewish Web Index   

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