Tasmania Business and Occupations

Online Records

 * 1816-851 Licensees of hotels, Tasmania, 1816-51 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1818-1958 Hotels & Properties (1818-1958) at Libraries Tasmania, index.. Hotel licensees, inquests into fires, Launceston buildings and demolished hotels.
 * 1821-1928 Bankruptcy (1821-1928) at Libraries Tasmania, index. Documents from cases of bankruptcy and insolvency.
 * 1829-2001 Australia, Tasmania, miscellaneous records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1829-2001, for list of cemeteries Index
 * 1832-1844 Australia, Tasmania, Registers of the appointment, transfer, registration, and dismissal of members of the police establishment, 1832-1844 at FamilySearch, index and images.
 * 1842 Hawker's & Carrier's Licences. Tasmania.1842, published in the Hobart Town Gazette
 * 1858 Government Employees 1858, index.
 * 1865-1902 Employment (1865-1902) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images.Various employment records, mainly from the Southern Volunteer Artillery and the Inspection of Machinery Department.
 * 1869-1906 Australia, Tasmania, applications for teaching positions and associated correspondence at FamilySearch, index and images.
 * 1886-1945 Tasmania, Australia, Teacher Employment History Cards, 1886-1945 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1890-1961 Australia, Tasmania, occupational records - certificates of competency, 1890-1961 at FamilySearch, images. Index and images of certificates of competency in several occupations involving the operation of heavy equipment. Of genealogical interest are the date and place of birth given for each individual.
 * 1898 Licenses to Retail Liquor1898 taken from Hobart Gazette
 * 1903-1977 Tasmania, Australia, Railway Employment Records, 1903-1977 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1905-1947 Australia, Tasmania, forms recording details of service and other information on permanent officers of the public service, 1905-1947 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1910-1935 Tasmania, applications for registration of teachers, 1910-1935 at FamilySearch, index and images.
 * 1922 Tasmanian Dentists - Surgeon 1922 index.

Government and Police Gazettes
License announcements are the main business record.
 * 1907-1919 Tasmania Government Gazettes at Findmypast ($), index.
 * 1871-1900 Tasmania Police Gazettes at Findmypast ($), index.
 * 1884-1933 Tasmania, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1884-1933 at Ancestry ($), index and images.

Directories

 * Tasmania Postal Directories at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * Tasmania Telephone Directory at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * Australia Directories at Findmypast ($), index.
 * 1890-91 Tasmanian Post Office Directories& Jurors Lists, index.

New South Wales Online Records Including Tasmania Prior to 1825

 * 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 - contains agriculture,police, medical, pharmacy board, mine and examinations division records, images ($)

Occupations

 * Merchant Maine Records at FamilySearch.
 * The law list of Australasia at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1824-1876 Barristers and solicitors 1824-1876 at FamilySearch, images.

New South Wales Archive Resources Kit Including Tasmania Prior to 1825

 * Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold the microform copies of the Archive Resources Kit records.
 * The Archive Resources Kit includes the following Professions and occupations records:
 * Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1822-57
 * Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-25
 * Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, etc, 1824-76

"The ARK is held by 40 community access points across NSW. The majority of access points are libraries. The ARK consists of microfilm copies of our most popular and heavily used colonial records. Included are records relating to convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, births, deaths and marriages, publicans' licences, electoral rolls, naturalisation, returns of the colony ('Blue Books'), land grants, and the wide range of functions of the Colonial Secretary (1788-1825). You may find that the ARK (or parts of it) are held at a library near you."

Content of Business Records
Australia businesses and commercial companies seldom contain dates or places of birth, marriage, or death but they can have valuable genealogical information.
 * Pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed. Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then published in the Government Gazette. For further information about gazettes, read the Court Records article.
 * Lawyers at the time kept detailed records for their clients. Included in these records are:
 * probate material
 * adoption records
 * insurance papers
 * lawsuits, and other sources that may help you trace your ancestors.
 * Some bank ledgers in Australia give:
 * the name
 * occupation
 * residence
 * age
 * place of birth (by county and country)
 * year of immigration and name of ship
 * a physical description of depositors.

FamilySearch Library
Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: