Australia Societies

Australia has many societies and organizations that may have information of value to your genealogical research. There are also some societies in the country of origin of your ancestor. You may find it helpful to join one of these societies to gain information and knowledge about the area your ancestor came from, as well as access to their publications.

Genealogical Societies
There are a few genealogical societies which emphasize Australia research. Most societies publish helpful periodicals, transcripts, compiled genealogies, special indexes, collections and projects. They also publish inquiries/queries about Australiz ancestors or maintain a list of members' research interests.

The following societies may be of interest:

Society of Australian Genealogists 120 Kent Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Email: [mailto:info@sag.org.au info@sag.org.au] Fax: 02-9241-4872 Telephone: 02-9247-3953 Internet: http://www.sag.org.au/

New South Wales Family History Societies
Albury and District Historical Society P.O. Box 822 Albury, NSW 2640 Australia

Armidale Family History Group P.O. box 1378 Armidale, NSW 2350 Australia

Family History Group of Bathurst, Inc. P.O. Box 1058 Bathurst, NSW 2795 Australia Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbfhg

Bega Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 19 Pambula, NSW 2549 Australia

Bellinger Valley Historical Society Hyde Street (Near Council Offices) Bellingen, NSW, 2454 Australia Internet:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbmfhs

Queensland Family History Societies
Caboolture Family History Research Group Inc. (CFHRG Inc.) PO Box 837 Caboolture, QLD 4510 Australia Email: [mailto:cfhrg@mail.cth.com.au cfhrg@mail.cth.com.au] or [mailto:cfhrg@yahoo.com.au cfhrg@yahoo.com.au] Telephone: 07-5428-2018 Internet: http://cfhrg.tripod.com

Library:

King Street Caboolture ("The Old Fire Station") Caboolture, QLD Australia

Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical and Historical Research Group Inc. Internet: http://www.genealogy-noosa.org.au/

Gold Coast Family History Society Inc. Internet: http://www.goldcoastfhs.org.au

Western Australia Family History Societies
Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. 6/48 May Street Bayswater, WA 6053 Australia Email: [mailto:genealogy@wags.org.au genealogy@wags.org.au]  Telephone: 08-9271-4311 Fax: 08-9370-1572 Internet: http://www.wags.org.au

Busselton Family History Society Internet: http://members.westnet.com.au/busgen

Carnarvon Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1049 Carnarvon, WA 6701 Australia

Geraldton Family History Society The Residency 321 Marine Terrace Internet: http://members.westnet.com.au/gfhs/

Mailing Address:

Geraldton Family History Society P.O. Box 2502 Geraldton, WA 6531 Australia

Goldfields Family History Society, Inc. P.O. Box 1462 Kalgoorlie, WA 6430 Australia

Great Southern Family History Society Western Australia Internet: http://members.westnet.com.au/gsfhs

Narrogin Meeting House Family History Centre c/o 31 Furnival Street Narrogin, WA 6312 Australia

Southern River Family History Centre P.O. Box 108 Melville, WA 6156 Australia

Family Associations
(If you would like a free listing for family associations in Australia, mail details to:

Internet History Resources 23 Edith St Leichhardt, NSW 2040 Australia Email: Angus McInnes at [mailto:admin@ihr.com.au admin@ihr.com.au]

The Chalker/Charker Society of Australia
This family society consists mainly of descendants of William Charker, also known as Chalker, who was transported to Sydney in 1802. For full details contact:

The Everingham Family Association P.O. Box 1039 Ashfield, NSW 1800 Australia Telephone: 02-9326-3290

The Association is made up of descendants of Matthew James Everingham, who arrived in 1788 as a convict on the First Fleet, and his wife Elizabeth Rimes (also a convict), who arrived on the Second Fleet.

Historical Societies
Historical societies can be valuable sources of information about Australia. Similar societies exist in countries from which Australians emigrated and they often collect information about Australian immigrants. Some may have information about specific Australian individuals. Many societies have special collections of books and manuscript materials for Australia that may be difficult to find in libraries and archives. For more information see Australia Archives and Libraries

Locating Records at the Family History Library
Society records are usually described in the Author/Title section of the Family History Library Catalog on microfiche under the name of the society. They are also listed in the Place Search of the catalog under one of the following:

AUSTRALIA - SOCIETIES

AUSTRALIA - GENEALOGY - SOCIETIES

Some records gathered, compiled and published by societies are also listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the type of record. For example, cemetery transcripts gathered by a local genealogical society are listed in the catalog under:

AUSTRALIA - CEMETERIES

Web Sites
http://genealogypro.com/articles/organizations.html

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

http://www.affho.org/

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

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html