Australia School Records

New South Wales

 * 1817-1833: New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1850-1960: New South Wales, Teacher Applications and School Records at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1852-1915: New South Wales, Australia, Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1867-1911: New South Wales, Australia, Entrance Books for the Vernon and the Sobraon at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1867-1916: New South Wales, Junior & Senior Public Examinations at Findmypast; index only ($)
 * 1867-1925: New South Wales, Australia, Industrial School Registers at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1869-1908: New South Wales, Australia, Teachers’ Rolls at Ancestry; index & images, ($)
 * 1880-1980 Web: Australia, University of Sydney Biographical Information Including World War I, 1880-1980 at Ancestry, index and images, ($)

Queensland

 * Queensland School Pupils, at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * Queensland Teachers Indexes, at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * Queensland School Pupils Index, Part 1, at MyHeritage, Index ($)
 * Queensland School Pupils Index, Part 2, at MyHeritage, Index ($)
 * Queensland School Pupils Index, Part 3, at MyHeritage, Index ($)
 * Queensland School Pupils Index, Part 4 1870-1993, at MyHeritage, Index ($)
 * 1860-1905 Teachers 1860-1905, index. Also at Findmypast.
 * 1871-1906 Queensland, Reformatory School For Boys Admission Registers 1871-1906, at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * 1881-1903 Toowoomba Girls Industrial School admissions and discharges 1881 to 1903, index.
 * 1881-1903 Queensland, Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Admissions & Discharges 1881-1903, at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * 1882-1903 Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Discharges 1882-1903, index.
 * 1897-1906 Reformatory School for Boys admissions 1871 to 1906, index.

South Australia

 * 1847-1851 Index to GRG 24/6 Returns from Schoolmasters to the Colonial Secretary 1847 - 1851 State Archives. Shows names of pupils, parents and teachers.
 * 1849-1913 South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1873-1985 Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers : COLLECTION RECORD, 1873-1985 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1876-1989 South Australia, Australia, School Admissions Registers, 1876-1989 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1877 onwards South Australian School Admissions in GenealogySA Online Database Search

Tasmania

 * 1817-1833: New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools at Ancestry; index & images, ($). Includes Tasmania.
 * 1846-1892 The first admission register for the Hutchins School (1846 - 1892) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images.
 * 1869-1906 Australia, Tasmania, applications for teaching positions and associated correspondence at FamilySearch, index and images.
 * 1886-1945 Tasmania, Australia, Teacher Employment History Cards, 1886-1945 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
 * 1910-1935 Tasmania, applications for registration of teachers, 1910-1935 at FamilySearch, index and images.

Victoria

 * 1851-1864 List of school teachers of denominational schools of Victoria, 1851-1864 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1885-1900 Public service list of schools and school teachers of Victoria (state), Australia, 1885-1900 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1863-1959 Teacher records (1863-1959) PRO Victoria, index and images.

Western Australia

 * Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia, School Indexes, 1830-1970 at Ancestry, Index
 * Correspondence school : admission registers at FamilySearch, images.

Australia has many public and private schools. Private schools include those run by orphanages and correctional institutions (industrial, training, and reform schools). Records generated by both public and private schools include admission registers, punishment registers, visitors’ books, examination books, class rolls, and minute books.

Of particular genealogical value are the school admission registers. Information about each student includes name, age or date of birth, religion, parent’s name(s), student’s occupation and residence, the name of the ship on which the student immigrated, and the date of admission and discharge from the school. Other important details may be found in the remarks column.

Research use: To find births for those not recorded in civil registration and church records, and to locate other children in a given family without the expense of civil registration. Very useful for isolated areas. Births for aborigines and island children were not recorded in civil registration. The government will accept a school record as proof of birth. These records can be used to build family groups. As all children in a family attended school they would be recorded. These records are also very useful as a immigration source as they list the place of birth of children born outside of Australia.

Teachers registers are also valuable sources. For further information, see the "Occupations" article of this wiki.

The Family History Library has collected many school records from Australia. These records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

AUSTRALIA - SCHOOLS

AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - SCHOOLS

AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - SCHOOLS

If your ancestor was educated at an Australian University, he or she may be recorded in the University Calendars for that university. The calendars are published annually and list staff and students of the universities. The Family History Library does not have these records, but they can be found in national archives, state archives, and other local repositories and libraries. The following source provides a list of various school records and University Calendars and where they can be found in Australia:


 * Vine Hall, Nick. Tracing Your Family History in Australia: a guide to sources. Second Edition. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia: N. Vine Hall, 1994. (Family History Library Call Number 994 D23v.)