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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Family History Unit, offers assistance with tracing Indigenous heritage. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index is available online. There is a family history information kit available plus family history guides, Indigenous family history guides and other related services.

Mura Gadi. An online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders held in the National Library of Australia. There are online index searches, searches by region and links to digitised copies of the material if available.

National Archives of Australia Indigenous Australia. This site details records held for the Northern Territory and Victoria plus details of government policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. There is information on the Bringing Them Home name index (not online) and links to online fact sheets, research guides, books and relevant websites.

Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library by Dr T Matthew Ciolek. This Internet guide to Aboriginal studies has links to hundreds of specialist information sites. A site search engine available.

Australian Aboriginal Genealogy Resources by Paul Mackett provides access to extracts and transcripts from a wide range of publically available documents and records such as birth, death and marriage indexes, prison records and mission records.  

Infokoori.  An index to the Koori Mail from May 1991 plus an index to biographical information from Our Aim (1907-1961), Dawn (1952-1969), New Dawn (1970-1975) and Identity (1971-1982).

Archives of Australia's list of Archival Resources Relating to Indigenous Australians.

Indigenous Australians at War by Garth O'Connell. A site dedicated to Indigenous Australians who served in war and peacetime. Includes bibliography, roll of honour, photographs, links and more. 

Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australia's War 1939-1945. This site has a section titled 'All in' - Indigenous Service New which looks at the role played by indigenous Australians in World War II.

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State Records New South Wales Resources for Indigenous People include Archives in Brief fact sheets plus online indexes to Aboriginal Colonial Court Cases (1788-1838) and Aboriginal People in the Register of Aboriginal Reserves (1875-1904) and links to other indexes that may be relevant. 

Milton Ulladulla Local and Family History Site with a link under Budawang Aboriginals to a PDF document by Cathy Dunn titled South Coast Aboriginal Genealogy. 

PawredNorthern Territory
Northern Territory Archives Service online subject guides includes a Guide to Aboriginal People.

National Archives of Australia Shop Research Guides include Tracking Family: A Guide to Aboriginal Records Relating to the Northern Territory. This is available as a PDF file.

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State Library of Queensland's Indigenous Library Services. This site offers information on major resources held, available guides, electronic resources and other related Internet sites.

Footprints Before Me. Following the History of Family and Community by the Indigenous Library Services, State Library of Queensland offers practical advice and a wide variety of relevant links.

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State Records of South Australia Aboriginal Services offers information about access to the records held plus details of available publications such as the Aboriginal Resource Kit.

State Library of South Australia. The Quick Links - Indigenous Australians details resources held.

Find Your Way Home with SA Link-Up aims to assist Indigenous people find connections to family and access reunification and other services. The guide Finding Your Own Way is available online (PDF) and it details existing records of South Australian children's homes and institutions.

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Archives Office of Tasmania's. Brief Guides include several for tracing Tasmanian Aboriginals.

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Public Record Office Victoria. Finding Your Story: A Resource Manual to the Records of the Stolen Generations in Victoria. This manual is available as a download (PDF).

State Library of Victoria's Genealogy Information Guides include Indigenous Australian Resources and Indigenous Victorian Resources which lists websites, databases, books, journals and agencies for Indigenous Victorian genealogical research.

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State Library of Western Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information Gateway. This detailed guide for research in Western Australia includes an Indigenous Research Toolkit.

Looking West. A detailed guide to Aboriginal records in Western Australia, published by the Records Taskforce of Western Australia.

Department of Indigenous Affairs (WA). Family History details are listed under Heritage & Culture.
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