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Getting started on your Indigenous family history

Step by step guide to tracing your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander family - including templates, tips and resources for finding your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history records.
Spelling and language names - when searching for records created about your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander relatives you may wish to consider variations in spelling and naming practices.
Indigenous family history guide books - includes details on how to access the guides at the State Library of Queensland.
Finding records related to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders - including administrative records, birth, deaths and marriages records, military records, police records and station records.

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Last updated: 28th July 2009

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