Step by step guide
Wondering how to get started with your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander family history? The step by step guide is a good place to start with information about options and resources.
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Ernest Gribble in classroom with teacher and students at Yarrabah, 1893
Finding records
What are records? Records can be created by institutions like Governments, businesses or churches. They may give you information about a person like their date of birth, their state of health or their level of education. Find out where records about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are kept and how you can access them.
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Photographs of the Grogan and Maggable families 1935-1950
Margaret Lawrie collection
Are you doing Torres Strait Islander family history? The Margaret Lawrie collection has genealogies of Torres Strait Islander peoples from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Discover a valuable tool for your Torres Strait Islander family history research.
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Watercolour; Pencil drawing, 21 Sep 1971, TR 1791/253, Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Island Material, 1964-1998
Tindale genealogical collection
Looking for information about Aboriginal family histories in Queensland? The Tindale Genealogical Collection has family trees from Aboriginal communities, mainly in the 1930s. These include Bentinck Island, Cherbourg, Doomadgee, Mona Mona, Mornington Island, Palm Island, Woorabinda and Yarrabah.
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Daisy and Cecelia at Yarrabah, ca. 1928