Travel through time with online local history resources for researchers

Fishing from the Jetty Maryborough. Source: State Library of Queensland

Did you know Fraser Coast Libraries' local history online access is available from the comfort of your own home? 

Resources include our image gallery comprising thousands of images from the local area.

You can also discover Local History talks or Oral History talks on our YouTube page.

Do you know about the Burrum Coalfields or the Black Death in Maryborough? Do you want to share your stories? To find out more about local history stories go to Fraser Coast Libraries Local History Blog. You can choose to follow on the top right hand side of the blog and never miss another entry.

You can also access Trove to research digitised newspapers  and much more. Simply type  "Trove"  into your browser and you have access.

Queensland Archives  have some great Indexes which are lists of names and other information they have transcribed from a selection of registers (lists) in their collection. This is only a small part of the collection so if you don't know what you are looking for, you would start your search here .
Brief Guides are also a great source of research information.

Shipping guides are a source of family history information.
Information particularly helpful includes:

Immigration guide 

Ship Wreck and Boat accident guides 

Ozships 

Lloyds Register of Shipping 

Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters 

National Australian Archives 

If you are wanting to find historical maps Qimagery is the Queensland Government's online collection of photographs since the 1930's.

State Library of Queensland has lots of resources for Family History research here to research from the comfort of your lounge. Now is the time to start (or keep) doing your family history! State Library is providing our Queensland residents with free at home access to Ancestry Library until 30 April. Just log in here with your State Library membership.If you're not a member you can join online.

33 Amity Street, Maryborough. Source: State Library of Queensland

If you are interested in houses we have some of those resources too! Did you know Fraser Coast Libraries is participating in a project called Homes on the Fraser Coast? Our slide show has images from the Maryborough Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc. collection and the State Library of Queensland digitised collection found on the Corley Explorer .

The Corley explorer is a collection of over 61000 photographs of homes taken during the 1960s and the 1970s. These photographs were taken by Frank and Eunice Corley who drove around suburban streets from Bundaberg to Beenleigh taking snapshots of the fronts of houses, which they would then attempt to sell to the occupant in a calendar or greeting card. If you know some interesting history about the houses in this collection or any house on the Fraser Coast, please share it  here.

If you are wanting to find out more about the history of your house there is a great guide here.


Find our more about our local history collections here

Have fun researching!

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