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Genealogy and Local History Groups

• Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Archives
• ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland)
• Brisbane History Group
• Brisbane's Living Heritage Network has information on events and heritage locations throughout the city and suburbs of Brisbane as well as information on local history groups.
• BrisBITES a history of Brisbane, including indigenous history, suburb history, and important landmarks.
• Caboolture Family History Research Group
• Caloundra Family History Research Inc
• Cemeteries of Brisbane City information about cemeteries around Brisbane, including lists of people who are buried at the cemeteries.
• Central Queensland Family History Association Inc (CQFHA)
• Charles Sturt University - See Regional Archives
• Coorparoo & Districts Heritage Group
• Friends of Balmoral Cemetery
• Friends of Toowong Cemetery
• Genealogical Society of Queensland
• Gympie Family History Society Inc
• Headstone Photo Collection includes photographs from cemeteries, lone graves, churches, and war memorials in the South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales regions.
• Hervey Bay Family History Association
• History Queensland Inc formerly known as the Queensland Association of Local and Family History Societies Inc.
• Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc
• Kilcoy District Historical Society
• The Oral History Association of Australia (Qld Inc)
• Pine Rivers Shire Council - See Local Studies Collection
• Queensland Association of Local and Family History Societies
• Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dancers formerly known as the Queensland Colonial Dancers, they "promote and preserve the dances done in the early days of Australian history and those of today at Bush Dances and Colonial Balls. These dances have evolved from Anglo-Celtic-European influences and new ones are being devised using traditional music, formations, steps and movements." 
  
• Queensland Government Births, Deaths, and Marriages Records
  
• Queensland Family History Society Inc 
  
• Queensland Living History Federation is the representative body for QLD's living history and reenactment groups.
• Queensland State Archives - See Family History
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
• Rural, Historic, Abandoned and Desolate Places photograph collections of churches, pubs, abandoned and disused buildings, and other interesting places throughout Queensland.
• Southern Suburbs Branch of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc
• The State Library of Queensland - See Our Heritage for access to the digital collections held by the library, including photographs, music, and stories relating to Queensland.
• SunSteam Inc a volunteer, non-profit organisation, which "operates mainline steam train tours using steam locomotives and wooden carriages from the Queensland Rail heritage fleet. It is also interested in the maintenance and operation of steam heritage traction and associated rollingstock on Queensland Rail lines. SunSteam members have assisted Queensland Rail with repairs to the A10 locomotive and wooden carriages."
• Toowoomba Darling Downs Family History Society Inc
• Toowoomba Dead Persons Society helps people research online for genealogical information.
• University of Queensland - Fryer Library
• West Toowong Community Association Inc
• Wynnum Manly Historical Society Inc

• See also Brisbane City Life Archives
• See also Brisbane City Life - Historical Attractions

National Genealogy and Local History Groups

• Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc
• Australian GenWeb Project
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc
• Australian Jewish Genealogical Society Inc
• Australian Lebanese Historical Society Inc
• Australian National University Noel Bultin Archives Centre - See Family History for how to find information on the employment history of ancestors.
• Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
• Australian Society of American Immigrants and Descendants
• Australian Society of Archivists
• Australian War Memorial searchable databases, including names of individuals on the Roll of Honour, Commemorative Roll, and Nominal Rolls, information on those who received honours or awards while on active service, digitised case files of Australian personnel reported missing or wounded during World War One, and details of AMF prisoners of war and missing personnel from operations in the Far East and South West Pacific Islands.
• Collections Australia Network Australian cultural heritage collections online.
• Convictions Australian Shipping information on Australian shipping 1788-1968, including arrivals, departures, shipwrecks, passengers, and crew.
• Convicts Australia database of convict information, including convict names, Old Bailey Court records, ship names, pardons, and absconders, as well as links to other sites featuring convict records.
• Descendants of Convicts Group Inc
• Federation of Australian Historical Societies
• History Australia includes the Internet Family History Association of Australia (IFHAA).
• Military Historical Society of Australia
• National Archives of Australia - See Fact Sheets about immigration and citizenship.
• National Library of Australia - See Genealogy and Historical Resources Guides
• Office of Australian War Graves
• Oral History Association of Australia
• Picture Australia search for and purchase Australian archival and historical prints, pictures, photographs, and posters.
• Ready, 'Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
• Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts
• Society of Australian Genealogists
• World War Two Nominal Roll searchable database of information on the Australian men and women who served in World War Two.

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