Australia » Occupations

Australian Mariners Welfare Society

Founded as the Sydney Sailors' Home, serving seafarers for more than 150 years.

Australian Medical Pioneers Index

AMPI provides biographical data on over 4500 doctors who lived in Australia or visited Australian shores in a medical capacity in colonial days.

Australian National Maritime Museum - Seafaring Ancestors

Australian Society of the Lacemakers of Calais

The ASLC was formed in 1982 when a small group of people came to the realisation that they shared a common interest in a special group of English machine lacemakers. The Lacemakers in whom they shared an interest were principally those originally from Nottingham and who were involved in two mass migrations in the space of little more than a decade.The Lacemakers' first migration was to escape the poverty, unemployment, misery, disease and discomfort of overcrowded industrial Nottingham. Their migration was to the shores of France - especially to Calais - where their skills as lace artisans were initially treasured and where their employment and well-being seemed assured. During the 1848 Revolution in France, the political and social upheaval left most of them jobless again. Their future in France seemed uncertain. Most decided that making a fresh life in a new land was preferable to returning to England where it was likely they would remain destitute and a burden on their Parishes. Their second migration was to various parts of Australia. The Lacemaker emigrants of particular interest to members of ASLC sailed to Australian ports in one of three sailing vessels, viz. the 'Fairlie' (destination Sydney), the 'Harpley' (destination Adelaide) and the 'Agincourt' (destination also Sydney). These three vessels carried the bulk of the Lacemaker emigrants. Other Lacemaker emigrants came in smaller groups on other vessels including the Canton, Castle Eden, Emperor, General Hewitt, Bermondsy, Walmer Castle, Charlotte Jane, Steadfast, Andromachie, Baboo, Harbinger, Navarino and Nelson. Descendants of these lacemakers are also valued members of ASLC.

Australian Workers Heritage Centre

CoraWeb - Occupations

HAT- History of Australian Theatre

A blog about the History of Australian Theatre. It includes an 18000 name list of people who performed in Australian theatre, an index of theatre programmes and a short guide to researching theatrical ancestors in Australia.

HAT- History of Australian Theatre

Links to an 18000 name list of people who performed in the Australian Theatre. A link to an indexed database of theatre programmes, a link to photographs of performers. In addition a short guide to researching theatrical ancestors.

History of Australian Fishing

Mining Accidents United States, Canada, Australia & New Zealand

600,000 mining accident records (fatal and nonfatal) covering most of the United States, New Zealand, provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and provinces of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. However, about 283,000 of the mine accident records are the state of Pennsylvania. The mining accident records are from the late 1800s through the early 1900s.

Roving Mariners: Australian Aboriginal Whalers and Sealers in the Southern Oceans, 1790

A book by Lynette Russell.

State Archives and Records NSW - Crew Records Guide

The History of Australian Theatre On Line - List of Names Associated with the Theatre in Australia

Including the Tivoli theatres in Sydney and Melbourne.

Tivoli (vaudeville circuit) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

Finding Aid, including names of performers listed in programs, for the Tivoli circuit of vaudeville shows in Australia - late 1800s - mid 1900s