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CoraWeb - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders > Victoria

This site is being developed to encourage those with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestry to research their family history, based on contemporaneous documentation and the scientific method, rather than family stories and populist history.

Helen Doxford Harris - Infant Life Protection Act Index

This Act was established in Victoria Australia in 1890 to regulate baby farmers - women who looked after other women's children for a fee. Because of abuse of the Act, police took over the enforcement of the regulations in 1898, and maintained control until 1908. This webpage lists some of the thousands of names that appear in these records - nurses, mothers and children.

Index to Missing People Found in Victoria Police Correspondence Records

An index of letters sent to the Police department in Victoria, Australia seeking assistance in contacting missing people. The letters came from all over the world and date from 1853 to 1930.

Ivy Elmers story growing up in Murmungee Victoria

Ivy Elmers story about growing up in Murmungee and being a nurse for 55 years.

Public Record Office Victoria - Adoption and wardship (1864-1961)

Records of children in state care.

The Descendants of Convicts Group Victoria Inc.

A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria.

Victoria and Riverina 1930-1932

A biographical record of some pioneer families in Victoria and Riverina - surname search facility.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Western District Families

Sharing stories of families from the Western District of Victoria, Australia, including an Obituary Index, and Hamilton's WW1, with 160 biographies of Hamilton and district WW1 volunteers.