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David Lindsay, explorer in the Northern Territory and Queensland, 1880 (B 495)
Queensland birth, death and marriage information from 1829 onwards is freely available online.
Compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages began in Queensland on 1 March 1856.
Prior to this date only incomplete records are held.
(Recent records are not accessible due to privacy restrictions. For full copies of the certificates a fee is charged.)
Camel team north of Innamincka c. 1920 (B 39154)
These resources are available for use onsite at the State Library.
The State Library has copies of numerous Queensland almanacs, directories and telephone books listing residents from 1859 onwards.
These are available in the Library only, in both hardcopy and on CD-ROM.
The list below is a sample ONLY of the State Library's collection of these resources.
For a full list search the Library catalogue under the subject 'Queensland - directories'.
Pugh's Queensland almanac, directory and law calendar
1863-1866
Slater's Queensland almanac, directory and gazetteer
CD-Rom for 1887 and 1903
Telephone directory: Queensland: Brisbane
1960/61-
Wise's Queensland post office commercial directory
1943, 1946, 1949