For those of us who used to spend far too much time travelling from part of town to another to crawl through microform records and paperwork to get hold of some historical snippet or other and then all too often returning home empty-handed, the growing hoard of online data and records is a Godsend. I have listed some useful resources here (in no particular order), but of course have probably missed some. Please feel free to let me know of any good stuff I have missed.
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Trove
This National Library of Australia website features journals, pictures and other material, but it is the massive searchable range digitised newspapers going back to the 1800s that make this such a brilliant resource.
Queensland Speaks
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Audio recordings of Queensland politicians and public servants talking about their life in public service during 1968-2008. Has a good search facility. Type in the word 'Boggo' and hear people explaining how nothing was ever their fault! From the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland.
Text Queensland
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Another excellent website from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland. This one gives online access to a whole range of theses, journals, government gazettes, almanacs, books and Hansard. Has a word search facility to make things easier. Saves a lot of time having to go and physically get a hold of these documents. ![]()
Queensland Places
Basic information about cities, suburbs, towns and villages in Queensland with a population of over 500. Yet another great website from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland.
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Queensland Historical Atlas
The fourth and final offering from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland, this atlas features numerous peer-reviewed articles and of course plenty of great maps and images.
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Picture Queensland
Thousands of pictures from the State Library of Queensland collection can be viewed here. Like most parts of the SLQ websites it can be a little bit tricky to navigate but very useful. Also excellent and much easier and quicker to use is Picture Ipswich, as well as Brisbane City Council's 'Brisbane Images'.
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Australian Cemeteries Index
Compiled by a network of individuals and community groups, this website features listings for 191 Queensland cemeteries, sometimes with photos of headstones. An excellent resource for those searching for graves. The South Brisbane cemetery section, with info from the FOSBC, is especially good.
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Australian Dictionary of Biography
Produced by the Australian National University's 'National Centre of Biography', this online version of the books first published in 1966 features hundreds of biographies of prominent Australians. Obviously only useful for the more famous people, but still a very handy and reliable resource.
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Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages
This Department of Justice and Attorney-General website features a great search facility for tracking births, deaths and marriages back through the 19th century.
Queensland State Archives
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There's never as much online digital records as we'd like these days, but the Queensland State Archives website is coming on well, going from a simple search facility to throwing up some pleasant surprises with it's online material. Still the number 1 stop for prison records.
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TroveThis National Library of Australia website features journals, pictures and other material, but it is the massive searchable range digitised newspapers going back to the 1800s that make this such a brilliant resource.
Queensland Speaks
Audio recordings of Queensland politicians and public servants talking about their life in public service during 1968-2008. Has a good search facility. Type in the word 'Boggo' and hear people explaining how nothing was ever their fault! From the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland.Text Queensland
Another excellent website from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland. This one gives online access to a whole range of theses, journals, government gazettes, almanacs, books and Hansard. Has a word search facility to make things easier. Saves a lot of time having to go and physically get a hold of these documents. 
Queensland Places
Basic information about cities, suburbs, towns and villages in Queensland with a population of over 500. Yet another great website from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland.
Queensland Historical AtlasThe fourth and final offering from the UQ Centre for the Government of Queensland, this atlas features numerous peer-reviewed articles and of course plenty of great maps and images.
Picture QueenslandThousands of pictures from the State Library of Queensland collection can be viewed here. Like most parts of the SLQ websites it can be a little bit tricky to navigate but very useful. Also excellent and much easier and quicker to use is Picture Ipswich, as well as Brisbane City Council's 'Brisbane Images'.
Australian Cemeteries IndexCompiled by a network of individuals and community groups, this website features listings for 191 Queensland cemeteries, sometimes with photos of headstones. An excellent resource for those searching for graves. The South Brisbane cemetery section, with info from the FOSBC, is especially good.
Australian Dictionary of BiographyProduced by the Australian National University's 'National Centre of Biography', this online version of the books first published in 1966 features hundreds of biographies of prominent Australians. Obviously only useful for the more famous people, but still a very handy and reliable resource.
Queensland Births, Deaths & MarriagesThis Department of Justice and Attorney-General website features a great search facility for tracking births, deaths and marriages back through the 19th century.
Queensland State Archives
There's never as much online digital records as we'd like these days, but the Queensland State Archives website is coming on well, going from a simple search facility to throwing up some pleasant surprises with it's online material. Still the number 1 stop for prison records..