Biographical Database of Australia are pleased to announce that Datasets containing 400,000 NEW records have been added to the Biographical Database of Australia (BDA), forming a huge and growing biographical research resource now almost doubled in size to 900,000 – NOW ONLINE.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has confirmed it is looking for new ways to conduct the census which currently occurs every five years. There has been uncertainty surrounding the future of the national census amid media reports the Federal Government is considering axing it.

If you had visited the Australian War Memorial late last year, you might have encountered a mechanical trolley with a camera affixed to the top whizzing around the site, or perhaps seen someone wandering around with a backpack that looked suspiciously like the lovechild of C-3PO and R2-D2.

Just a month after hitting the 9.5 million page milestone, we’re very pleased to announce that there are now 10 million historic newspaper pages available at The British Newspaper Archive.

Peter Gissing will be Guest Speaker next Wednesday, 18th March at the Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society beginning 7.30pm at the Societies rooms in Tarakan Avenue, Wagga Wagga Peter will be presenting new material relating to his interests in Wagga Pharmacy History and early Patent Medicines

The first permanent and substantial gaol built in Wagga was completed in 1862 and was located on the corner of Sturt Street (earlier known as Little Gurwood Street) and Tarcutta Street.

The Lambing Flat Chinese Festival, when Young marks its gold rush history and the important contribution of the Chinese in the development of Australia will be held on Saturday 21 March 2015 at Anderson Park, Young NSW

Temora Rural Museum – 42nd Annual live Exhibition Saturday 14th of March 2015 9.30am to 5.00pm

Have you looked at the online records available at Public Record Office Victoria recently? Public Record Office Victoria has been improving access to a number of frequently used, complex or damaged records for a number of years now. 

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