Explore a trio of new Australian records
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By Daisy Goddard | January 23, 2025
There are 164,000 new records to discover this week.
We added three new Australian record sets this week. All from the state of Queensland, there are Imperial pensions, criminal depositions and dentist records spanning the 19th and 20th centuries for you to explore.
We've also updated our existing collection with 49,384 parish records and added a new Bournemouth title to the newspaper archive.
Queensland, Imperial pensions 1898-1912
This week's largest new Australian set consists of 35,749 Queensland pension records, covering the years 1898 to 1912.
Queensland, Criminal depositions 1861-1885
Did your Australian ancestor run into trouble with the law between 1861 and 1885? If they lived in the state of Queensland, their name may just appear within these 3,749 new court records.
Map of Australia, 1879.
These transcriptions contain key information like names and the date of the deposition, offering insight into Australia's criminal justice system at the end of the 19th century.
Queensland, Dentists 1903-1932
In this week's third new set, you'll find the names of over 400 dentists who worked in Queensland in the early 20th century.
New pages from Burnley to Bournemouth
The Bournemouth Times and Directory joined our newspaper collection this week.
Bournemouth Times and Directory, 23 September 1939.
We added a total of 366,686 new pages, with updates to 25 of our existing publications.
New titles:
Bournemouth Times and Directory, 1934-1950
Updated titles:
- Banbury Guardian, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004
- Barnoldswick & Earby Times, 1996, 2004
- Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 1994, 2001
- Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 2004
- Burnley Express, 1986, 2004
- Chorley Guardian, 1889
- Driffield Times, 1995, 2002-2004
- Eastbourne Herald, 1986, 2004
- Epworth Bells, Crowle and Isle of Axholme Messenger, 1905-1909, 1920-1927, 1929, 1943-1949, 1960-1969, 1980-1981, 2004
- Inverness Courier, 1950-1956, 1978-1979, 1990
- Lurgan Mail, 1999, 2004
- Market Rasen Weekly Mail, 1987-1988, 1992, 2004
- Mid Sussex Times, 1981, 1991, 2004
- Mid-Ulster Mail, 1988-1989, 2001, 2004
- Milton Keynes Citizen, 2003
- Morecambe Guardian, 2004
- Morecambe Visitor, 1877, 1910, 1993, 2004
- Northampton Chronicle and Echo, 1951, 1988, 1990, 1995
- Northern Whig, 1920, 1958-1962
- Portadown Times, 1964-1970, 1999
- Ross-shire Journal, 1877, 1913-1994
- Scarborough Evening News, 2003
- Shields Daily Gazette, 1986
- Spilsby Standard, 1991, 2003-2004
- Whitley Bay Guardian, 2003-2004
