Our collection

What we have

An explanation of the types of records held at Queensland State Archives.

Deed poll records (change of name record)

Search the Queensland State Archives records deed polls that were registered with the Queensland Supreme Court before 2004.

Family history

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find out more about your family history

Immigration

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find out who immigrated to Queensland from the middle of the nineteenth century onwards.

Schools, hospitals and orphanages

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on schools, hospitals, hospital staff, orphanages and children's homes in Queensland.

Courts

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on courts, inquests, wills, divorces, criminal depositions and naturalisations

Government

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information civil servants, government buildings, cabinet minutes and electoral rolls.

Lands and mining

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on lands bought and sold, buildings, pastoral runs and mining.

Convicts and early settlers

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find convicts and early settlers in Queensland

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for family and community links, Government correspondence and census details

Australian South Sea Islanders

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on South Sea Islanders who arrived in Queensland from 1863 onwards, to work either in cotton fields or sugar plantations.

Shipping and railways

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on shipwrecks, seamen, railways and rollingstock records.

Business

Search the Queensland State Archives records to find information on firms, company records and hotels that are no longer in existence.