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.