The following selection of links to other sites may be of some assistance in your research.
Specific Hill End & Tambaroora Links
Hill End & Tambaroora Progress Association
National Parks & Wildlife Service – Hill End Historic Site
Hill End & Tambaroora General Cemetery records
Hill End & Tambaroora Catholic Cemetery records
Tambaroora or “the Tambaroura” – website dedicated to Tambaroora and its story
Local blogs
Random Family History Genealogy – Matt Hall
Specific Goldfields Resources
Life on the Goldfields: Getting There
Life on the Goldfields: Living There
Life on the Goldfields: bushrangers – the lure of gold
Regional links
Mudgee District History – includes Gulgong, Rylstone, Kandos, Cassilis, Ulan, Lue, Hargraves, Grattai, Windeyer, Wollar, the Turon, Bylong, Capertee, Hill End, Ilford and Sofala.
Mid-Western Regional Council Library (Mudgee)
Central West Libraries Orange and surrounding area
State Library of NSW resources
Ask a Librarian Service will also provide advice and guidance to family history researchers:
Family history research guides
General links for family history
National Archives of Australia
National Library of Australia – Indexes & databases
Cyndi’s list of genealogical websites
CoraWeb – web sites for Australian Genealogists
Deaths & Cemeteries
Australian and New Zealand Cemeteries
Ryerson Index to Contemporary Australian Death Notices
War records
Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Digger History – Australian & N.Z. Armed Services
Societies and mailing lists
Society of Australian Genealogists
Maps & place names
Geographical Names Board of NSW
Australian Government Geoscience Australia – place name search
Map and Plan Collection Online Website
New South Wales Land & Property Information – Historical Records online
New South Wales Land & Property Information – Parish Maps
Historical Atlas of Sydney – Digital images of old maps
History of Places in Australia Index
Mining information
New South Wales Dept of Industry Resources & Energy Digs Database (DIGS® (Digital Imaging Geological System) is a vast document archive which is available to the public online, making available non-confidential reports and other important documentary material held by the Resources & Energy Division.)
Further information on this database – worth reading
Geological Survey of New South Wales
Australian Mining History Association
Victorian Mining Accident Index
The Bendigo Goldfields Petition of 1853 – search for your ancestors among the 5000 signatures
Teapot Genies Research Resources
- Gold Receipts 1852-55 and Gold Delivered 1852-1856;
- Leases of Auriferous Lands in NSW 1874-1953;
- Index to miscellaneous records relating to the NSW gold fields in the 1800′s.
Professions or specific activities
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
Subscription sites
Internet History Resources/Sample NSW documents
Biographical Database of Australia
Family History Periodicals
Australian Family Tree Connections
Shipping & immigration
Australia’s Virtual Immigration Wall of Honour
State Records Index to Immigration & Shipping records
Multicultural links sourcing
Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation (CHAF)
Irish Wattle Information on Irish Convicts transported to Australia
New South Wales research
New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
New South Wales State Records online indexes
Newtown (NSW) Sands Directories – includes old maps and history of streets
Sydney Benevolent Asylum – Index to Admissions and Discharges for the period 1857-1900