Shipping Records

The Northern Territory Library assists Territorians find out more about their ancestry through a free family history research service which offers a wide range of resources in both print and electronic formats, providing access to material relating to the NT, the other Australian States and Territories and overseas including:

• Birth, death and marriage records for all Australian states
• Convict and early settler records
• Electoral rolls
• Genealogy Subject Guide
• Government gazettes
• Immigration and Shipping records
• Newspapers – all NT, major state and selected international titles
• Online Databases
• Rookwood Cemetery Monumental inscriptions
• Sands Directory (Sydney)
• Selected Genealogy Internet Links
• State Records of NSW Archives Kit (Genealogy Kit)

The family history service is located on the upper mezzanine level of the Northern Territory Library at Parliament House.