Our aim is to provide a comprehensive guide to researching families in Australia and placing them in in a framework of place and time
In this course you will build your research expertise, broaden your knowledge of Australian history, learn to use key records, and apply your findings effectively in your family history.
Full Course
- Members: $400 - Register
- Non-members: $90 - Register
To book individual sessions use the booking links below next to the session. .
Session 1 - Day Seminar - Hybrid at Docklands - Saturday 21 March 2026 -9.30am - 4.30pm
- Pre-history Australia, First Nation People & traditions - Clare Claydon ;
- European exploration, establishment of the colonies - Emeritus Professor Richard Broome ;
- Broadovers of types resources & GSV resources - Meg Bate
- Research skills & techniques - Fiona Tellesson
Cost: Members - Register now Non- members - Register now
Session 2 - Zoom - Thursday 26 March 2026 - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Speaker - Brownwyn Quint
- Convict resources
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 3 - Zoom - Thursday 30 April 2026 - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Speaker - Bronwyn Auint
- Early pioneers
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 4 - Zoom - Thursday 28 May 2026 - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Speaker - Fiona Tellesson
- Immigration: scemes, shipping, records of arrivals and dispersement
- Internal mighrations (coastal shipping)
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 5 - Zoom - Thursday 25 June 2026 - 1.30 pm- 5.00pm
Speakers - Dr. Elezabeth Hartnell-Young & Meg Bate
- Vital records: Birth, deaths & marriage , adoptions,
- Wills & probate,
- inquests,
- Divorces,
- Naturalisation,
- Cemteries,
- Letters,
- Diaries
- Interviews
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 6 - Zoom - Thursday 30 July 2026 - 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Speakers - Margaret Fleming & ....
- Early land distribution and records
- Squatters
- Selectors
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Session 7 - Zoom - Thursday 27 August 2026 - 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Speakers - Fiona Tellesson & Meg Bate
- Gold rush related records
- Occupation
- Education
- Health
- Police records
- Parliamentary papers & gazettes
- Electoral rolls
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 8 - Zoom - Thursday 24 September 2026 - 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Speaker: Trena Rohhfeldt
- Military records
- Australian war museum
- National Archives Australia
Cost: Members Non- members
Session 9 - Day Seminar - Hybrid at Docklands - Day Seminary - Saturday 14 October 2026 - 9.30am - 4.30pm
Speakers: Trena Ronnfeldt, Meg Bate, Louise Millar-Hoffmann, Fiona Tellesson, Jill Trethewey and Stuart Minetti
- Techniques for placing your families in time and place and embellishing their stories
- AI apps
- WeAre.xyz
- Google Earth
- Social Media
- Local & Family Societies
- Trove
- Timelines
Cost: Members Non- members