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Genealogy and Local History Groups on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

• ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland)
• Genealogical Society of Queensland
• Genealogy Sunshine Coast
• Headstone Photo Collection includes photographs from cemeteries, lone graves, churches, and war memorials in the South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales regions.
• History Queensland Inc formerly known as the Queensland Association of Local and Family History Societies Inc.
• Queensland Government Births, Deaths, and Marriages Records
• Queensland Family History Society Inc 
  
• Queensland Living History Federation is the representative body for QLD's living history and reenactment groups.
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
• Rural, Historic, Abandoned and Desolate Places photograph collections of churches, pubs, abandoned and disused buildings, and other interesting places throughout Queensland.
• State Library Of Queensland - See Our Heritage for access to the digital collections held by the library, including photographs, music, and stories relating to Queensland.
• SunSteam Inc was formed in 1992 and "operates mainline steam train tours using steam locomotives and wooden carriages from the Queensland Rail heritage fleet. It is also interested in the maintenance and operation of steam heritage traction and associated rollingstock on Queensland Rail lines. SunSteam members have assisted Queensland Rail with repairs to the A10 locomotive and wooden carriages."

National Genealogy and Local History Groups

• Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc
• Australian GenWeb Project
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc
• Australian Jewish Genealogical Society Inc
• Australian Lebanese Historical Society Inc
• Australian National University Noel Bultin Archives Centre - See Family History for how to find information on the employment history of ancestors.
• Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
• Australian Society of American Immigrants and Descendants
• Australian Society of Archivists
• Australian War Memorial searchable databases, including names of individuals on the Roll of Honour, Commemorative Roll, and Nominal Rolls, information on those who received honours or awards while on active service, digitised case files of Australian personnel reported missing or wounded during World War One, and details of AMF prisoners of war and missing personnel from operations in the Far East and South West Pacific Islands.
• Collections Australia Network Australian cultural heritage collections online.
• Convictions Australian Shipping information on Australian shipping 1788-1968, including arrivals, departures, shipwrecks, passengers, and crew.
• Convicts Australia database of convict information, including convict names, Old Bailey Court records, ship names, pardons, and absconders, as well as links to other sites featuring convict records.
• Descendants of Convicts Group Inc
• Federation of Australian Historical Societies
• History Australia includes the Internet Family History Association of Australia (IFHAA).
• Military Historical Society of Australia
• National Archives of Australia - See Fact Sheets about immigration and citizenship.
• National Library of Australia - See Genealogy and Historical Resources Guides
• Office of Australian War Graves
• Oral History Association of Australia
• Picture Australia search for and purchase Australian archival and historical prints, pictures, photographs, and posters.
• Ready, 'Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
• Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts
• Society of Australian Genealogists
• World War Two Nominal Roll searchable database of information on the Australian men and women who served in World War Two.

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