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Australia has approximately 84,000 (some say as high as 120,000) Jews (about 0.44% of the total population of 19 million) living in good health. Among them is my formerly long lost nephew, Simon Margoulis. You can share my meeting him for the first time by reading the story at 'The Margulis Saga' if you are so inclined to read my family research success story. Five hundred of these Australian Jews came here from Argentina in recent years. The largest concentration is in Melbourne. In Australia, Naturalization Records are generally available to the public after 30 years. The National Index is not available for public review as some names on it are less than 30 years old. The last century's Naturalization files are with each State Archive --- up to 1903. Australian Resources at RootsWeb, which are listed by area, can be found at Australia has the following states: New South Wales There are two territories: Northern Territory
Australian
Global Gazetteer is a great web site. It is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. A tab separated list is available for each country. AJFA (Australian Jewish Friends of Argentina) - Pepe Bekinschtein is the Melbourne based chairman of the steering committee who arrived from Buenos Aires in 1984 with his wife and two children. Archives In Australia, the files are generally available to the public after 30 years. The National Index is not available for public scrutiny as some names on it are less than 30 years old.
Last century's naturalization files are with each state archive up to 1903. Under the earlier legislation, the certificate was available to anyone because it was tied to whether certain business and other dealings were permitted, or not. The National Archives of Australia has entered into their Record Search database, the names of approximately 170,700 DP camp refugees who arrived in Australia
under IRO schemes between 1947 & 1953 and look for Record Search. (You may have to register and wait for a password.) Enter the name in the Keyword section. The database includes date of birth to help with identification. Family groups are linked as a single item. Copies of documents can be ordered online, with credit card facilities for payment. The complete record usually includes a Screening Card with personal details, and a Medical Examination report. Some include interviews, applications for IRO assistance, or correspondence.
Note - Many Jewish refugees from DP camps did not arrive under the IRO schemes, but gained permission to immigrate through an application submitted by a resident relative or friend, or by Jewish Welfare in Sydney or Melbourne. These names were not entered into Record Search with this batch of IRO DP camp refugees, but they might appear in Record Search within other series of records. (The Jewish Welfare files are not held by the National Archives, and can not be accessed due to privacy considerations.) From a posting on 01/06/03 by Gary Luke National Archives These archives contain a vast array of information of Jewish and general interest, including migration records, aliens registration records and passenger ship arrivals. The records are partially searchable via the web. The home page of the NAA Archives Australia Australian Capital Territory Canberra Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Attn: Dr. Rachel Birati or Lionel Sharpe, Hon. Secr., AJGS (Vic) Inc. sharpe@pa.ausom.net.au Australian Fact Sheet Index - designed to introduce you to the records on a variety of subjects and people. This site includes keyword searching http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html Australian Genealogy - lots of links http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html http://www.pcug.org.au/~mjsparke/mj_page1.html http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/index.html Australian Government Web Site Australian Jewish Genealogy - Discussion Group Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Adelaide Hilde Hines, Chair, c/o Adelaide Hebrew Congregation, PO box 320, Glenside, Adelaide South Australia, 5065 Telephone: +618 796 030 Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Brisbane Morris S. Ochert OAM, 3/23 Lucinda St., Taringa, Brisbane Queensland, 4068 Internet: http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy/ajgs Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Canberra Sylvia Deutsch, Chair, c/o ACT Jewish Community Inc. PO Box 3105, Manuka Australian Capital Territory, 2603, Australia E-mail deutand@ozemail.com.au Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Perth Michelle Urban, Chair, 21 Broomhall Way, Noranda Perth Western Australia, 6062 Australia Australian Jewish Genealogical Society Victoria Inc. P.O. Box 189, Glen Huntly 3163, Victoria President: Leslie Oberman oberman@tmxmelb.mhs.oz.au The society publishes a quarterly newsletter Kosher Koala Australian Jewish Historical Society-Victoria Inc., President: Howard A. Freeman, Honorary Secretary: Mr. Ron Aarons, P. O. Box 608 Carnegie, Victoria 3163 aarons@cybatron.com.au Historical Societies addresses in the US, Canada and Australia Australian Jewry Book of Honor - National Archives of Australia Australian War Memorial - there are two sites of interest http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
B'nai Brith Australia and New Zealand 99 Hotham Street, East St. Kilda 3182, Victoria Telephone: +613 9527 8249 Fax: +613 9525 9127 Census of Australia - The 2001 National Census has been released to the public - the first public access to an Australian census since 1828. Centre for Scandinavian Studies - The Flinders University of South Australia - Chevra Kadisha Melbourne - Jewish Funeral Society, Director Mr. Ephraim Finch, 115 Inkerman Street, St. Kilda, Victoria 3182 Telephone +613 9534 0208 Fax: +613 9525 3954 Chevra Kadisha Perth, 15 Inverness Crescent, Mount Lawley, Western Australia 6050, Telephone: +618 9272 2607 DP and Migrant Selection Documents - then to the Australian Web Sites section and follow the relevant links. http://www.zeta.org.au/~feraltek/genealogy Europages - business 2 business company directory and business in Europe, yellow pages access, international and European business directory (professional services, addresses and business classifieds The Family History Centre, Address: Railway Parade, Kiama NSW 2533 Australia Phone: (02) 4233 11 22 Open 7 days a week from 9:30 to 4:40 and staffed largely by very knowledgeable local volunteers. It has the complete UK St. Catherine's House Index 1837-1992. It is located 2 hours south of Sydney. Find Your Ancestors In History
Immigration to Victoria - 1852-1889 - you can search this index for names of unassisted passengers who boarded ships to Victoria from British and Foreign ports between 1852 and 1889 At this same sight you will find links to:
Index to Assisted Immigrants Arriving in Sydney and Newcastle Index to Assisted Immigrants Arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane) "Isle of Man "Enemy Aliens" - only a small number of men were shipped abroad (Canada and Australia) and this was ended after one ship was torpedoed. In fact, after the "Arandora Star" was torpedoed and sunk, with the loss of many lives, the surviving so-called "enemy aliens" - Jewish refugees mainly from Austria, German and Hungary -- were promptly transferred to "HMT Dunera" and transported to Australia, arriving in September 1940. There were over 2,000 Jewish men on the Dunera, as well as a small number of German and Nazi and Italian POWs. A summary of a lot of information about the Dunera, etc., is offered by Lorraine Bertelsen at klb@benalla.net.au Lorraine lists many books about this subject including "Fred Lowen, Dunera Boy, Furniture Designer Artist" - an autobiography by Fred Lowen, aka Fritz Lowenstein, formerly of Berlin, with family links in eastern Poland. The book includes many of Fred's sketches made on the Dunera voyage and in Hay and Tatura camps. He briefly coves his family life in Berlin before WWII, his escape from Berlin and Europe, as well as his life and achievements in furniture design and manufacture, and as an artist, in Melbourne, Australia after his release from internment. There is a video available entitled "HMT Dunera" - which tells the story about the European Jewish refugees who were transported to Australia. It stars Bob Hoskins and Warren Mitchell. Jewish Australia - this site, like the
Australian Jewish community itself, is constantly expanding and developing to reflect the diversity of Jewish life. Jewish Community Council of Victoria - 306 Hawthorn Road, South Caulfield, Victoria 3162 Telephone: +613 9272 5566 Fax: +613 9272 5560 E-mail: jccv@netspace.net.au Jewish Community Services, 25 Alma road, St. Kilda 3182, Victoria Telephone: +613 9525 4000 Fax: +613 9525 3737 Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of Western Australia meets at Perth Hebrew Congregation, Freedman Ave/Plantation St, Menora. The Society exists to promote, encourage and foster the study of Jewish history in Western Australia and Jewish genealogy and family history generally. It conducts workshops, lectures and discussions four time a year and publishes "Perth Jewish Roots" quarterly. Annual Membership - $10 for singles and $15 for families. For more information Michelle Urban: jhgs@iinet.net.au or Robert Fraser: rwfgjf@iinet.net.au http://www.jewishaustralia.com/ Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre, 13 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick 3185, Victoria Telephone: +613 9528 1985 Fax: +613 9528 3758 Jewish Museum of Australia - Director, Dr. Helen Light, 26 Alma road, St. Kilda, Victoria 3182 Telephone: +613 9534 0083 Fax: +613 9534 0844 KAWA - the kashrut authority for Western Australia dedicated to offering kosher consumers the widest possible choice Ketubbah s in Australia - "In my capacity (for the past 27 years) as secretary/archivist/librarian/research officer for the Australian Jewish Historical Society in Melbourne, Victoria, I have had access to almost complete sets of Ketubot issued by many synagogues throughout Australia and New Zealand, dating from 1841 and continuing up to the present time (in some cases). We must always differentiate between traditional patterns of usage, local customs, variants between say the Orthodox and Reform. It's also important to be precise about the words we use in naming documents." "A Ketubbah is a document written partly in Hebrew and partly in Aramaic, all in Hebrew letters. It is essentially a contract that states what the groom's obligations are, what the bride's obligations are, and what is due for her should she be divorced or widowed. In the United States it is essential in Orthodox communities and predominant in Conservative communities. It has a virtually standard format in all communities, Ashkenazi and Sefardi. At one time Ketubot were all hand written, some decorated with great skill. In the last two centuries, pre-printed Ketubot have been used more frequently, but decorative and hand-written Ketubot have been coming back. I assume the custom may be different in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific." List of European Refugees destined for Australia in 1950 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Index of International Refugee Organization
Melbourne This is a lovely clean, safe, walkable city with a great transit system. Australian
Jewish News
Kilda Hebrew Congregation, Inc., 10 Charnwood Grove, St. Kilda 3182 Victoria Telephone: +613 9537 1433 Fax: +613 9525 3759
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc. Toorak Road, South Yarra 3141, Victoria Telephone: +613 9866 2255 +613 9820 4016 Melbourne Jewish Community State
Library of Victoria Military Australian Defence Force web site offers information about servicemen/women and provides a number of ways of tracing men and women who served in the Australian Armed Forces. Defence, Armed Services and War links - http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html Department of Veteran Affairs - has set up an online database with names and other details of all Australian personnel enlisted during WW2. Among other details, it includes date and place of birth, next of kin, service number, and instructions for getting the full service record. WW2 Service Database Department of Veteran Affairs Military Historical Society Federal Secretary Military Sources - Nominal rolls for most Victorian and NSW Boer War units and some units from other States are available on microfilm in all National Archives of Australia reading rooms. Sources of information may be found at
Nominal Roll of those who served in
Australian Forces during World War II - searchable database WW I Service - The National Archives holds the service records for members of the First Australian Imperial Force, Australian Flying Corps, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, the Australian Army Nursing Service, depot records for recruits who would have served overseas if the war had not ended, and Home records for those who served within Australia. Further information is available at http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html Records of Jewish soldiers buried in Australian and overseas cemeteries maintained by the Australian War Graves Commission for Blackley Jewish Cemetery, Manchester Chatam Memorial Synagogue Burial Ground, North Kent Willesden Jewish Cemetery, London World War I Memorials Isle of Sheppey Cemetery, Queensboro Sunderland: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery WW I Personnel records Service WW II and more recent campaigns Records for those who saw service with the Army in WW II and more recent campaigns are still held by the Soldier Career Management Agency (SCMA). More information is available at http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs63.html Soldier Career Management Agency The Melbourne office also holds PMF (Permanent Military Forces) service Records and attestation papers for 1901 to 1940. See address for 'Boer War Service.' For records of RAN or RAAF service, contact the National Archives at this address. Information about Medal entitlements; Court Martial; Citations, Photographs, nominal and embarkation rolls, and unit diaries for WW I, WW II and later conflicts; War Graves; Pension entitlements; British Army service; Military customs and traditions can be found at Record Search and Photo Search are available on-line or e-mail refact@naa.gov.au and Researching Armed Services Personnel -
National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au You may be able to receive copies of documents including Application for Naturalization Forms; Incoming Passenger Cards with photographs, Stat. Declarations, Passports, etc. all with lots of information and all filled out by the individuals themselves. Once you find your relative, you fill out an on-line form asking for what is available on the person. The National Archives will mail it to you. They state that you may have to pay photocopying costs.
NSW Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths
OzeUkes
The electronic voice of the Ukrainian community
in Australia,- containing news and events in all Australian States. It is an information service of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations. Passenger Lists To Australia 19th Century Australian Ship Records http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~provic/ Also, under 'Transport and Communications, you will find 'Passenger Records' held in Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney at Procedures for Births, Marriages and Deaths on British registered ships are well know, though questionable as to whether they were always followed. They vary with date, with type of ship (merchant or Royal Navy), status of person (passenger, crew, military), and residence of person (England, Scotland, Ireland). At the end of each year, the entries were passed to the General Registry Office who prepared a series of Births and a series of Deaths at sea. These were split by residence (England, Scotland, Ireland). These are available from 1837-2000? on microfiche. For 1854-1890, they should contain the same names as the Board of Trade Registers (not always). These are indexes and do not have the extra information in the Board of Trade Registers. The first place to look is the Board of Trade films (LDS has those); next the General registry Office Births at Sea (England) series, and if both those fail, you have a problem. Births and deaths on the Australia run were common and the ships were familiar with the procedures. Manifests for "unassisted" immigrants indexed for the period of 1852-1889 at Victoria, Australia are available free Public Record Office of Victoria
Public Record Office of Victoria Queensland South Brisbane Queensland Family History Society - a non-profit, non-sectarian and a non-political organization promoting the study of family history. Queensland Mailing List - subscribe to this list by sending an e-mail to majordomo@st.net.au (no subject) In body of message --- subscribe genealogy-queensland --- no signature is required Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Level 2, Chesser House, 91-97 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 PO Box 1351, Adelaide SA 5001 Telephone: +618 8204 9599 Fax: +618 8204 9605 Internet: http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/agencies/bdm/bdm.htm Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 501 Ann Street, Brisbane, 4000 PO Box 1888 Albert Street, Brisbane, 4002 Queensland Telephone 07 3247 9203 Fax: 07 3247 5818 Application Form: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Corner Constitution & Allara Streets, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600 Telephone +612 6207 0460 Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Transport House, 589 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 PO Box 4332, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Telephone: 1300 369 367 Fax: +613 9603 5880 Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Level 13 Westralia Square, 141 St. Georges Terrace, Perth 6000, Western Australia Telephone +618 9264 1555 Fax: +618 9264 1599 e-mail rgoperth@justice.moj.wa.gov.au Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Service Tasmania, Lands Building, 134 Macquarie Place, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 PO Box 198 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Telephone: +613 6233 4657 Fax: +613 6224 0743 Internet: http://www.justice.tax.gov.au/bdm/ Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Nichols Place, Corner Cavenagh & Bennett Streets, Darwin, NT 0800 Internet: http://www.ke.com.au/bdmaus/bdmnt/index.html Resources in Australia - genealogical resources at http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/ South Australia Adelaide Sydney State Library of New South Wales Sydney Jewish Museum - Sydney University - Sydney University recently launched an online database of graduates from 1857 to 1972. It lists the name, degree & date. It will be extended soon to include Teachers College and Conservatorium of Music graduates. Go to the site and then look for the small drop down menu at the top of the page, and select "Alumni Sidneienses". Tasmania There was a Jewish Cemetery, located on Harrington Street, in Hobart, Tasmania, an island off of Australia's southeastern coast. There are currently about 100 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors and their descendants, living here. The current Jewish cemetery is located near the Derwent River in Hobart. The Hobart Synagogue, Hobart Hebrew Congregation (both Orthodox and Liberal services held here) was founded in 1846 and is the oldest synagogue in Australia. Within the synagogue proper, there exists special benches that were built for Jewish convicts who had been given permission to worship by the authorities. Jews first came as convicts to Hobart from London in 1804 and in 1847, many left Tasmania after receiving conditional pardons. In 1851 more left when gold was discovered on the Australian mainland in Victoria. Telephone Directories on the Web Telephone Directories White Pages (Australia) On-Line Search www.whitepages.com.au
Ken Lipworth, of Sydney, offers assistance at lippy@gpo.com.au according to his posting of 12/30/2001 on a JewishGen posting. Western Australian Jewish Historical Society, c/o Perth Hebrew Congregation, Corner Freedman and Plantation Roads, Menorah, Western Australia, 6050 WestozzieUkes can be contacted via e-mail: kozak@p085.aone.net.au Australian See also my Genealogy page and my Search page for additional search engines Australian Databases - http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/default.html White pages - All of Australia Yellow pages -(Yellow Pages) Another valuable site to help find a person, maps, etc. is http://www.webhelp.com/home Find Your Ancestors In History New Zealand AJGS New Zealand Contact - Lionel Albert, PO Box 1445, Auckland, New Zealand B'nai Brith Australia and New Zealand 99 Hotham Street, East St. Kilda 3182, Victoria Telephone: +613 9527 8249 Fax: +613 9525 9127 Books - on the subject of Jewish Genealogy Find Your Ancestors In History
Genealogical Resources - Immigrant and Vessel Arrival Information - http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_ref.htm Jewish Archives Wellington, New Zealand - Michael Clements, President clemclan@pop.ihug.co.nz New Zealand Jewish Chronicle - New Zealand Jewish Council - David Schwartz is the President. New Zealand Society of Genealogists - very helpful site Telephone Directories on the Web - Wanganui - there remains a solitary Jewish headstone honoring 14 people in this tiny town's cemetery. Wellington - there is a Jewish cemetery (Makara Cemetery) and a Jewish funeral chapel. There is also a Symonds Street Cemetery. New South Wales Leslie Oberman has pointed out that New South Wales is redundant and although I now recognize this fact, please bear with me until I can make the proper assessment of the following content. Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, PO Box 154, Northbridge 1560, New South Wales e-mail ajgsnsw@idx.com.au Australian Jewish Historical Society, Level 2, Mandelbaum House, 385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington 2008, New South Wales Fax: +61 2 9518.7596 Chevra Kadisha Sydney, 172 Oxford Street, Woolhara, New South Wales 2025 Telephone: +612 9363 2248 Find Your Ancestors In History Gosford Central Coast Family History Group Research Centre Manifests for "assisted immigrants" indexed for the period 1839-1896 are available free at New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages - http://www.agd.nsw.gov.au/bdm The PICMAN database contains records of material in the pictures and manuscripts collections of the Mitchell Library, Dixson Library and Dixson Galleries, catalogued since 1992, and includes personal papers, private archives, about 300,000 photographs and more. Telephone Directories on the Web
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