A few weeks ago we welcome the Federation of First Fleeters to the Library to give them an overview of some of the online resources available. You might find it useful too. One of the principal sources of information when … Read more

Between 1848 and 1850 over 4,000 adolescent female orphans emigrated from Irish workhouses to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Their emigration has become known as the ‘Earl Grey scheme’ after its principal architect, Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies … Read more

Many family historians will be familiar with “Old Bailey Online“, The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913. This is a fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal … Read more