Our Indigenous Heroes - They Also Served

Resources used in the development of project

Australian War Memorial

  • Embarkation rolls
  • Roll of Honour
  • Red Cross Wounded and Missing
  • Indigenous Service Personnel
  • Red Cross Wounded and Missing WWI
  • Regiments
  • Unit Diaries
  • Official Histories
  • Photographs

National Archives of Australia

  • Service Records
  • Photographs
  • All records relating to Indigenous Veterans Service

National & State Libraries of Australia

  • Honour Rolls
  • Lists
  • Newspaper Articles
  • Photographs
  • Trove

Department of Veteran Affairs

  • Nominal Rolls – WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Preliminary Gulf War
  • War Graves
  • Australian Memorials
  • All memorials

AIATSIS

  • Aboriginal Missions & Stations
  • Adoption
  • Births, Death and Marriages
  • Biographical Index
  • Cemetery & Burial Records
  • Military Research
  • Newspaper records
  • Photographs
  • Police, Court records
  • Tindale Genealogy

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

  • Deceased search
  • Books
  • AIF Project – University of NSW
  • Virtual War Memorial Australia
  • Universities

Internet sources being used in our research Link

50 Gallipoli Aboriginals https://www.sbs.com.au/news    

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in War https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit  

Aboriginal Light Horsemen

https://alh-research.tripod.com

Aboriginal Service in WWI https://www.jstor.org  

https://blogs.archives.qld.gov.au

https://www.researchgate.net

AIATSIS https://aiatsis.gov.au/  

AIF | Great War Photos https://greatwarphotos.com 

AIF Project – University of NSW https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html 

Alexander McKinnon: An Indigenous Territory soldier. https://www.darwinmilitarymuseum.com.au 

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com.au/ 

Australian Aboriginal Service in WWI http://www.anzacwebsites.com   

Australian Aboriginal soldiers – Chat https://www.greatwarforum.org 

Australian Airforce – Royal Australian Air Force https://www.airforce.gov.au/home 

Australian Army https://www.army.gov.au/home 

Australian Bureau of Statistics https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats  

Australian Defence Force https://www.defence.gov.au/ 

Australian Honour Rolls https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/honour-rolls 

Australian Memorials  https://monumentaustralia.org.au/ 

Australian National University https://www.anu.edu.au/ 

Australian Navy – Royal Australian Navy https://www.navy.gov.au/ 

Australian Cemeteries Index https://austcemindex.com/ 

https://australiancemeteries.com.au

Australian Victorian’ Involvement WWI http://anzaccentenary.archive.vic.gov.au/ 

Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/ 

Australians Togetherhttps://australianstogether.org.au 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

https://www.cwgc.org

Cultural diversity in the Australian Imperial Force https://ethniccouncilshepparton.com.au 

Department of Veteran Affairs https://www.dva.gov.au/

  • ANZAC Portal
  • Nominal Rolls – WWII, Korea, Vietnam , First Gulf War
  • War Graves

Find My Past https://www.findmypast.com.au/ 

Forces War Records – UK https://au.forceswarrecords.com/ 

Four Brothers went to War https://cove.army.gov.au 

Google https://google.com.au   

'He belonged to Wagga': The Great War, the AIF https://scholarly.info 

Imperial War Museum https://www.iwm.org.uk/home-page 

  • Photographs
  • Name Search
  • War Memorials Register 

Indigenous defence service http://anzaccentenary.archive.vic.gov.au 

Indigenous Histories – Philippa Scarlett https://indigenoushistories.com/ 

Indigenous Light Horseman https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au   

Indigenous Soldiers Lost Katanning https://www.lostkatanning.com 

Indigenous Troopers in the Lighthorse https://beersheba100.com.au

Women at War https://www.lostkatanning.com 

International Encyclopedia of WWI https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/ 

Kaartdijin Noongar https://www.noongarculture.org.au 

Living the War https://www.slv.vic.gov.au   

London Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ 

Military service and Aboriginal voices https://www.sydneybarani.com.au  

My Heritage https://www.myheritage.com/ 

National Archives of Australia https://www.naa.gov.au/ 

National Army Museum – UK https://www.nam.ac.uk/ 

National Library of Australia-Trove Digitized Newspapers & Documents https://trove.nla.gov.au/ 

National Library of Australia https://www.nla.gov.au/

  • Northern Territory

https://lant.nt.gov.au

  • Queensland

https://www.slq.qld.gov.au

  • South Australia

https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/home

  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia

https://slwa.wa.gov.au

On the ground: ATSI https://rslnsw.org.au 

Putting an Indigenous face on the ANZAC legend https://newcastleweekly.com.au 

Remembering Aborigines who fought for Australia in WWI France 24 https://www.france24.com  

RIGNEY, Cyril Spurgeon https://vwma.org.au 

Second World War conscription https://www.nma.gov.au 

State Archives of Australia

  • New South Wales

https://staterecords.nsw.gov.au

  • Northern Territory

https://nt.gov.au

  • Queensland

https://www.qld.gov.au

  • South Australia

https://www.archives.sa.gov.au

  • Tasmania

Stories from the Archives https://blogs.archives.qld.gov.au 

The families of World War I veterans PROV https://prov.vic.gov.au 

The Fight of Indigenous Anzacs in WWI https://thisstory.com.au 

The Forgotten Indigenous Soldiers – Walhallow https://historycouncilnsw.org.au  

The Lovett Family https://blog.militaryshop.com.au   

They Served with Honour https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/   

Virtual War Memorial Australia https://vwma.org.au/ 

Wikitree https://www.wikitree.com/ 

William Samuel Maynard https://www.dpac.tas.gov.au 

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