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Access Conditions
Some records have very personal and sensitive information about people and families. To protect privacy, you may need to ask other family members if it is okay to look at the records.
If you do not need permission from any other people or families, you still need to fill in a form to let staff look up information about you.
Records
In Queensland, policies and legislation (such as the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897) led to a high volume of records being created about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The information in these records can be helpful in tracing
- where your family comes from
- who your family are
- how you are connected to a certain place.
The records may also help with other information, such as proving a date of birth.
The records in this collection are located in a number of places, such as the State Library of Queensland, within the Department's archives, or the Queensland State Archives.
