Australia Project Resources

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Project Reports

• Australian and State Unsourced Categories
• Data Doctor Unsourced Reports for Australia and States
• Reports for Australia and States of Unconnected Profiles
• Data Doctor Suggestion List for Australia
• Error Reports for BDM Location Fields
• Australian Maintenance Categories

Australian Sources

• Australia - Sources A guide to sourcing on Australian Profiles and how to cite those sources. Includes sources relevant across Australia (or to more than one state or territory) and military records.

• Sources relevant to specific Colonies, or States and Territories, and some citation examples:
  • Australian Capital Territory - Sources
  • New South Wales - Sources
  • Northern Territory - Sources
  • Queensland - Sources
  • South Australia - Sources
  • Tasmania - Sources
  • Victoria - Sources
  • Western Australia - Sources

Citation Assistance

Good quality citations for the sources used in genealogical research are essential. These citation generators and browser extensions help to obtain a good quality citation and save a lot of time and manual typing.

Citation Generators for Australian Sources

See Citation Generators for Australian Sources for a list of Australian citation generators developed by WikiTree members. Any questions or problems, post a comment on that page.

Browser Extensions and Apps

WikiTree Browser Extension, plus various G2G posts listed on the RHS of the page.

Other apps developed by WikiTree members.

WikiTree Sourcer is free and developed by Rob Pavey. Rob has his own Discord server for users to obtain excellent technical help, provide feedback for beta testing and make suggestions for improvement. The WT Sourcer currently works with Ancestry, FindMyPast, England & Wales GRO, Family Search and Trove.

Online Repository Assistant (ORA) is a subscription-based extension, with a current cost of US$24 p.a. It works with several online repositories of genealogical data and has complete to partial success with many other sites. There is a growing list of templates for sites commonly used by Australian genealogists. ORA also works with a number of genealogy programs, such as Legacy and The Master Genealogist, where it can also perform auto typing. There is a Google group providing excellent technical support and other useful information can be found at Terry's ORA Tips.

Other Project Resources

Project Guidelines

• Category:Australia,_Project_Guidelines. Project guidelines are being developed to assist Wikitreers improve Australian Profiles. These are 'works in progress' and subject to change.
• Standards for Australian Profiles This page is a quick summary of the WikiTree Style and Standards, including guidelines for reliable sources for Australian Profiles.
• Australia, Project Guidelines - Australian BDM Location Fields Guidelines for the naming of locations on Australian Profiles
• Australia Project, Profile Improvement and Maintenance Categories
• Category:Australia,_Genealogy_Resources
• Category: Australia, Free Space Pages
• Australia, Project Guidelines - Living Notables

Project Boxes and Stickers

• See Project Boxes and Stickers for the list of project boxes and stickers relevant to Australia. The project boxes are only for profiles being managed by the Australia Project. The stickers are for general use.
• ANZAC Sticker
• Military and War Categories and Stickers: Examples for Australian Profiles
• How to add the Notables Sticker and Categories
• See Stickers for all stickers available on WikiTree.

Categories

• Project members are encouraged to add requests for any new Australian categories to be added or existing ones to be edited to the following page; Categories Waiting to be Added, or Renamed.
• Category: Australia for the Australian category structure, which has "Quick Links" to many parts of the Australian category structure.
• Category:First Peoples of Australia
• Category:Australia, Convicts
• Category:Australia, Immigration
• Category:Australia, World_War_I
• Category: Australia, World War II
• Military and War Categories and Stickers: Examples for Australian Profiles
• Australia related categories should fit within the existing category structure and should be created in line with the categorisation principles outlined in Category Guidelines for the Australia Project.
• How to Rename a Category Successfully
• Categories Team Page for all category related help pages.
• Reports for Cemetery Categories Project

Q&A Forums

For Australia-specific research questions, post to the G2G with the tag AUSTRALIA, or if you are an Australia Project member, ask a question in the Australia Project google group.

Discord

Discord is a live chat system for informal chats. To join the "WikiTree" server, follow the steps on this page. Once verified, a member will have access to various project channels according to the projects they belong to (including the #australia channel).

The Australia Project also has a separate server ("WikiAustralia") with a #general chat channel and channels for various project teams and topics where project members can chat on specific topics. To access the separate project server, post a comment in the #australia channel under the "WikiTree" server and we'll send you an invite. If you find the terminology confusing, think of a server as a "chat house" and the channels as "chat rooms" within the house.

PIP Voyage Module

If you want to gain confidence on WikiTree, think about joining up to the Profile Improvement Project and embarking on the Profile Improvements Project (PIP) Voyage. Working on profiles from your own watchlist, an experienced member, called a Voyage Guide, will support you to learn a range of new skills. Some Voyage Guides may have experience working with Australian sources and doing Australian genealogical research, but the main focus of the PIP voyage is on improving your profiles, so they are complete, factual, interesting, .... and look great.