State Library Victoria in Melbourne, Australia has many helpful online collections for family history and genealogy.

• Australia Family History Research Guides

• Australia Digital Image Pool 200,000 historical images of Victoria’s history, all out of copyright or available to use

• Australian History

• Melbourne Street Directories 1912-1952

• Port Phillip papers, Early European settlement records and journals including life among Aboriginal people

• State Library Victoria Full Image Collection

• Australiana Index “The Australiana Index has been compiled by Library staff over a number of years. It contains references to published material, such as newspapers, journals and books, as well as references to in-house files of various types. It contains references to material about people, organisations, places and things.”

• Manuscripts, letters & diaries collection

• Map collection

• Mufti “The official journal of the RSL Victorian Branch from 1934 to 2000. Includes accounts of battles, feature articles, honour rolls, commentary on political news and obituaries of members.”

• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, the official publication of the Royal Society of Victoria with historical topics since 1854

• Victorian Historical Journal (1911-2012) Digitized copies of this historical journal with photos, maps, obituaries, and more

• World War I unit histories, “descriptions of battles, unit movements and operations…diary extracts and letters of servicemen”

• The State Library Victoria and all branches have on-site access to many research databases including Ancestry Library Edition, Discovery (National Archives UK), Family history and biography CD Roms and websites, FindMyPast, FindMyPast Ireland, ProQuest, and JSTOR.