About the AustraliaGenWeb project

The WorldGenWeb project was created in 1996 in an effort to answer the ever growing needs of genealogists worldwide who were trying to research their ancestors. The goal of the project is to have every country in the world represented by a Website hosted by researchers who either live in their own country or who are familiar with their country's resources. WorldGenWeb is a not-for-profit volunteer genealogical organisation dedicated to the free access of genealogical information by anyone in the world.

AustraliaGenWeb has been online since early 1996.  To read a comprehensive history of the project, visit our History page.

Our dedicated group of volunteers, some local and some throughout the world, are active in Australian research, each hosting a state, territory or island that they have a research interest in. We pride ourselves in being available and friendly, offering helpful advice to new researchers.

We are a non-commercial entity and work hard to form collaborative relationships with many Australian resources on the Internet. We do not provide research for a fee, nor do we recommend professional genealogists for hire. We do not engage in research for others, although some of our volunteers do offer to do lookups, at their convenience. Our goal is to provide the essential elements that new researchers need. Among those are quality informational pages, pertinent addresses, maps, query and surname resources and friendly mailing lists.

You might come across a state, territory or island that is in need of a permanent host.  If you would be interested, please contact Leith Hutton.

Leith Hutton
AustraliaGenWeb Project Coordinator