Family History Toolkit
We have developed a range of worksheets and checklists to help you organise your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history research.
Plan
- Research plan this worksheet will help you think through what you want to do and how (DOCX, 1,040KB)
- Biographical outline this worksheet will help you think through what you want to do and how to do it (DOCX, 1,029KB)
- Sources at home checklist this will help you to find information at home and the homes of family members (DOCX, 1,040KB)
- Records checklist this will help you plan your research and think about the places to find information (DOCX, 1,029KB)
Research
- Family member information this worksheet will help you gather and record information about a person in your family tree (DOCX, 1,034KB)
- Planning a visit checklist this will help you plan a physical visit to an organisation like AIATSIS (DOCX, 1,033KB)
- Research and contacts log this will help you keep track of what you are doing and who you have asked for information (DOCX, 1,042KB)
- Family trees some examples of a a family tree that you can enlarge and print (PDF, 387KB)
Review
- Review tool use this worksheet to review and reflect what you have sourced and what is still outstanding (DOCX, 1,031KB)
Social and emotional wellbeing information sheets
Sometimes words or images in material can cause sadness or distress, or trigger traumatic memories for people, particularly survivors of past abuse, violence or childhood trauma. There are organisations in each state and territory that offer social and emotional wellbeing support to individuals and families.
- New South Wales (PDF, 379KB)
- Northern Territory - Alice Springs region (PDF, 376KB)
- Northern Territory - Darwin region (PDF, 374KB)
- Northern Territory - Katherine region (PDF, 371KB)
- Queensland (PDF, 265.89 KB)
- South Australia (PDF, 384KB)
- Tasmania (PDF, 345KB)
- Victoria (PDF, 390KB)
- Western Australia - Gascoyne region (PDF, 382KB)
- Western Australia - Perth region (PDF, 356KB)