Cemetery Links
Cemeteries of SW Victoria Indexes of headstones of 140 Western District Cemeteries via the National Library of Australia Web Archive
Carol’s Headstone Photographs Many Western Victorian cemeteries and war memorials listed here
Geelong Cemeteries Trust Online Search available
Hamilton Public Cemetery Trust Including Deceased Search
The Port Fairy Public Cemetery
Warrnambool Cemetery Including Deceased Search
Genealogical & Historical Societies & Museums
Ararat & District Historical Society
Buninyong & District Historical Society Inc.
Camperdown & District Historical Society
Casterton & District Historical Society
Colac & District Family History Group Inc
Derrinallum Lismore History Group
Dunkeld and District Historical Museum
Forrest and District Historical Society
Horsham Historical Society Inc.
Koroit and District Historical Society Inc.
Linton and District Historical Society
Mortlake & District Historical Society
Mount Rouse (Penshurst) and District Historical Society
Port Fairy Genealogical Society Inc.
Warrnambool and District Historical Society
Warrnambool Family History Group
Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies Inc.
Newspapers via Trove
The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (1899-1918)
Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder (1914-1918)
The Ballarat Courier (1869-1875; 1914-1918)
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, S.A. 1861-1954)
Camperdown Chronicle (1877-1954)
The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (1914-1918)
Casterton Free Press and Glenelg Shire Advertiser (1915-1918)
Cobden Times and Heytesbury Advertiser (1914-1918)
Coleraine Albion and Western Advertiser (1914-1918)
Geelong Advertiser (1857-1918)
Grenville Standard (1915-1918)
Hamilton Spectator (1870-1918)
Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (1860-1870)
The Hampden Guardian and Western Province (1871-1872)
Heytesbury Reformer and Cobden and District and Camperdown Advertiser (1914-1918)
Koroit Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate (1914-1918)
Lismore, Derrinallum and Cressy Advertiser (1914-1918)
Penshurst Free Press (1901-1918)
Pitfield Banner and Hollybush Times (1914-1918)
Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (1842-1876)
Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (1914-1918)
Port Fairy Gazette (1914-1918)
Port Fairy Times and Macarthur News (1917-1918)
The Riverine Herald (1869 – 1954; 1998 – 2002) *for more recent Western District news
Skipton Standard and Streatham Gazette (1914-1928)
Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle (1914-1918)
Weekly Times Annual (1914-1918)
Western Press and Camperdown, Colac, Mortlake and Terang Representative (1866-1867; 1870)
West Wimmera Mail and Natimuk Advertiser (1914-1918)
General Links
Archival Access Victorian Pupil Register Database
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family History research
Bahgallah State School No.1586 Registers
Colac Court of Petty Sessions Register 1849-1865
Geelong & District – Local & Family History in the greater Barwon Region – a great site. Easy to search index of the many books, records etc thanks to hard-working volunteers.
Portland Pioneer Women’s Book of Remembrance
Port Phillip Pioneers’ Group Inc.
Settlers in the Glenelg & Wannon Region of South-West, Victoria Excellent resource with family and town histories, war memorials and more
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
The Vern McCallum Photo Collection
For genealogy links worldwide on a range of topics
Facebook Pages & Groups
Ararat & District Historical Society
Ballarat and District in the Great War
Balmoral and District Historical Society
Camperdown and District Historical Society
Casterton and District Historical Society
Cobden and District Historical Society Inc.
Colac & District Family History Group Inc.
Geelong and District: local and family history
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Past
I’ve Lived in Hamilton, Victoria
Koroit & District Historical Society
Linton and District Historical Society
Mortlake & District Historical Society
Mount Gambier History Group Inc.
Mount Rouse (Penshurst) and District Historical Society
Port Fairy Museum and Archives
Portland Family History Group Inc.
Snake Valley & District Historical Society
Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy Inc
Stawell’s Views By Old Time Photography
Terang & District Historical Society
The Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc.
Warrnambool and District Historical Society
We Lived in Merino, Western Victoria
Woady Yaloak Historical Society
Western District Families 
hello i see the Black family are mentioned in your records and not the general Geelong area ones! why is this and how do I find them on your web-site?
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Hi Patricia, sorry it’s taken so long (too long) to reply. I have several people with the Black surname on the blog. There is a search box on the home page you can use. A search on “Black” does bring up a lot of irrelevant posts. Or you can look via the Pioneer Obituary Index. The Black there are on this link https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-a-to-c/
Regards Merron
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