SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
It has not been necessary to use abbreviations in the final online version of the research undertaken. This list just gives an indication of the many sources of evidence used to verify the identity of individuals and to yield genealogical details. The database records provide sufficient information for family historians to establish if a person is one of particular interest to them. Please contact us by email if further information is required at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ADB - Australian Dictionary of Biography
AWM – Australian War Memorial
BC – Ballarat Courier
BCI - Ballarat Courier Personal Notices Index 1950-2014, Marilyn Miller, BDGS
BCI – Ballarat Cemeteries Index, GSV & BDGS, 2006
BD - Ballarat Directories (year)
BDC - Ballarat District Cemeteries Index 1849-1998, BDGS
BDGS - Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc
BER – Ballarat East Rates (year), BDGS
BH – Ballarat Hospital Admissions Index 1857-1913, BDGS
BR – Ballarat Rates (year)
BS – Ballarat Star
BV - Ballarat & Vicinity, W B Kimberly, F W Niven & Co, 1894
BWM – Ballarat Woollen Mills
C of E – Church of England
DI – Death Index Victoria 1921-1985
DO - Dinkum Oil : Letters published in the Ballarat Courier During the Great War, Amanda Taylor, 2006
EI – Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913
ERB – Electoral Roll Ballarat (year)
FI – Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901
GG – Government Gazette Victoria (specific date)
GWI – Great War Index Victoria 1914-1918
LAG - Life After Gold : Twentieth Century Ballarat, Weston Bate, MUP, 1993
McC - McCallum's Ballarat District Citizens & Sports, M M McCullum, 1916
MI – Marriage Index Victoria 1921-1942
Meth - Methodist
PI – Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888
Presb – Presbyterian
RC – Roman Catholic
Reco - Recollections : 20th Century Ballarat, M Harris & P Butters, Harris House of Photography, 2003
RM - Parliament of Victoria, Re-Member database
SR - Sovereign Remedies : A history of Ballarat Base Hospital, Anthea Hyslop, Allen & Unwin, 1989
TA - They Answered Their Country's Call : Short accounts of service and sacrifice from Ballarat General Cemeteries, Garry Snowden, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2015
TP - Tree Planter
Tr - Trove (newspaper, date)
Wes - Weslyan Methodist
WSP – Women's Suffrage Petition 1891, Ballarat & District database, BDGS