Family history contacts

Here are some other places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can find out about tracing their family history:

• Queensland State Library's Footprints website has resources, information and records useful in tracing family and community history for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.
• Link-up (Queensland) can help you if you've been adopted, fostered, removed, separated or institutionalised and want to be reunited your family members for the first time.
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) family history unit can help anyone of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage with researching their family history. The unit also specialises in helping Link-Up caseworkers with family tracing and reunion for members of the Stolen Generations.

Freedom of Information (FOI)

You can also apply to see records held by government departments and other agencies under the Freedom of Information Act (Qld), 1992 (FOI).

For information about making an FOI application to the Department of Communities:

Phone

1800 460 906

 (toll-free within Australia)^†

07 3235 9644

Fax:

07 3210 1182

Email:

foi_communities@communities.qld.gov.au

^† Calls from mobile phones are charged at applicable rates.

Write to:

Unit

Freedom of Information Unit,

Department of Communities

Postal address:

GPO Box 806, Brisbane, Qld 4001

To view the Freedom of Information Act (Qld) 1992 visit the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel website.

For general FOI information visit the Queensland Government's Freedom of Information website.