QSPI Part 1 indexes approximately 175
Queensland primary schools. Dates for this CD range
from 1864 to circa 1997 with a 30 year closure, as
recommended by Education Queensland, when names were
extracted directly from Admission Registers. Schools range
in size from large city ones with admissions in the
thousands to small country one-teacher schools with a
total enrolment of hundreds. Some schools have long ceased
to exist; others are still functioning.
Sources from which the names are drawn are
diverse - actual school admission registers, school
histories covering a significant anniversary (Jubilee,
Golden, Centenary) in the life of a school, and local
histories which don’t focus on the school but include a
pupil list as part of their story. Many sources provide
additional information on the family including age at
admission, birth date, parents’ names and occupation,
religion, address.
This CD is an excellent resource for
researching Queensland families.
Schools included in this CD: